This is a first for an international tricolor.
Lyon midfielder Amel Majri, 28, will become a mother.
OL revealed on Friday that their player (66 caps, 11 goals) had announced her pregnancy this week to the club's management, staff and teammates.
"The Lyonnaise will continue to be closely followed by the club's medical staff 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 the external lateral ligament" , the statement said.
Amel Majri is recovering from a serious injury to the left knee (rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and the external lateral ligament), suffered on October 1.
Her season ended at that time and her participation in the Women's Euro next July was already seriously compromised before the announcement of her pregnancy.
Olympique Lyonnais congratulates @AmelMajri7 and her husband who are waiting for a happy event 👶👏https://t.co/oT6V05f4FQ pic.twitter.com/p5Pbcd7kAo
– OL Women (@OLfeminin) January 14, 2022
"A career is made up of ups and downs but as always I will continue to fight and God willing I will come back stronger", tweeted, just after her injury, the best player in D1 in 2016, with 66 team selections of France for 11 goals.
If no current tricolor international had previously put his career on hold due to a happy event, the Rhone club has already experienced such a situation.
Icelandic Sara Björk Gunnarsdottir gave birth to a baby boy two months ago.
