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Noa Selimhodzic

Noa Selimhodzic is an Israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Portuguese club Rio Ave and the Israel national team.

born 2003Midfielder for Israel national teamPlaying for AC MilanPlaying for Turbine Potsdam

Noa Selimhodzic
Born
15 October 2003, Jerusalem
Occupation
association football player

Noa Selimhodzic was born in 2003 in Jerusalem

Noa Selimhodzic was born on 15 October 2003 in Jerusalem. Her parents, Aleksandra and Damir, came to Israel as refugees from the Bosnian War and live in Netanya. Her older brother, Adi Selimhodzic, is also a footballer, and she holds Bosnian citizenship as well as Israeli.

She attended Ruppin High School. At age 8 she joined the boys team of Maccabi Netanya, and from 2014 she also played for the girls team of Maccabi Emek Hefer. In 2016 she joined the football academy at the Wingate Institute.

In the 2019/2020 season she moved to the senior team of Maccabi Emek Hefer. In October 2021 she signed with AC Milan in Italy, and in July 2022 she joined Turbine Potsdam in Germany, where she made 51 appearances and scored 2 goals. She signed with F.C. Kiryat Gat in July 2025 and with Rio Ave in July 2026.

She made her debut for the Israel women's national team on 21 October 2020 against Denmark. She scored her first senior goal in February 2022 in a 2-2 friendly against Greece. In 2018 she took part in a children's reality show, and she was named to the Forbes Israel 30 Under 30 list for 2022.

Milestones in Noa Selimhodzic's life

  1. 2003

    Born in Jerusalem.

  2. 2016

    Joined the football academy at the Wingate Institute.

  3. 2020

    Made her debut for the Israel women's national team.

  4. 2021

    Signed with AC Milan.

  5. 2022

    Joined Turbine Potsdam.

  6. 2025

    Signed with F.C. Kiryat Gat.

  7. 2026

    Signed with Rio Ave in Portugal.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Noa Selimhodžić and Hebrew Wikipedia, נועה סלימהוגיץ', under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

Photograph: Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0

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