Sara Abbas Bakri ( ar, سارة عباس بكري; born 1 November 1989) is a Lebanese former

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and

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player who played as a

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. She represented Lebanon internationally in both

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and

. With seven goals in 22 appearances between 2006 and 2017, Bakri was the Lebanon national football team's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player, before both records were broken in 2023.

Early life

Born on 1 November 1989, in

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, Lebanon, Bakri has two sisters and a brother. She began playing football at the age of seven.

Club career

Bakri played for Arz, before moving to Sadaka in the

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 ...

. She helped them win several domestic titles. Bakri joined

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in 2014, with whom she also won multiple titles. She joined BFA on 30 September 2019. After suffering an ACL tear in 2022, Bakri retired in 2023.

International career

Bakri has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both

and

. In football, she represented

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in multiple competitions, namely the

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and the

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in 2013, where she played three games and scored a goal against

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. Bakri scored seven goals in 22 games between 2006 and 2017; she was her national team's all-time top goalscorer before being surpassed by

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in 2023, and the joint-most capped player – alongside

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– before being surpassed by Rana Al Mokdad in 2023. In futsal, Bakri played for

at the

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and

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, and the

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Career statistics

International

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

Honours

Sadaka *

: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10,

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, 2011–12,

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, 2013–14 *

Lebanese Women's FA Cup The Lebanon Women's Cup ( ar, كأس لبنان للسيدات, links=no), commonly known as the Lebanese Women's FA Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in Lebanon – designed as an equivalent to the Lebanese FA Cup. The ...

: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 SAS * Lebanese Women's Football League: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19 * Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2014–15, 2018–19 *

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: 2016–17 Lebanon *

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third place:

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Individual *

top goalscorer: 2014–15

References

External links

* * * 1989 births Living people Footballers from Beirut Lebanese women's footballers Lebanese women's futsal players Women's association football midfielders Lebanon women's international footballers Lebanese Women's Football League players Sadaka SC women's footballers Stars Association for Sports players Beirut Football Academy players {{Lebanon-women-footy-bio-stub