Sara Bakri

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 (age 35)
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 2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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

• Lebanese Women's Football League: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
• Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

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

• WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2007

Individual

• Lebanese Women's Football League top goalscorer: 2014–15

See also

• List of Lebanon women's international footballers

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.

External links

• Sara Bakri at FA Lebanon
• Sara Bakri at Soccerway
• Sara Bakri at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)