Ghiya Mohamad Mtairek ( ar, غيا محمد متيرك; born 9 January 2000) is a Lebanese
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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for Lebanese club
Super Girls. Mtairek is also a
long-distance runner
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Within e ...
.
Football career
Mtairek played for
Terdeba Stars in the
2018–19 season, scoring four goals. She remained at the club during the
2019–20 season, when they changed their name to Southern Stars; she scored 16 goals. On 1 July 2020, Mtairek joined
Super Girls.
Mtairek made her senior international debut for
Lebanon
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on 8 April 2021, coming on as a substitute in a
friendly tournament against
Armenia
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.
Running career
Mtairek is also a
long-distance runner
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength.
Within e ...
.
She began running aged 9, at the
Beirut Marathon
The Beirut Marathon, is an annual event that takes place in Beirut, Lebanon, first held in 2003. It is a founding member of Asian Premier Marathons, and was accredited as a Silver Label Road Race by the IAAF. Unifying members of all politica ...
, where she won the
5 km race of her age group.
Mtairek participated in all Lebanese championships of her respective age group from 2009 to 2019.
In 2016 Mtairek, who was part of Phoenicia Club Tyre, participated with the Lebanese national team at the 2016
West Asian Junior Athletics Championships in
Bahrain
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, finishing in fourth place in the
400 m
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women.
She participated in the 2017
Limassol Marathon, finishing second in her category and fifth overall in the female 5 km race. Mtairek also participated the following year, finishing third in the female 5 km.
In 2018 Mtairek took part in the Ooredoo Marathon in
Qatar
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, finishing second in the 5 km.
In 2019, she won the Lebanese Universities Cross Country representing the Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL). Mtairek finished in second place in the 2019 Limassol Marathon female 5 km.
See also
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List of Lebanon women's international footballers
Notes
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
People from Tyre, Lebanon
Lebanese women's footballers
Women's association football forwards
Southern Stars Club players
Super Girls FC players
Lebanese Women's Football League players
Lebanon women's international footballers
Lebanese female long-distance runners
Lebanese female cross country runners
Lebanese female sprinters