Christy Maalouf

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Christy Maalouf

| image = Christy Maalouf (cropped).jpg

| caption = Maalouf with Lebanon in 2022

| fullname = Christy Tony Maalouf{{GSA player|christy-maalouf/279170|access-date=13 October 2021}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|12|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = {{ill|Ghadir, Lebanon|lt=Ghadir|ar|غادير}}, Lebanon

| height = 1.74 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = {{ill|VGA Saint-Maur|fr|VGA Saint-Maur Football Féminin}}

| clubnumber = 9

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Jeita Country Club

| years1 = 2018–2019

| clubs1 = Zouk Mosbeh

| caps1 =

| goals1 = 15

| years2 = 2019–2023

| clubs2 = EFP

| caps2 = 34+

| goals2 = 54

| years3 = 2024

| clubs3 = Paris FC 2

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2024–

| clubs4 = {{ill|VGA Saint-Maur|fr|VGA Saint-Maur Football Féminin}}

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 11

| nationalyears1 = 2018–2019

| nationalteam1 = Lebanon U15

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 = 13

| nationalyears2 = 2018

| nationalteam2 = Lebanon U16

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 2022

| nationalteam3 = Lebanon U18

| nationalcaps3 =

| nationalgoals3 = 6

| nationalyears4 = 2023

| nationalteam4 = Lebanon U20

| nationalcaps4 =

| nationalgoals4 = 6

| nationalyears5 = 2021–

| nationalteam5 = Lebanon

| nationalcaps5 = 25

| nationalgoals5 = 14

| club-update = 01:46, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 7 April 2025

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fbw|Lebanon}}}}

}}

Christy Tony Maalouf ({{langx|ar|كريستي توني معلوف}}; born 20 December 2005) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as forward for French club {{ill|VGA Saint-Maur|fr|VGA Saint-Maur Football Féminin}} and the Lebanon national team.

Club career

Maalouf began her career at the Jeita Country Club, before moving to Zouk Mosbeh in 2018,{{Cite web |date=21 December 2019 |title= |script-title=ar:كريستي معلوف الهدّافة البارعة |trans-title=Christy Maalouf, the brilliant scorer |url=https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/11523-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A9 |access-date=31 August 2021 |website=nidaalwatan.com |language=ar}} scoring 16 goals in 2018–19. She then joined EFP, and scored 55 goals in all competitions between 2020 and 2023.

In 2024, midway through the 2023–24 season, Maalouf moved to France and joined Paris FC, playing for their reserve team in the Régional 1 Féminine (fourth level); she made her debut on 27 January, as a starter in a 1–1 draw against Fleury 2.{{cite web | url=https://www.fff.fr/competition/match/25918447-fleury-91-f-c-paris-f-c.html | title=Fédération Française de Football }} Maalouf scored five goals in eight games.{{FA Lebanon|27189|access-date=15 January 2025}} She joined fellow-R1 club {{ill|VGA Saint-Maur|fr|VGA Saint-Maur Football Féminin}} ahead of the 2024–25 season,{{Cite web |date=7 September 2024 |title=ST MAUR F. FEM VGA - VAUX LA ROCHETTE Résumé du match |url=https://www.fff.fr/competition/match/28224808-st-maur-f-feminin-vga-vaux-le-penil-la-rochette-f-c.html |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.fff.fr}} and helped her side lift the Coupe de Paris Île-de-France after scoring in the final against Sarcelles, which her team won 2–1.{{Cite web | title=Lebanese Women's Football & Futsal {{!}} ‎🏆 بطلة كأس باريس حقق فريق VGA Saint Maur لقب كأس محافظة باريس بعد فوزه بنتيجة ٢-١ امام نادي Sarcelles في الدور النهائي 🤝 ساهمت كريستي... {{!}} Instagram | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DKB8-4EsFd2/ | access-date=2025-06-25 | website=www.instagram.com}}

International career

= Youth =

Maalouf played for Lebanon U15 at the 2019 WAFF U-15 Championship, winning the tournament as the top scorer with nine goals in two games. She also won the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship with Lebanon U18 as the tournament's best player.{{cite web |date=25 October 2022 |title= |script-title=ar:المنتخب اللبناني يتوّج بلقب بطولة الشابات الثالثة |trans-title=The Lebanese national team wins the third U-18 women's championship |url=http://www.the-waff.com/post.php?id=1923 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025145447/http://www.the-waff.com/post.php?id=1923 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=West Asian Football Federation |language=ar}}

= Senior =

On 24 August 2021, Maalouf made her senior international debut for Lebanon on 24 August 2021, as a starter in a 0–0 draw against Tunisia in the 2021 Arab Women's Cup.{{Cite web |date=24 August 2021 |title=Lebanon vs Tunisia |url=https://www.falebanon.com/event/29204/ |access-date=24 August 2021 |website=FA Lebanon}} She scored her first goal on 30 August, in a 5–1 win against Sudan.{{Cite web |date=30 August 2021 |title=Lebanon vs Sudan |url=https://www.falebanon.com/event/29223/ |access-date=30 August 2021 |website=FA Lebanon}} Maalouf scored three goals in two friendly games against Syria, on 12 and 14 August 2022, including a brace in the second game.{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=14 August 2022 |title= |script-title=ar:سيدات لبنان تهزمن سوريا وديا |trans-title=Lebanon women defeat Syria in a friendly |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1164152 |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=Kooora |language=ar}} She took part in the 2022 WAFF Women's Championship; she helped her side finish runners-up,{{Cite web |date=5 September 2022 |title= |script-title=ar:الأردن يتوج ببطولة السيدات السابعة.. ويضيف اللقب الخامس إلى سجله |trans-title=Jordan win the seventh women's championship.. and add a fifth title to their record |url=http://www.the-waff.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC-%D8%A8%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3-%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%87 |access-date=5 September 2022 |website=West Asian Football Federation |language=ar |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905074202/http://www.the-waff.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC-%D8%A8%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3-%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%87 |url-status=dead }} scoring twice against Palestine and Syria.{{Cite web |date=29 August 2022 |title= |script-title=ar:بطولة غرب اسيا لكرة القدم للسيدات: ثلاثية نظيفة للبنان امام فلسطين |trans-title=WAFF Women's Championship: Lebanon beat Palestine three goals without reply |url=https://www.elsport.com/news/show/661370/بطولة-غرب-اسيا-لكرة-القدم-للسيدات-ثلاثية-نظيفة-للب |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Elsport |language=ar}}

