International Amel Majri is pregnant

Amel Majri, recovering from a serious knee injury, has announced that she is expecting a child. The footballer, who plays at Olympique Lyonnais, informed her club, which ensures “to do everything possible to support it during the coming months”. The 29-year-old winger will also be missing from the France team for which she has 66 caps and 11 goals. This is the first time in the history of French women that an international is pregnant.

Six times European champion with Lyon, Amel Majri “will continue to be closely followed by the medical staff of the club to calmly continue her pregnancy and the rehabilitation of her left knee, operated on last October following a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and external lateral ligament, ”indicates the OL.

Two months ago, another Lyon player, the Icelandic international, Sara Björk Gunnarsdöttir, gave birth to her son Ragnar Frank. The player resumed individual training earlier this week, according to images from the club.