Sara Bakri

Sara Abbas Bakri (Arabic: سارة عباس بكري;[3] born 1 November 1989) is a Lebanese former footballer and futsal player who played as a midfielder. She represented Lebanon internationally in both football and futsal.

Not to be confused with Sara El Bekri.
In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Abbas and the family name is Bakri.
Sara Bakri
Personal information
Full name Sara Abbas Bakri[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-01) 1 November 1989
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon[1]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Youth career
Arz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Sadaka
2014–2019 SAS
2019–2023 BFA
International career
2006–2017 Lebanon 22 (7)
2008–2018 Lebanon (futsal)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Lebanon
WAFF Women's Championship
Bronze medal – third place2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 Beirut, Lebanon, Bakri has two sisters and a brother.[4] She began playing football at the age of seven.[4]

Club career

Bakri played for Arz, before moving to Sadaka in the Lebanese Women's Football League.[4][5] She helped them win several domestic titles.[6] Bakri joined SAS in 2014,[7] with whom she also won multiple titles.[6] She joined BFA on 30 September 2019.[8] After suffering an ACL tear in 2022, Bakri retired in 2023.[6]

International career

Bakri has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both football and futsal.

In football, she represented Lebanon in multiple competitions, namely the 2010 Arabia Women's Cup and the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in 2013, where she played three games and scored a goal against Kuwait.[2] Bakri scored seven goals in 22 games between 2006 and 2017;[9] she was her national team's all-time top goalscorer before being surpassed by Christy Maalouf in 2023,[10] and the joint-most capped player[11][6] – alongside Taghrid Hamadeh – before being surpassed by Rana Al Mokdad in 2023.[12]

In futsal, Bakri played for Lebanon at the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship in 2008 and 2012, and the AFC Women's Futsal Championship in 2018.[3][13]

Career statistics

International
Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bakri goal.
List of international goals scored by Sara Bakri
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 19 October 2010 Al Ahli Stadium, Manama, Bahrain  Egypt 1–? 1–5 2010 Arabia Women's Cup
2 21 October 2010  Jordan 1–? 1–3
3 23 October 2010 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain  Iraq ?–0 9–0
4 ?–0
5 9 June 2013 Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan  Kuwait 11–0 12–1 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification [2]
6 15 September 2011 Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan  Jordan 1–6 1–10 Friendly
7 21 March 2017 Bir Hassan Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon  Syria 1–0 4–0 Friendly

Honours

Sadaka

SAS

  • Lebanese Women's Football League: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
  • Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2014–15, 2018–19
  • Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2016–17

Lebanon

Individual

See also

References
  1. "Sara Bakri". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. "AFC WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP 2014". AFC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. "WOMEN FOOTSALE AU LIBAN". abdogedeon (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. "سارة ورشا: نحن لاعبات كرة قدم ولسنا عارضات أزياء". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ""الصداقة" بطل لبنان للسنة الخامسة على التوالي". الجمهورية (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. The Super Subs [@the.supersubs] (8 June 2023). "End of a chapter!" – via Instagram.
  7. "لاعبة منتخب لبنان سارة بكري ضيفة مساحات رياضية". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  8. "Sarah Bakri 👊 Welcome to BFAmily". Facebook. BFA Girls Team. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  9. "Sara Bakri". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  10. Khaled, Nasser (19 July 2023). فوز كبير لسيدات لبنان على فلسطين [A big win for the Lebanese women against Palestine]. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  11. "Lebanon National Team All-Time Stats Women". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  12. Lebanese Football Association [@thelfawomen] (30 September 2023). "أول لاعبة تكسر حاجز الـ23 مباراة مع منتخب السيدات. رنا المقداد أصبحت اللاعبة الأكثر تمثيلًا للمنتخب" – via Instagram.
  13. "SARA BAKRI". AFC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.


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