Lee Sima Falkon ( he, לי סימה פלקון; born 7 May 1992) is an Israeli

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player who plays as a forward for Maccabi Emek Hefer.

Club career

ASA Tel Aviv University

After a few seasons training with Bnot Tiv'on Falkon started playing in the local senior league, where she joined

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as she was attracted to their "eternal losers" tag. During her time at ASA Tel Aviv University, the club won 5

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titles and 3

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wins. At the age of 18, after receiving an "elite sportswoman" status from the army, Falkon decided to go to college in Kentucky to further her professional development, but returned to ASA Tel Aviv University when she discovered it wasn't what she expected.

SC Sand

After finishing her army service, Falkon was invited to join

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in the

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. She arrived after recovering from a nine-month injury and had a hard time fitting in, so after a few months she returned to Israel.

Brøndby IF

After scoring a goal in Israel's away match against Denmark in the

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, Falkon received an offer to sign with local Danish club

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. She had a great season with them including making the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals, but left as she wasn't making enough money to function financially.

MSV Duisburg

In August 2015, Falkon joined recently relegated

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together with Israeli teammate

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on one-year contracts with an extension option. Falkon helped MSV Duisburg get promoted back to the

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, and in April 2017 was the first Israeli footballer to be selected by

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to be sponsored.

Western Sydney Wanderers

Falkon joined Western Sydney Wanderers ahead of the 2017–18 season.

International career

At the age of 13, Falkon joined Israel U19 team to give her a framework to play in, as there were no women's junior leagues functioning in Israel. Falkon became a leading player in the senior side too, having over 30 international caps.

Honours

;ASA Tel Aviv University Winner *

(3): 2011–12,

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, 2013–14 *

(2): 2011–12, 2013–14

References

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* 1992 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli women's footballers Israel women's international footballers ASA Tel Aviv University players SC Sand players Brøndby IF (women) players MSV Duisburg (women) players Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark Frauen-Bundesliga players A-League Women players Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Footballers from Northern District (Israel) {{Israel-women-footy-bio-stub