Nadia Assaf ( ar, ناديا عساف; born 30 September 1985) is a Lebanese

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manager and former player who played as a

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and a

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. She is also a former

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player, and represented Lebanon internationally in both

and

Early life

Born on 30 September 1985, in

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, United Arab Emirates to a Lebanese Druze family, Assaf was raised in Australia.

Club career

Assaf has played for several

Lebanese Women's Football League The Lebanese Women's Football League ( ar, الدوري اللبناني لكرة القدم للسيدات) is the only league of women's football in Lebanon. It is run by the Lebanese Football Association and began in May 2008, with six teams ...

clubs.

International career

Assaf has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both

and

. In football, she represented

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in multiple competitions, namely the

2011 WAFF Women's Championship The 2011 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship tournament was held from 3 to 12 October 2011 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was the fourth West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship held. The UAE successfully defen ...

and the

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in 2013, where she played three games and scored two goals against

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

. In futsal, Assaf played for

at the

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Personal life

Assaf has a Masters in Sports Education and Development from the

University of Bath (Virgil, Georgics II) , mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind , established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...

in England.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Assaf goal''.

Honours

Lebanon *

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third place:

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Individual *

top goalscorer: 2015–16

References

External links

* * 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Dubai Lebanese Druze Lebanese women's footballers Lebanese women's futsal players Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Lebanese Women's Football League players Lebanon women's international footballers Lebanese women's football managers Female association football managers International sportspeople born abroad {{Lebanon-women-footy-bio-stub