Sara Bakri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 November 1989[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Beirut, Lebanon[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | BFA | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2014 | Sadaka | ||
| 2014–2019 | SAS | ||
| 2019– | BFA | (6) | |
| National team | |||
| 2006–2017 | Lebanon | 22 | (7) |
| 2008–2018 | Lebanon (futsal) | 11 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 March 2020 | |||
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.
With seven goals in 22 appearances between 2006 and 2017, Bakri is the Lebanon national football team's 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] She scored seven goals in 22 between 2006 and 2017,[9] and is her national team's all-time top goalscorer and joint-most capped player, alongside Taghrid Hamadeh.[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.
| 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
- Lebanese Women's Football League: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
- 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; runner-up: 2016–17, 2017–18
- Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2016; runner-up: 2017, 2018
Lebanon
- WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2007
Individual
- Lebanon all-time top goalscorer: 7 goals[4]
See also[]
- List of top international women's football goal scorers by country
- List of Lebanon women's international footballers
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 "Lebanon National Team All-Time Stats Women". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "لاعبة منتخب لبنان سارة بكري ضيفة مساحات رياضية". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Sarah Bakri