Sara Bakri

Sara Bakri (Arabic: سارة بكري;[3] born 1 November 1989) is a Lebanese footballer and futsal player who plays as a midfielder for Lebanese club BFA. She represented Lebanon internationally in both football and futsal.

Not to be confused with Sara El Bekri.

Sara Bakri
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-11-01) 1 November 1989[1]
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon[1]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 BFA
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Sadaka
2014–2019 SAS
2019– BFA (6)
International career
2006–2017 Lebanon 22 (7)
2008–2018 Lebanon (futsal) 11 (5)
Honours
Women's football
Representing  Lebanon
WAFF Women's Championship
Bronze medal – third place2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2020

With seven goals in 22 appearances between 2006 and 2017, Bakri is the Lebanon national football team's joint all-time top goalscorer and joint-most capped player.[4]

Early life

Born on 1 November 1989, in Beirut, Lebanon, Bakri has two sisters and a brother.[5] She began playing football at the age of seven.[5]

Club career

Bakri played at Sadaka in the Lebanese Women's Football League from 2008 to 2014,[5][6] before moving to SAS.[7] She joined BFA on 30 September 2019.[8]

International career

Bakri has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both football and futsal.

In football, she represented Lebanon in multiple competitions, namely the 2010 Arabia Women's Cup and the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in 2013, where she played three games and scored a goal against Kuwait.[2] Bakri scored seven goals in 22 games between 2006 and 2017;[9] she is her national team's joint-most capped player, alongside Taghrid Hamadeh, and all-time top goalscorer.[4]

In futsal, Bakri played for Lebanon at the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship in 2008 and 2012, and the AFC Women's Futsal Championship in 2018.[3][10]

Career statistics

International
Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bakri goal.
List of international goals scored by Sara Bakri
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 Amman, Jordan  Jordan 1–6 1–10 Friendly
7 21 March 2017 Beirut, Lebanon  Syria 1–0 4–0 Friendly

Honours

Sadaka

SAS

  • Lebanese Women's Football League: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
  • Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2014–15, 2018–19; runner-up: 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2016; runner-up: 2017, 2018

Lebanon

Individual

See also

Notes
  1. Tied with Christy Maalouf

References
  1. "Sara Bakri". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. "AFC WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP 2014". AFC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. "WOMEN FOOTSALE AU LIBAN". abdogedeon (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. "Lebanon National Team All-Time Stats Women". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. "سارة ورشا: نحن لاعبات كرة قدم ولسنا عارضات أزياء". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. ""الصداقة" بطل لبنان للسنة الخامسة على التوالي". الجمهورية (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  7. "لاعبة منتخب لبنان سارة بكري ضيفة مساحات رياضية". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  8. "Sarah Bakri 👊 Welcome to BFAmily". Facebook. BFA Girls Team. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Sara Bakri". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 10 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "SARA BAKRI". AFC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.


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