Mariam El-Masri (born 20 June 1991) is a

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who plays as a

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. Born in Canada, she represents

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internationally.

Early and personal life

She was born in

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to a Tunisian father and a Guyanese mother. She played youth soccer with Wexford SC in Scarborough. Her older brother

Sherif Sherif, also spelled Sharif (and, in countries where Francophone Romanisation is the norm, Cherif or Charif), is a proper name derived from the Arabic word (, 'noble', 'highborn', 'honorable'), originally a title designating a person descended fr ...

is also a footballer who represented Canada U23 internationally. She is an alumnus of

Agincourt Collegiate Institute Agincourt Collegiate Institute (known locally as ACI or Agincourt), formerly known as Agincourt High School and Agincourt Continuation School is a secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in Agincourt, a neighbourhood in the ...

, in

. In 2011, she attended Centennial College and played for the women's team.

Playing career

She won the 2012 Ontario Women Soccer League with GS (Gursikh Sabha) United before signing on with Boldklubben 1921 in Denmark. El-Masri made Guyana's first-ever goal in the CONCACAF Women's Championship in 2010, then Guyana's first-ever goal in the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship in 2016. In 2015, she attended

Seneca College Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology is a multiple-campus public college in the Greater Toronto Area, and Peterborough, Ontario, Canada regions. It offers full-time and part-time programs at the baccalaureate, diploma, certificate and ...

, playing for their women's team. She sustained a severe concussion and took a break from football, but returned to join GS United in Toronto, winning the Ontario Championships and coming in third in the Canadian National Championships.

International goals

''Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first''

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* 1991 births Living people Citizens of Guyana through descent Guyanese women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Warriors FC players Guyana women's international footballers Guyanese expatriate footballers Guyanese expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Expatriate footballers in Singapore Guyanese people of Tunisian descent Sportspeople from Scarborough, Toronto Soccer players from Toronto Canadian women's soccer players Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Canadian people of Tunisian descent Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent Seneca College alumni {{Guyana-women-footy-bio-stub

Early and personal life

Playing career

International goals

See also

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