Mayssa Baha

Mayssa Baha
Personal information
Full name Mayssa Baha Abelhadj
Date of birth (2011-01-16) 16 January 2011 (age 15)
Place of birth Málaga, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Barcelona
Number 31
Youth career
FUS
Málaga
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2026– Barcelona 3 (1)
International career
Morocco U17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mayssa Baha Abelhadj (Arabic: ميساء بهاء أبيلحاج, pronounced [ˈmiːsaː bɦaː ʔaːbiːlˈħaːd͡ʒ]; born 16 February 2011) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Barcelona. Born in Spain, she plays for the Morocco under-17 national team. She is the youngest player, male or female, to ever score for Barcelona, as well as the youngest player to ever score in Liga F.

Early life

Baha was born on 16 February 2011 in Málaga, Spain and is a native of the city. The daughter of Morocco international Nabil Baha, she is the younger sister of Moroccan footballer Ziyad Baha.

Club career

As a youth player, Baha joined the youth academy of Moroccan side FUS. Following her stint there, she joined the youth academy of Málaga in Spain, where she played under Spanish manager Rubén Gallego.

Subsequently, she joined the youth academy of Spanish outfit Barcelona at the age of 13. Ahead of the 2026–27 season, she was promoted to the club's senior team. In a Liga F match against Logroño United on 26 September 2026, she scored her first senior goal for the club in what would end in a 2–0 away victory for Barcelona at the Estadio Las Gaunas in Las Gaunas, Logroño, La Rioja. The goal made her the youngest goalscorer, male or female, in Barcelona's history, breaking a record set by Spanish men's team player Lamine Yamal, as well as the youngest ever goalscorer in Liga F.

International career

Baha is a Morocco youth international and is eligible to represent Spain internationally, having been born in the country. During the autumn of 2025, she played for the Morocco women's national under-17 football team at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Style of play

Baha plays as a forward. Spanish newspaper Artículo 14 wrote in 2026 that she is "a 1.74-metre-tall striker with a physique that allows her to compete with older players and a remarkable knack for finding the net. Her goalscoring instinct is precisely one of the aspects that has stood out most in her career".

References

  1. 1 2 "Mayssa Baha makes history with first senior goal". Atlas Lions. 26 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Logroño United 0–2 FC Barcelona: win and record goal". Barcelona. 27 September 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Mayssa Baha breaks Liga F's early-career records". Liga F. 28 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "ميساء وزياد باها.. موهبتان مغربيتان تختصران الطريق نحو القمة الأوروبية" [Mayssa and Ziad Baha... two Moroccan talents who are taking a shortcut to the European top] (in Arabic). SNRT. 8 August 2026. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "Mayssa Baha, una malagueña de apellido ilustre llamada a hacer historia" [Mayssa Baha, a woman from Malaga with an illustrious surname destined to make history] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 18 September 2026. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "Mayssa Baha, la 'nueva Lamine Yamal' que se disputan España y Marruecos: 15 años y ya ha debutado en Primera División" [Mayssa Baha, the 'new Lamine Yamal' that Spain and Morocco are fighting over: 15 years old and has already made her debut in the First Division] (in Spanish). Infobae. 15 September 2026. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  7. ↑ Mayssa Baha at WorldFootball.net
  8. ↑ "Mayssa Baha rompe todos los récords de precocidad" [Mayssa Baha breaks all precocity records] (in Spanish). Artículo 14. 2 September 2026. Retrieved 22 September 2026.