Marie-Laure Delie
Introduction '''Marie-Laure Delie''' (born 29 January 1988) is a French football player who currently plays for Madrid CFF of the Primera Division. She plays as a striker and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut for the team on 23 September 2009.
Club career ===Early career===Delie began her career playing for Olympique Viarmes Asnières, just north of her birthplace. After five years at the club, she joined Domont FC, In 2005, Delie being selected to the CNFE Clairefontaine, the women's section of the prestigious Clairefontaine academy. She spent two seasons with the team making 37 appearances and scoring 19 goals. Before the 2007–2008 season, Delie drew interest from both Division 1 Féminine clubs Montpellier and Paris Saint-Germain. She eventually agreed to join the latter club. In her only one season at the club, she played in all of the club's league matches and scored 16 goals.===Montpellier===After a successful season at Paris Saint-Germain, Montpellier remained keen on signing the young striker. In June 2008, Delie reached an agreement to sign with the club and was handed the number 23 shirt by manager Sarak M'Barek. In her first season with Montpellier, she scored a team-leading 19 goals and helped the club win the 2008–09 Challenge de France. Delie remained potent on the field of play in the 2009–10 season as Montpellier were not only playing in domestic competitions, but also in the 2009–10 edition of the UEFA Women's Champions League. She finished as the second-best scorer in the league behind Eugénie Le Sommer after netting 18 in 20 league matches.In the team's defense of the Challenge de France, Delie scored a team-high six goals in five matches as Montpellier reached the final for the second consecutive season. The club was unable to defend its title though losing 5–0 to Delie's former club Paris Saint-Germain in the final. In the Champions League, Delie scored three goals in the first qualifying rounds in wins over Bulgarian club NSA Sofia and Macedonian outfit ZFK Tikvesanka. In the Round of 32, Delie scored the team's final goal in a 3–1 second leg victory over the women's section of Belgian club Standard Liège. Montpellier were later defeated in the quarter-finals by Swedish club Umeå. Delie ultimately finished the season with 34 total appearances and a team-leading 28 goals.In the 2010–11 season, Delie appeared as all 22 league matches scoring 14 goals. In the cup, despite scoring only one goal as the lead striker, Montpellier still reached the final for the third consecutive season. The club, however, failed to live up to its 2008 performance falling on penalties to Saint-Étienne.===Paris Saint-Germain===In July 2013, she signed with PSG.
International career Delie has been active with the women's section of the national team. She has earned caps with the women's under-17, under-19, and under-20 teams. At under-19 level, Delie made 23 appearances and helped the team reach the final at the 2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, where they lost to Germany. Delie finished the competition as one of its joint top-scorers.On 23 September 2009, Delie earned her first cap with the senior women's national team against Croatia. On her debut, she scored her first international goal in a 7–0 away win. In her following match with the team, against Estonia, she scored a double. France won the match 12–0.Delie quickly settled in with the team and finished the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round with nine goals. In the 2011 Cyprus Cup, Delie scored a tournament-high six goals. Her goals were courtesy of separate hat tricks in wins over New Zealand and Scotland. On 15 June 2011, in a preparation friendly ahead of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, Delie scored both team goals in a 2–1 win over Belgium. In the return friendly against Belgium on 18 June, Delie netted a hat trick in a 7–0 win. The treble was her third in the team's last five matches. She scored the only goal of the opening match of the World Cup against Nigeria at the Rhein-Neckar Arena, converting at close range from a cross by Eugénie Le Sommer, and also netted in the final group game against the hosts Germany, as France came fourth.She was part of France's team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, scoring two goals in the group stages. She also played in the 2016 Olympics.At the 2015 World Cup in Canada, Delie opened a 5–0 group stage win over Mexico which sent France through as group winners, her goal came after 34 seconds. In the last 16 against South Korea at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, she struck in each half of a 3–0 victory.
