Stephanie Mazen Yousef Al-Naber ( ar, ستيفاني مازن يوسف النبر; born 27 October 1988) is a Jordanian

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club Shabab Al-Ordon and

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the Jordan national team.

Club career

Al-Naber learned to play football in the street with her family. She later played on her school's team and began her career with Shabab Al-Ordon, one of the first Jordanian clubs in the country to start a women's team. Al-Naber later became the first Jordanian woman to play football in leagues abroad. She played for clubs in

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International career

Al-Naber has been a main-stay of the Jordan women's national team since its inception in 2005. She helped the national team win the West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship in 2005, 2007, and

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as well as the 2010 Arabia Women's Cup. Al-Naber was part of the Jordan national squads that played in the 2006, 2010, and

Asian Games. She was also part of the squad that participated in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers helping Jordan qualify for the continental tournament for the first time.

Personal life

As of January 2017, Al-Naber's father is a director at Shabab Al-Ordon. Both her siblings, Yousef and

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, are footballers.

Career statistics

International goals

References

External links

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1988 births Living people Jordanian women's footballers Jordan women's international footballers Sportspeople from Amman Women's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Jordanian expatriate footballers Jordanian expatriates in Denmark Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark Jordanian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Jordanian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Expatriate women's footballers in Lebanon Fortuna Hjørring players Jordanian women's futsal players Asian Games competitors for Jordan Sadaka SC women's footballers Lebanese Women's Football League players Jordan Women's Football League players FIFA Century Club {{Jordan-women-footy-bio-stub