Yara Antoine Bou Rada (Arabic: يارا أنطوان بورضا; born 7 August 2000) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a forward for Lebanese club EFP and the Lebanon national team.
_02_(Yara_Bou_Rada).jpg) Bou Rada with Safa in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yara Antoine Bou Rada[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 August 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zgharta, Lebanon[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | EFP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2016 | Salam Zgharta | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Salam Zgharta | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | SAS | (18) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Safa | 21 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | EFP | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Lebanon U19 | 6 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Lebanon | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:27, 3 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in Zgharta, Lebanon, Bou Rada began her career at hometown club Salam Zgharta's boys youth sector aged seven.[2] She remained at the club when they formed a girls sector, and made her U17 debut in 2015.[2] After playing for the U19s, she made her Lebanese Women's Football League debut in 2016.[2]
After two seasons at Salam Zgharta, Bou Rada joined reigning league champions Stars Association for Sports (SAS) in 2018.[2][3] She spent two seasons at the club, scoring 18 league goals and winning two league titles.[3]
On 20 October 2020, Bou Rada moved to Safa on a three-year contract.[3] She helped Safa win the 2022 edition of the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship, becoming the first Lebanese team to do so;[4] Bou Rada finished as joint-top goalscorer with two goals.[5]
International career
editBou Rada first represented Lebanon internationally at under-18 level at the 2018 WAFF U-18 Women's Championship in Lebanon, where they finished runners-up.[2] She made her senior debut at the 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2018, and was called up to the 2019 WAFF Women's Championship, finishing third.[2] She was called up to the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship.[6]
Personal life
editCareer statistics
editInternational
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 8 April 2023 | Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh, Lebanon |  Indonesia |
3–0 | 5–0 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
Honours
editSAS
- Lebanese Women's Football League: 2018–19, 2019–20
- Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2018–19
- Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2018
- WAFF Women's Clubs Championship runner-up: 2019
Safa
Lebanon U18
- WAFF U-18 Women's Championship runner-up: 2018
Lebanon
- WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2019
Individual
- WAFF Women's Clubs Championship top goalscorer: 2022[a]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Tied with Lea Hachem and Haya Khalil
References
edit- ^ a b "Yara Bou Rada". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Baradhi, Maria (6 June 2020). "Leading Women in Football: Yara Bou Rada". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ a b c Mahfoud, Maroun (20 October 2020). "Yara Bou Rada joins Safa". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ بالصور: سيدات الصفاء اللبناني يحصدن لقب بطولة غرب اسيا [Lebanese club Safa win the WAFF Championship title]. Kooora (in Arabic). 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ West Asian Football Federation [@waffootball] (20 July 2022). "هـــدّافــة الــبــطــولــة" – via Instagram.
- ^ "استدعاء ٢٣ لاعبة للمشاركة في بطولة غرب اسيا للسيدات" [Calling 23 players to participate in the west Asian women's championship] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
External links
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- Yara Bou Rada at FA Lebanon
- Yara Bou Rada at Global Sports Archive
- Yara Bou Rada at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)