Nadia Ahmed Ramadan (Arabic: نادية أحمد رمضان; born January 21, 2005) is a college soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Kentucky Wildcats and the Egypt national team. She previously played for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
_02_(Ramadan).jpg) Ramadan with Alabama in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nadia Ahmed Ramadan | ||
| Date of birth | January 21, 2005[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kentucky Wildcats | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2023 | Sockers FC Chicago | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 63 | (17) |
| 2026– | Kentucky Wildcats | 0 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023 | FC Masar | ||
| International career | |||
| 2019–2022 | Egypt U-17 | ||
| 2020–2024 | Egypt U-20 | ||
| 2025– | Egypt | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early life
editRamadan grew up in Algonquin, Illinois.[1] When she was twelve, she joined Sockers FC Chicago,[2] where her father coached,[3] and helped her team reach the Girls Academy national final in 2022.[1] She committed to play college soccer at the University of Alabama before her senior year at Huntley High School.[2] In 2023, the summer before college, she played for Egyptian club FC Masar, while her father served as coach, and lifted the Egyptian Women's Cup with the club.[4]
College career
editRamadan became a starter for the Alabama Crimson Tide during her freshman season in 2023.[5] She finished the season with 4 goals (joint-second on the team) in 22 games and was named to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) all-freshman team.[1] In her sophomore season, she led the team in assists and was again their second-leading scorer with 7 goals in 21 games in 2024.[1] She scored in both SEC tournament games the team played.[6] The following summer, she trained with Egyptian club Wadi Degla, where her father newly coached.[7] She was the third leading scorer for the Tide with 6 goals in 21 games as a junior in 2025, earning second-team All-SEC honors.[1] She then transferred to the Kentucky Wildcats for her final season in 2026.[8]
International career
editRamadan began training with the Egyptian youth national team in 2019.[1] In December 2020, at age 15, she scored a hat trick for the Egypt under-20s in a friendly win against Lebanon.[9] Her father coached the under-20s at the time.[10] In April 2022, she captained the Egypt under-17s in the third-round first-leg loss to Nigeria in 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification.[11] In March 2023, she scored a penalty for the under-20s in the win against Tunisia at the 2023 UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament, where Egypt placed third.[12] In January 2024, she scored a penalty in the fourth-round first-leg loss to Cameroon in 2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification.[13]
In April 2025, Ramadan was called up to Egypt's full national team by her father, the squad's head coach, for friendlies against Jordan.[14]
Personal life
editRamadan is the daughter of Ahmed Ramadan Gad, a professional soccer player-turned-coach, and Tagrid El Shalakany. She has three brothers who all played college soccer: Youssef at Saint Louis and DePaul, Omar at DePaul and Creighton, and Ali at Creighton.[15][16]
Honors and awards
editFC Masar
- Egyptian Women's Cup: 2022–23
Individual
- Second-team All-SEC: 2025
- SEC all-freshman team: 2023
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Nadia Ramadan". Alabama Crimson Tide. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- 1 2 Graham, Hardy (July 11, 2022). "Alabama Women's Soccer Team Receives International Commit". Tide 100.9. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ Moustafa, Alaa (November 6, 2020). "I strive to develop women's football in Egypt, broaden its participation base: Ahmed Ramadan". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ Shaaban, Hatem (August 21, 2024). "جلسة تصوير جديدة للمصرية نادية رمضان في الأباما كريمزون الأمريكي.. صور". koraplus.com (in Arabic). Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ Fernandez, Theo (November 8, 2023). "From Alabama to Egypt and beyond: Nadia Ramadan's path to success". The Crimson White. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ "Alabama's Ramadan Called Up to Egyptian National Team". Alabama Crimson Tide. April 1, 2025. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ "وادي دجلة يقترب من ضم نادية أحمد رمضان نجلة المدير الفني للفريق.. خاص". koraplus.com (in Arabic). July 6, 2025. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ Kentucky Women's Soccer [@ukwomenssoccer]; (December 4, 2025). "Some MAJOR portal power is coming to LEX🌀". Retrieved December 7, 2025 – via Instagram.
- ↑ Ismail, Ali (December 23, 2020). "Nadia Ramadan's hat-trick leads Egypt U-20 to win over Lebanon". KingFut. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ Ismail, Ali (December 26, 2020). "Egypt women's U-20 coach attacks bullies for misogynistic comment". KingFut. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ "India 2022™: Nigeria in driving seat after big home win". Confederation of African Football. April 17, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ "الجولة الأولى لدورة إتحاد شمال إفريقيا لمنتخبات كرة القدم النسائية تحت 20 سنة : المنتخب المصري يفوز على نظيره التونسي 1/3" (in Arabic). UNAF. March 14, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ "Egypt 2–4 Cameroon". soccerway.com. January 12, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ "منتخب مصر للسيدات يواجه الأردن وديا اليوم". Masrawy (in Arabic). April 4, 2025. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ Waskiewicz, Darcy (October 21, 2021). "The Ramadan brothers have taken DePaul by storm". The DePaulia. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
- ↑ "Ali Ramadan". Creighton Bluejays. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
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