Abeer Mahmoud Mubarak Al-Nahar (Arabic: عبير النهار; born 13 February 1991) is a Jordanian international footballer who plays as a forward.

Abeer Al-Nahar
Personal information
Full name Abeer Mahmoud Mubarak Al-Nahar[1]
Date of birth (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 (age 35)
Place of birth Amman, Jordan
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Amman Club
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2019 Jordan 43 (26)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 January 2019

Club career

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In May 2015 Al-Nahar played for Amman Club in a 5–3 win over rivals Shabab Al-Ordon, which secured the Jordan Women's Football League title.[2]

International career

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As a 15-year-old Al-Nahar was included in the Jordan national team squad who were beaten 13–0 by Japan at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.[3]

In 2011 Al-Nahar and her father were outspoken critics of FIFA's ban on hijabs.[4] Two years later she got six goals as Jordan "hammered" Kuwait 21–0 in 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification.[5]

During Jordan's victorious 2014 WAFF Women's Championship campaign, Al-Nahar scored four goals in a 7–0 win over Qatar[6] and finished as the tournament top scorer. At the 2014 Asian Games she was shown a red card in Jordan's 2–2 draw with Chinese Taipei.[7]

International goals

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 April 2009KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Maldives1–09–02010 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.3–0
3.7–0
4.11 February 2013Tehran, Iran Iran1–?1–2Friendly
5.1 April 2013King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan Palestine3–04–0
6.7 June 2013Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Kuwait6–021–02014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
7.11–0
8.14–0
9.16–0
10.20–0
11.21–0
12.3 September 2013Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos Laos1–05–0Friendly
13.17 April 2014Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan Qatar1–07–02014 WAFF Women's Championship
14.2–0
15.3–0
16.6–0
17.31 August 2014Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt Egypt1–02–0Friendly
18.9 February 2017Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan Algeria2–12–1
19.12 February 2017 Algeria2–32–3
20.10 April 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tajikistan10–210–22018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
21.31 July 2017Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina2–22–4Friendly
22.8 November 2018Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine Maldives1–06–02020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
23.11 November 2018 Palestine6–07–0
24.13 November 2018 Indonesia2–03–0
25.13 January 2019Al-Muharraq Stadium, Muharraq, Bahrain Palestine1–03–02019 WAFF Women's Championship

References

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  1. 1 2 "Biographies". 2014 Asian Games. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. "Amman Club clinches the Orange Jordanian Women's Football League 2014/15 title". Jordan Football Association. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. "Jordan's women make disastrous debut". Taipei Times. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. Dorsey, James M. (17 June 2011). "FIFA bans Jordanian women soccer players for wearing the hijab". Al Arabiya. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  5. "Kuwait 0-21 Jordan". Asian Football Confederation. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. "WAFF Women's Championship: Qatar 0-7 Jordan". Asian Football Confederation. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
  7. "Well-deserved draw for the Women's team in their Opening Asian Games match". Jordan Football Association. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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