Sahar Dbouk

Sahar Dbouk

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-10-05) 5 October 1985 (age 39)[1][2]
Place of birth	Tyre, Lebanon[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back[3]
Team information
Current team	Super Girls (player-coach) Lebanon U16 (head coach)
Number	12
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Ansar
2009–2014	Sadaka
2019–	Super Girls		(4)
International career
2007–2015	Lebanon	13+	(1)
Managerial career
2021–	Super Girls
2022–	Lebanon U16
Medal record Women's football Representing  Lebanon (as player) WAFF Women's Championship 2007 Representing  Lebanon (as manager) WAFF U-16 Girls Championship 2023 U-16 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2020

Sahar Dbouk (Arabic: سحر دبوق; born 5 October 1985)[1] is a Lebanese football player and coach. A centre-back, she is a player-coach for Lebanese club Super Girls, of whom she is also the chairman, and is head coach of the Lebanon women's national under-16 team. Dbouk represented Lebanon internationally as a player.

Club career

Dbouk joined Lebanese Women's Football League side Ansar in 2006, remaining at the club until 2009 when she joined Sadaka.[1][4] She stayed at Sadaka until their dissolution in 2014. Dbouk was nominated Best Player of the Lebanese Women's Football League for the 2012 season.[1]

International career

Dbouk represented Lebanon in multiple competitions, namely the 2006 Arab Women's Championship, the 2007 WAFF Women's Championship,[1] and the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in 2013, where she played three games and scored one goal against Kuwait.[3]

Managerial career

Dbouk was head coach of the Lebanon women's national under-16 team (Lebanon B) at the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship.[5] She helped Lebanon U16 retain their title at the 2022 WAFF U-16 Championship, after defeating Jordan 2–0 in the final.[6]

Career statistics

International

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

List of international goals scored by Sahar Dbouk

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	9 June 2013	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Kuwait	1–0	12–1	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification	[3]

Honours

Player

Ansar

• Lebanese Women's FA Cup runner-up: 2007–08, 2008–09

Sadaka

• Lebanese Women's Football League: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

Lebanon

• WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2007

Manager

Lebanon U16

• WAFF U-16 Championship: 2022

See also

• List of Lebanon women's international footballers

References

1. "!! سحر دبوق: " ناعمة " تتفوق في مضمار " الخشونة"" [Sahar Dbouk: “Softa” excels in the “Al Khoshona”!!]. Ya Sour (in Arabic). 16 March 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
2. "Sahar Dbouk". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
3. "AFC WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP 2014". AFC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
4. "Women's Football development overcoming challenges in South Lebanon". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
5. "رسالة قوية من مدربة ناشئات لبنان لمنتخبات غرب آسيا". كووورة. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
6. "لبنان يهزم الاردن ويحتفظ بلقب اتحاد غرب آسيا للناشئات". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 January 2023.

External links

• Sahar Dbouk at FA Lebanon
• Sahar Dbouk at Soccerway