Nadia Assaf

Nadia Assaf (Arabic: ناديا عساف; born 30 September 1985)^[4] is a Lebanese football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder and a centre forward.^[5] She is also a former futsal player, and represented Lebanon internationally in both football and futsal.

Nadia Assaf

Personal information
Full name	Nadia Walid Assaf[1]
Date of birth	(1985-09-30) 30 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Dubai, United Arab Emirates[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder,[2] centre forward[3]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Ansar
2009–2011	Athletico Beirut
2011–2017	Girls Football Academy
International career
2008	Lebanon (futsal)	1+	(1)
2007–2013	Lebanon	7+	(5)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Lebanon WAFF Women's Championship 2007
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Born on 30 September 1985, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates^[1] to a Lebanese Druze family,^[3] Assaf was raised in Australia.^[6] She acquired Australian citizenship in the mid 1990s.^{[citation needed]}

Assaf then began playing in local school championships in Australia, before moving to Lebanon and joining the American University of Beirut team.^[7] She continued her education in England, playing for the University of Bath team.^[7]

Club career

Upon her return to Lebanon, Assaf played for Ansar^[7] and Athletico^[8][9] in the Lebanese Women's Football League.^[10] She founded Girls Football Academy in 2011, after having been released by Athletico.^[3][11]

International career

Assaf has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both football and futsal. In football, she represented Lebanon in multiple competitions, namely the 2011 WAFF Women's Championship and the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in 2013, where she played three games and scored two goals against Kuwait.^[2]

In futsal, Assaf played for Lebanon at the 2008 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship.^[4]

Personal life

Assaf has a master's degree in Sports Education and Development from the University of Bath in England.^[10]

Career statistics

International

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

List of international goals scored by Nadia Assaf

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	7 September 2007	Amman, Jordan	Syria		7–0	2007 WAFF Women's Championship
2
3	4 October 2011	Zayed Bin Sultan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Iran	1–1	1–8	2011 WAFF Women's Championship
4	9 June 2013	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Kuwait	2–0	12–1	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification	[2]
5				8–0

Honours

Lebanon

• WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2007

Individual

• Lebanese Women's Football League top goalscorer: 2015–16

See also

• List of Lebanon women's international footballers