Yara Bou Rada

Lebanese footballer (born 2000)

Yara Bou Rada
Bou Rada with Safa in 2021
Personal information
Full name Yara Antoine Bou Rada[1]
Date of birth (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Zgharta, Lebanon[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
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
Women's football
Representing  Lebanon
WAFF Women's Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019
WAFF U-18 Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place 2018 U-18 Team
*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

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.

Club career

Born 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

Bou 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

In 2020, Bou Rada was majoring in economics.[2]

Career statistics

International

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 April 2023 Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh, Lebanon  Indonesia 3–0 5–0 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Honours

SAS

Safa

  • WAFF Women's Clubs Championship: 2022
  • Lebanese Women's Football League: 2020–21

Lebanon U18

Lebanon

Individual

  • WAFF Women's Clubs Championship top goalscorer: 2022[a]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Tied with Lea Hachem and Haya Khalil

References

  1. ^ a b "Yara Bou Rada". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Mahfoud, Maroun (20 October 2020). "Yara Bou Rada joins Safa". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ West Asian Football Federation [@waffootball] (20 July 2022). "هـــدّافــة الــبــطــولــة" – via Instagram.
  6. ^ "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
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  • Yara Bou Rada at Goalzz.com (also in Arabic at Kooora.com)