Mariam Abdulai Toloba is a Belgian international striker for FC Nantes in the French Première Ligue and the Belgium women’s national team.
She is of mixed heritage, with a Belgian mother and Ghanaian father.
She grew up in a football-mad family with three brothers who also played the game.
She started out playing school and local football before joining Gent’s academy at 13.
She made her Belgian top-flight debut for Gent as a 15-year-old.
She has also represented Belgium in women’s futsal, scoring in all three group matches of the 2019 UEFA Futsal Euro qualifiers.
In 2015, as a 15-year-old, Toloba’s spectacular strike was nominated for the European Goal of the Year award, listed in club coverage as being on a shortlist featuring Lionel Messi and her idol Cristiano Ronaldo.
In 2020 she was appointed assistant coach at Besiktas Gent’s women’s futsal team.
| Belgian Women’s Cup | 4× |
| Belgian Women’s Super League | 4× |
| Year | Club | AP | GL |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2025
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present
|
FC Nantes | 5 | 1 |
|
2023
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2025
|
Standard Liège | 39 | 17 |
|
2019
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2023
|
Anderlecht | 97 | 17 |
|
2015
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2019
|
Gent | ||
| International Stats | |||
|
2024
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present
|
Belgium | 13 | 2 |
|
2016
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2018
|
Belgium U19 | 16 | 8 |
|
2014
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2016
|
Belgium U17 | 15 | 5 |
|
2014
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2014
|
Belgium U16 | 3 | 2 |
