Abeer Rantisi (born 12 July 1987) is a Jordanian former footballer who played as a

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for the

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and was one of its original members. She competed with the team at the

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. At the club level, she played for

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in Jordan. In 2014, Rantisi served as coach for the Asian Football Development Project, a non-profit that supports a number of football programs for refugees in the northern part of Jordan. As of September 2015, Rantisi was the head of women’s football for the

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1987 births Living people Jordanian women's footballers Jordan women's international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) Women's association football defenders Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Jordan Jordan Women's Football League players {{Jordan-women-footy-bio-stub