With her goal against Indonesia in a 5–0 win at the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, on 8 April 2023, Maalouf reached Sara Bakri's national-team record of seven goals for Lebanon.{{Cite web |date=8 April 2023 |title= |script-title=ar:أول 3 نقاط في التصفيات الأولمبية.. خماسية لبنانية في مرمى إندونيسيا |trans-title=The first 3 points in the Olympic qualifiers... five goals for Lebanon against Indonesia |url=https://www.aljoumhouria.com/ar/news/680926 |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=Al Joumhouria |language=ar}} She surpassed the record on 18 July 2023 – aged {{age in years and days|2005|12|20|2023|07|18}} – scoring a goal in a 5–0 win against Palestine.{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=19 July 2023 |title= |script-title=ar:فوز كبير لسيدات لبنان على فلسطين |trans-title=A big win for the Lebanese women against Palestine |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1255492&pg=1&o=nclb |access-date=19 July 2023 |website=Kooora |language=ar}} The record was broken two months later, on 30 September, when Lili Iskandar scored her ninth international goal.{{Cite web | title=منتخب لبنان بطلاً للبطولة الدولية للسيدات | language=ar | trans-title=Selected Lebanon for ladies | url=https://the-lfa.com.lb/news/2023/10/01/news620.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009101524/https://the-lfa.com.lb/news/2023/10/01/news620.php | access-date=2025-06-25 | archive-date=2023-10-09}}

She was called up to the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship,{{cite web |date=17 February 2024 |title=استدعاء ٢٣ لاعبة للمشاركة في بطولة غرب اسيا للسيدات |trans-title=Calling 23 players to participate in the west Asian women's championship |url=https://the-lfa.com.lb/news/waff-callup.php |access-date=17 February 2024 |publisher=Lebanese Football Association |language=ar}} scoring two goals against Guam and Saudi Arabia.

Career statistics

=International=

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

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Christy Maalouf
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
align="center"\|1 \|{{dts\|30 August 2021}} \|Police Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt \|{{fbw\|SUD}} \|align="center"\|2–0 \|align="center"\|5–1 \|2021 Arab Cup
align="center"\|2 \|{{dts\|12 August 2022}} \|Amin AbdelNour Stadium, Bhamdoun, Lebanon \|{{fbw\|SYR\|1980}} \|align="center"\|1–0 \|align="center"\|1–1 \|Friendly
align="center"\|3 \|rowspan="2"\|{{dts\|14 August 2022}} \|rowspan="2"\|Amin AbdelNour Stadium, Bhamdoun, Lebanon \|rowspan="2"\|{{fbw\|SYR\|1980}} \|align="center"\|1–0 \|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\|2–1 \|rowspan="2"\|Friendly
align="center"\|4 \|align="center"\|2–0
align="center"\|5 \|{{dts\|29 August 2022}} \|Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan \|{{fbw\|PLE}} \|align="center"\|2–0 \|align="center"\|3–0 \|2022 WAFF Championship
align="center"\|6 \|{{dts\|4 September 2022}} \|Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan \|{{fbw\|SYR\|1980}} \|align="center"\|3–0 \|align="center"\|5–2 \|2022 WAFF Championship
align="center"\|7 \|{{dts\|8 April 2023}} \|Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh, Lebanon \|{{fbw\|IDN}} \|align="center"\|4–0 \|align="center"\|5–0 \|2024 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament
align="center"\|8 \|{{dts\|18 July 2023}} \|Ansar Stadium, Ansar, Lebanon \|{{fbw\|PLE}} \|align="center"\|5–0 \|align="center"\|5–0 \|Friendly
align="center"\|9 \|{{dts\|19 February 2024}} \|King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia \|{{fbw\|GUM}} \|align="center"\|2–2 \|align="center"\|4–3 \|2024 WAFF Championship
align="center"\|10 \|{{dts\|21 February 2024}} \|King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia \|{{fbw\|KSA}} \|align="center"\|1–0 \|align="center"\|3–2 \|2024 WAFF Championship
align="center"\|11 \|{{dts\|23 February 2025}} \|Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal \|{{fbw\|KGZ}} \|align="center"\|1–0 \|align="center"\|2–0 \|2025 Vianet Championship
align="center"\|12 \|{{dts\|5 April 2025}} \|Champville Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon \|{{fbw\|COM}} \|align="center"\|1–0 \|align="center"\|1–1 \|Friendly
align="center"\|13 \|rowspan="2"\|{{dts\|7 April 2025}} \|rowspan="2"\|Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh Lebanon \|rowspan="2"\|{{fbw\|COM}} \|align="center"\|3–0 \|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\|4–0 \|rowspan="2"\|Friendly
align="center"\|14 \|align="center"\|4–0

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Christy Maalouf

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

|{{dts|30 August 2021}}

|Police Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt