Malika-e-Noor (born 11 July 1994) is a Pakistani

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who is the

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of the

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. She captains and plays as a defender for

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, and as a

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for the national team. As of 2023, she has played in over 200 professional matches, with 98 goals to her name.

Club career

Young Rising Stars

Malika scored the opening goal for Young Rising Stars in the final of the

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, as her side went on to win 2-0 against WAPDA. She won the Top Scorer award at the tournament. In September 2011, Noor scored 14 goals and got 11 assists in Young Rising Stars' 25-0 win over Margala in the 7th National Women Football Championship. She also scored the equalizer in the final against

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as YRS successfully defended their title. This helped her win the Top Scorer award at the tournament for the second consecutive time.

Pakistan Army

At the 2014 edition, she played for

and scored 16 goals in 6 matches as her side came third. For her performances, she was awarded the Misha Dawood Trophy for being the best player of the tournament.

International career

Noor scored the 89th-minute winning goal from the

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spot in

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's first competitive victory, at the

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. The team beat the

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2–1 and she also served an assist for the national team's first-ever goal in the same match.

International goals

References

External links

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