Stephanie Mazen Yousef Al-Naber (Arabic: ستيفاني مازن يوسف النبر; born 27 October 1988) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jordan Women's Football League club Shabab Al-Ordon and captains the Jordan national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephanie Mazen Yousef Al-Naber | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Amman, Jordan | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shabab Al-Ordon | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shabab Al-Ordon | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004– | Shabab Al-Ordon | ||
| 2009–2010 | → Fortuna Hjørring (loan) | ||
| 2014 | → Sadaka (loan) | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2019 | Jordan | 128 | (79) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 April 2021 | |||
Club career edit
Al-Naber learned to play football in the street with her family.[1] She later played on her school's team and began her career with Shabab Al-Ordon, one of the first Jordanian clubs in the country to start a women's team.[1]
Al-Naber later became the first Jordanian woman to play football in leagues abroad. She played for clubs in Denmark, the United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon.[2]
International career edit
Al-Naber has been a main-stay of the Jordan women's national team since its inception in 2005.[2]
She helped the national team win the West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship in 2005, 2007, and 2014 as well as the 2010 Arabia Women's Cup. Al-Naber was part of the Jordan national squads that played in the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Asian Games.
She was also part of the squad that participated in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers helping Jordan qualify for the continental tournament for the first time.[3]
Personal life edit
As of January 2017, Al-Naber's father is a director at Shabab Al-Ordon. Both her siblings, Yousef and Natasha, are footballers.[2][3]
Career statistics edit
International goals edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Football : en Jordanie, la pelouse se féminise" (in French).
- ^ a b c "Realising a Dream:Stephanie Al-Naber". The AFC. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Al Naber: Jordan are aiming higher and higher". FIFA. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
External links edit
- Stephanie Al-Naber at Global Sports Archive
- Stephanie Al-Naber at Soccerway
- Stephanie Al-Naber at the Jordan Football Association
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