Christelle Khalil Bedran ( ar, كريستال خليل بدران; born 5 December 2000) is a Lebanese
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
ÓBerytus.
Club career
Bedran began her career at
Nasr.
Three seasons after the formation of Nasr, Bedran won the U17 league in 2017.
In 2018, she helped found a club in the
Lebanese Women's Football League
The Lebanese Women's Football League ( ar, الدوري اللبناني لكرة القدم للسيدات) is the only league of women's football in Lebanon. It is run by the Lebanese Football Association and began in May 2008, with six teams ...
,
Sporting High; they folded in 2019.
Bedran joined
ÓBerytus ahead of the
2019–20 season.
International career
Bedran made her first international appearance for Lebanon at the
under-18 level in 2018, finishing runner-up at the
WAFF U-18 Women's Championship held in Lebanon.
Between 2018 and 2019, she competed for the under-19 team at the
2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification.
Bedran's
senior
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* Senior (name), a surname ...
debut for Lebanon came at the
2019 WAFF Championship
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, finishing in third place.
Personal life
In 2020, Bedran was studying
sports science
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.
In addition to
football
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, Bedran also practices
basketball
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,
badminton
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,
swimming
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and
equestrianism
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.
Honours
Lebanon U18
*
WAFF U-18 Women's Championship:
2018
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Lebanon
*
WAFF Women's Championship
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third place:
2019
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See also
*
List of Lebanon women's international footballers
This is a non-exhaustive list of Lebanon women's international footballers – association football players who have appeared at least once for the senior Lebanon women's national football team.
Players
Born outside Lebanon
The followin ...
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
People from Matn District
Lebanese women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
Sporting High players
ÓBerytus players
Lebanese Women's Football League players
Lebanon women's youth international footballers
Lebanon women's international footballers
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