Zineb Redouani (; born 12 June 2000) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a defender for AS FAR and the Morocco women's national team.
Club career AS FAR Redouani first played with Raja Aïn Harrouda, before joining AS FAR in 2020. She has won two Championships and two Throne Cups. She was part of the team which competed in the 2021 CAF Champions League.
Redouani participated in AS FAR's championship-winning campaign in the 2022 CAF Champions League. During the second game against Green Buffaloes F.C., she received a straight red card after an VAR review of her foul on Natasha Nanyangwe.
International career Youth 2019: African Games Redouani played with the Morocco U-20s at the 2019 African Games in Rabat where Morocco won the bronze medal. She recorded a goal off a penalty kick in the third place match against Algeria. In the same year, she won the 2019 UNAF U-20 tournament in Tangier with the team.
Senior Redouani was called up for the first team in 2018. She has capped for Morocco at senior level during the Aisha Buhari Cup. She played in the UNAF Tournament organized in Tunis in February 2020, which Morocco won.
2022 Africa Cup of Nations
She was part of the 26-woman squad who participated in the 2022 African Cup of Nations. Redouani started the final, which Morocco lost 2–1 to South Africa. She was injured and replaced by her teammate at AS FAR, Ghazlan Shahiri. As a result of being runners-up, Morocco won their first qualification for the FIFA World Cup.
2023 FIFA World Cup Redouani started all three games of the group stage at the 2023 FIFA World Cup. She scored an own goal in Morocco's opening match in which they lost 6–0 to Germany.
Honours AS FAR Moroccan Championship (4): 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Moroccan Throne Cup (4): 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 UNAF Champions League (2): 2021, 2024 CAF Champions League (1): 2022; runner up: 2024
Morocco U20 UNAF U-20 Tournament: 2019
Morocco Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2022 UNAF Tournament: 2020
Individual Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022 IFFHS CAF Team of The Year: 2022
See also List of Morocco women's international footballers
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