Leena Khamis (born 19 June 1986) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League Women.

Biography

Khamis was born in the Sydney suburb of Camden and is of Assyrian heritage. Her family is heavily involved in football, her father played the game before emigrating to Australia from Iraq and two of her sisters are involved at Sydney FC. Her older sister, Linda, is an assistant coach and her younger sister, Sham, is a team-mate.

Playing career

She represented Australia at the 2004 FIFA World Under 19 Women's Championship in Thailand. She finished the inaugural W-League season as top scorer with 7 goals, winning the Golden Boot award. Khamis made her full international debut for Australia in July 2008 in a match against China in Beijing. After playing at Sydney FC since their inaugural season, Khamis signed with

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for the 2018–19 season. She was one of several players who made the switch from Sydney FC to rivals Western Sydney during the offseason. Khamis departed Western Sydney Wanderers ahead of the

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season. In January 2022, Khamis joined A-League Women club Perth Glory on a short-term injury replacement contract, due to injuries to Cyera Hintzen, Susan Phonsongkham, and Demi Koulizakis.

International goals

''Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

; Sydney FC * W-League Premiership: 2009,

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* W-League Championship: 2009

Country

; Australia * AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2010 *

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: 2004

Individual

* W-League Golden Boot: 2008–09

References

External links

Sydney FC profile
* 1986 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Macarthur Rams FC players Sydney FC (A-League Women) players Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players Canberra United FC players Perth Glory FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Fortuna Hjørring players New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni Australia women's international soccer players Women's association football forwards Australian people of Assyrian descent Assyrian women's footballers Soccer players from Sydney {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub