Leena Khamis

Leena Khamis
	Khamis playing for Sydney FC in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Leena Khamis
Date of birth	19 June 1986 (age 35)
Place of birth	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Club information
Current team	Perth Glory
Number	29
Youth career
	NSW Institute of Sport
	Macarthur Rams
2003–2004	Northern NSW Pride
2004–2008	NSW Sapphires White
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Macarthur Rams
2008–2011	Sydney FC
2011	Fortuna Hjørring
2011–2012	Sydney FC
2012	Fortuna Hjørring
2013–2018	Sydney FC
2018–2019	Western Sydney Wanderers
2019–2020	Canberra United
2020–2021	Western Sydney Wanderers
2022–	Perth Glory
National team‡
2004–2006	Australia U-20
2008–	Australia
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 June 2015

Leena Khamis (born 19 June 1986) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League Women.

Biography[]

Khamis was born in the Sydney suburb of Camden and is of Assyrian heritage. Her family is heavily involved in football, her father played the game before emigrating to Australia from Iraq and two of her sisters are involved at Sydney FC. Her older sister, Linda, is an assistant coach and her younger sister, Sham , is a team-mate.^[1]^[2]

Playing career[]

She represented Australia at the 2004 FIFA World Under 19 Women's Championship in Thailand. She finished the inaugural W-League season as top scorer with 7 goals, winning the Golden Boot award.^[3]

Khamis made her full international debut for Australia in July 2008 in a match against China in Beijing.^[4]

After playing at Sydney FC since their inaugural season, Khamis signed with Western Sydney Wanderers for the 2018–19 season. She was one of several players who made the switch from Sydney FC to rivals Western Sydney during the offseason.^[5]

Khamis departed Western Sydney Wanderers ahead of the 2021–22 A-League Women season.^[6]

In January 2022, Khamis joined A-League Women club Perth Glory on a short-term injury replacement contract, due to injuries to , , and .^[7]

International goals[]

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 July 2008	North Sydney Oval, Sydney, Australia	New Zealand	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	20 February 2010	Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand	3–0	3–0	Friendly
3	19 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China	Vietnam	1–0	2–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
4	12 May 2011	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, Australia	New Zealand	3–0	3–0	Friendly
5	3 July 2011	Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	3–2	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup