Ilham Abali
Ilham Abali (born 19 February 2002) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for ADO Den Haag in the Eredivisie.

Club career 
Abali made her senior-team debut with ADO Den Haag at the age of 16, and was promoted to the first team in 2020. Sidelined due to a serious knee injury in 2020, in 2022, she extended her contract with ADO through the summer of 2023. On 7 May 2023, she made her return to the pitch as a substitute in the 88th minute at home against Excelsior Rotterdam.

International career 
In 2019, Abali reached the European Championship final with the Netherlands women's national under-17 football team, winning silver.

Personal life
Abali was born in Vlissingen, Netherlands. She was one of more than 20 Moroccan-Dutch footballers and coaches featured in the book Marokkaanse trots: Smaakmakers in de eredivisie (2020), examining their experience in the Eredivisie, the top-flight of football in the Netherlands.

Further reading 

 Rijsman, Thomas; Ghouddani, Nordin (2020). Marokkaanse trots: Smaakmakers in de eredivisie. Atlas Contact.

References

Living people
Dutch women's footballers
Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent
Eredivisie (women) players
2002 births
Women's association football midfielders
ADO Den Haag (women) players