Sara Bakri
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| Full name | Sara Abbas Bakri[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 November 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Beirut, Lebanon[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Arz | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2014 | Sadaka | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | SAS | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | BFA | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2017 | Lebanon | 22 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2018 | Lebanon (futsal) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Sara Abbas Bakri (
Arabic: سارة عباس بكري;[3] born 1 November 1989) is a Lebanese former footballer and futsal player who played as a midfielder. She represented Lebanon internationally in both football and futsal
.
With seven goals in 22 appearances between 2006 and 2017, Bakri was the Lebanon national football team's
all-time top goalscorer
and most-capped player, before both records were broken in 2023.
Early life
Born on 1 November 1989, in Beirut, Lebanon, Bakri has two sisters and a brother.[4] She began playing football at the age of seven.[4]
Club career
Bakri played for
ACL tear in 2022, Bakri retired in 2023.[6]
International career
Bakri has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both football and futsal.
In football, she represented
all-time top goalscorer before being surpassed by Christy Maalouf in 2023,[10] and the joint-most capped player[11][6] – alongside Taghrid Hamadeh – before being surpassed by Rana Al Mokdad in 2023.[12]
In futsal, Bakri played for
Career statistics
International
- Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bakri goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2010 | Al Ahli Stadium, Manama, Bahrain |  Egypt
|
1–? | 1–5 | 2010 Arabia Women's Cup | |
| 2 | 21 October 2010 |  Jordan
|
1–? | 1–3 | |||
| 3 | 23 October 2010 | Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain |  Iraq
|
?–0 | 9–0 | ||
| 4 | ?–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 June 2013 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  Kuwait
|
11–0 | 12–1 | 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification | [2] |
| 6 | 15 September 2011 | Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan | Jordan
|
1–6 | 1–10 | Friendly | |
| 7 | 21 March 2017 | Bir Hassan Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon |  Syria
|
1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
Honours
Sadaka
- Lebanese Women's Football League: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
- Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
SAS
- Lebanese Women's Football League: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
- Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2014–15, 2018–19
- Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2016–17
Lebanon
- WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2007
Individual
- Lebanese Women's Football League top goalscorer: 2014–15
See also
References
- ^ a b "Sara Bakri". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "AFC WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP 2014". AFC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ a b "WOMEN FOOTSALE AU LIBAN". abdogedeon (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "سارة ورشا: نحن لاعبات كرة قدم ولسنا عارضات أزياء". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ ""الصداقة" بطل لبنان للسنة الخامسة على التوالي". الجمهورية (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d The Super Subs [@the.supersubs] (8 June 2023). "End of a chapter!" – via Instagram.
- ^ "لاعبة منتخب لبنان سارة بكري ضيفة مساحات رياضية". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Sarah Bakri 👊 Welcome to BFAmily". Facebook. BFA Girls Team. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Sara Bakri". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Khaled, Nasser (19 July 2023). فوز كبير لسيدات لبنان على فلسطين [A big win for the Lebanese women against Palestine]. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Lebanon National Team All-Time Stats Women". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Lebanese Football Association [@thelfawomen] (30 September 2023). "أول لاعبة تكسر حاجز الـ23 مباراة مع منتخب السيدات. رنا المقداد أصبحت اللاعبة الأكثر تمثيلًا للمنتخب" – via Instagram.
- ^ "SARA BAKRI". AFC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
External links
- Sara Bakri at FA Lebanon
- Sara Bakri at Soccerway
- Sara Bakri at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)