Marie-Yasmine Alidou


Marie-Yasmine "Mimi" Alidou d'Anjou is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League club Portland Thorns and the [Canada women's national Association football|soccer team|Canada national team].
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Early life

Alidou was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Saint-Hubert, Quebec to a Beninese father and a French Canadian mother. She played the majority of her youth soccer with CS St-Hubert and also had stints with FC St-Leonard, Lanaudiere Sud and Varennes-St. Amable. She joined the National High Performance Centre at age 13, where she played for a year, and later moved to Newark, New Jersey to attend an American high school.

College career

Alidou has attended the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 2016, she was named RSEQ Player of the Week for Week 2, UQAM Athlete of the Year, an RSEQ First Team All-Star, and a U Sports Second Team All-Star.

Club career

In 2017, Alidou joined French club Olympique de Marseille.
Afterwards, she played for Swedish club Linköpings FC in 2018. A year later, she joined Sporting de Huelva in Spain. Afterwards, she played for Klepp IL in Norway in 2020–21 and Sturm Graz in 2022.
In 2022, she signed with Famalicão in Portugal in 2022. She was named the league's player of the month in February and March, and helped the club with their first Taça de Portugal.
In the summer of 2023, she signed with [S.L. S.L. Benfica (women)|Benfica (women)|Benfica]. On October 11, 2023, she scored a brace in a Champions League match against Cypriot club Apollon. In her first season with the club, she played a key role in Benfica's historic season, where the club won all four domestic competitions. Additionally, Alidou helped Benfica reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in the club's history, where they were eliminated by Olympique Lyon. It became the first time a Portuguese club were among the final eight teams in the competition. Alidou capped off the season as Benfica’s leading goal scorer, netting 26 goals across all competitions, including 9 in the Champions League and 6 in the Portuguese league. During her time with the club, she won six trophies including two league and cup doubles.
In 2025, she signed with NWSL club Portland Thorns, inking a two-year deal with a club option. She made her club debut on April 11, 2025, coming on as a second-half substitute for Caiya Hanks in a win over the Utah Royals. She scored her first NWSL goal on April 23, helping the Thorns beat NJ/NY Gotham FC, 4–1.

International career

She represented Canada at the 2017 FISU Universiade Games.
In February 2022, she was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time. Alidou made her senior debut for Canada on February 23, 2022 against Spain at the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup. On October 21, 2024, Alidou was called up for an international friendly against Spain, the reigning World Cup champions, to replace the injured Cloe Lacasse. She subsequently scored her first international goal in the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw. On February 25, 2025, she scored a hat trick in a 7-0 victory over Chinese Taipei in the 2025 Pinatar Cup.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.October 25, 2024Estadio Francisco de la Hera, Almendralejo, Spain1–01–1Friendly
2.December 3, 2024Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain2–05–1Friendly
3.February 25, 2025Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain1–07–02025 Pinatar Cup
4.February 25, 2025Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain2–07–02025 Pinatar Cup
5.February 25, 2025Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain4–07–02025 Pinatar Cup

Honours

Famalicão
Benfica
Individual