Career statistics ===Club===''Updated 1 September 2016''ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCNFE Clairefontaine2005–0616500001652006–07211400002114Total371900003719Paris SG2007–08221655002721Total221655002721Montpellier2008–092217520027192009–102018569434282010–112214410026152011–121912520024142012–13211553002618Total1047624149413794Paris SG2013–14 2024352025292014–151714337327202015–16181256502818Total555011141438067Career total2181614033237281201===International===:''(Correct as of 1 September 2016)'' National teamSeasonAppsGoals'''France'''2009–10992010–1113132011–1216112012–1320122013–1417102014–151562015–161222016–1760Total10863====International goals==== No. Date  Venue  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1  23 September 2009  Stadion NK Inter Zaprešić, Zaprešić, Croatia        2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 2  28 October 2009  Stade Jules Deschaseaux, Le Havre, France      12–0  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 3   4  25 February 2010  Richman Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland        Friendly 5  27 March 2010  Stade de la Libération, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France        2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 6  31 March 2010  Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland        2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 7  20 June 2010  Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon, France        2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 8  23 June 2010  Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia      0–6  2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 9   10  25 August 2010  Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France        2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 11  7 March 2011  GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus      5–2  2011 Cyprus Cup 12   13   14  9 March 2011  GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus      0–3  2011 Cyprus Cup 15   16   17  15 June 2011  Sportpark de Lenspolder, Nieuwpoort, Belgium      1–2  Friendly 18   19  18 June 2011  Stade de l'Épopée, Calais, France      7–0  Friendly 20   21   22  26 June 2011  Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim, Germany        2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 23  5 July 2011  Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany        2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 24 14 September 2011  Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona, Israel        UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 25 22 September 2011  Turner's Cross, Cork, Republic of Ireland        UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 26 22 October 2011  Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales        UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 27  16 November 2011  Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe        Friendly 28  20 November 2011  Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique      5–0  Friendly 29   30  15 February 2012  Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France        Friendly 31  28 February 2012  GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus        2012 Cyprus Cup 32  4 March 2012  Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus        2012 Cyprus Cup 33  6 March 2012  GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus        2012 Cyprus Cup 34  11 July 2012  Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France      3–0  Friendly 35   36  19 July 2012  Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris, France        Friendly 37  25 July 2012  Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland        2012 Summer Olympics 38  28 July 2012  Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland        2012 Summer Olympics 39  19 September 2012  Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland      0–5  UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 40   41  20 October 2012  Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris, France      2–2  Friendly 42   43  13 February 2013  Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg, France        Friendly 44  1 June 2013  Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France      3–0  Friendly 45   46  12 July 2013  Idrottsparken, Norrköping, Sweden      3–1  UEFA Women's Euro 2013 47   48  25 September 2013  Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Astana, Kazakhstan        2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 49  23 November 2013  Lovech Stadium, Lovech, Bulgaria      0–10  2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 50   51   52  7 March 2014  GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus        2014 Cyprus Cup 53  5 April 2014  Jean-Bouin Stadium, Angers, France      7–0  2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 54   55  9 April 2014  MMArena, Le Mans, France        2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 56  20 August 2014  Bozsik Stadion, Budapest, Hungary        2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 57  17 September 2014  Stade de l'Épopée, Calais, France       2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 58  28 May 2015  Stade Marcel Picot, Tomblaine, France       Friendly 59  17 June 2015  Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa, Canada         2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 60  21 June 2015  Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada      3–0  2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 61   62  22 September 2015  MMArena, Le Mans, France        UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 63  27 October 2015  Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine        UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 64  20 September 2016  Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris, France        UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 65  1 March 2017  Talen Energy Stadium, Chester, United States        2017 SheBelieves Cup''Correct as of 1 March 2017''
Honours ===Club===;Montpellier*Challenge de France: Winner 2008–09===International===;France*Cyprus Cup: Winner 2012, 2014*SheBelieves Cup: Winner 2017
See also * List of women's footballers with 100 or more caps
References
External links *  Club profile* * *  FFF profile