Sandy Abi-Elias

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| fullname = Sandy Patricia Abi-Elias{{GSA player|sandy-abi-elias/291292|access-date=18 March 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|5|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Isleworth, England

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| position = Forward

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| youthyears1 = 2007–2011

| youthclubs1 = Fulham

| youthyears2 = 2011–2012

| youthclubs2 = AFC Wimbledon

| youthyears3 = 2012–2013

| youthclubs3 = Arsenal

| youthyears4 = 2013–2014

| youthclubs4 = Chelsea

| years1 = 2014–2015

| clubs1 = Watford

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| years2 = 2015–2016

| clubs2 = Bristol Academy

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| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = Swindon Town

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| years4 = 2017–2018

| clubs4 = Keynsham Town

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| nationalyears1 = 2018

| nationalteam1 = Lebanon

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Sandy Patricia Abi-Elias ({{langx|ar|ساندي ابي الياس}}; born 10 May 1997) is a former footballer who played as a forward. Born in England, Abi-Elias played for the Lebanon national team in 2018.

Abi-Elias played for various youth clubs in England, most notably Arsenal and Chelsea. She made her senior debut in 2014 with Watford, before playing for Bristol Academy, Swindon Town, and Keynsham Town.

Club career

Abi-Elias started her youth career at Fulham in 2007,{{Cite web|title=Snow blizzard buries Dons|url=http://www.womenssoccerscene.co.uk/womens-football-news-2014-2015/140929-07-womens-football-news.htm|last=|first=|date=29 Sep 2014|website=www.womenssoccerscene.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922012318/https://www.womenssoccerscene.co.uk/womens-football-news-2014-2015/140929-07-womens-football-news.htm|archive-date=22 September 2022|access-date=2020-05-18|url-status=dead}} before moving to AFC Wimbledon in 2011.{{Cite web|title=AFC Wimbledon {{!}} Match report {{!}} AFC Wimbledon vs. Crystal Palace U15 Girls (23rd October 2011)|url=http://wimbledonheritage.co.uk/livematch.php?Psection_id=5&Psub_section_id=11&fixture_id=19443&squad=55|website=wimbledonheritage.co.uk|access-date=2020-05-18}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} After one year, Abi-Elias moved to Arsenal, winning the 2012–13 FA Girls Youth Cup,{{Cite web|title=Three finals in four seasons at U17 level for Arsenal LFC|url=http://dailycannon.com/2015/03/three-finals-in-four-seasons-at-u17-level-for-arsenal-lfc/|last=Jamet|first=Sylvain|date=11 March 2015|website=Daily Cannon|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-18}} before joining Chelsea in 2013, staying there one year.

In 2014 Abi-Elias began her senior career at Watford, playing during the 2014–15 season. In 2015 she moved to Bristol Academy, before joining Swindon Town in 2016.{{Cite web|title=The Round-Up - FAWPL 16/10/16|url=http://womensfootballeast.com/round-fawpl-161016/|last=WFEast|date=2016-10-19|website=WOMEN'S FOOTBALL EAST|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-18}}{{Cite web|title=Super-sub Hazzana Parnell gives West Brom win over Forest|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2016/oct/15/fa-womens-premier-league-roundup-october-16|last=Association|first=The Football|website=www.thefa.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-18}}{{Cite web|title=Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk - Swindon Town Ladies - West Ham United Ladies, Sunday, February 26, 2017|url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?AuxiliaryTeam=Ladies&MatchID=9020170216|website=www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk|access-date=2020-05-18}} After one season at the club, Abi-Elias moved to Keynsham Town, playing there during the 2017–18 season.{{Cite web|title=Leicester City WFC progress to FAWPL Cup semis on pens|url=https://shekicks.net/leicester-city-wfc-progress-fawpl-cup-semis-pens/|last=Frith|first=Wilf|date=2018-02-25|website=SheKicks|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-18}}

International career

Abi-Elias made her senior international debut for Lebanon on 28 November 2018, in an AFC Women's Olympic qualifying match against Iran; Lebanon lost 8–0.{{Cite web|title=Match Report of Iran vs Lebanon - 2018-11-08 - AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying - Global Sports Archive|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2018-11-08/iran-vs-lebanon/1417416/|website=globalsportsarchive.com|access-date=2020-05-18}}

Personal life

Born in Isleworth, England, Abi-Elias studied at Teddington School in Teddington, London between 2007 and 2013.{{Cite web|title=Teddington School Sports Awards Evening 2012|url=https://fluencycdn.fluencycms.co.uk/FileCluster/Teddington/MainFolder/News/Website-Info-for-Sports-Awards.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=Teddington School|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 May 2020}} In 2011, while in Year 9, Abi-Elias was awarded Football Player of the Year (Girl). Between 2013 and 2015, Abi-Elias studied BTEC Level 3 Sport and Exercise at Kingston College, while playing for the college's women's football academy.{{Cite web|title=Women's Football Academy advances to ECFA Premier Cup Quarterfinals|url=https://kingston-college.ac.uk/component/k2/women-s-football-academy-advances-to-ecfa-premier-cup-quarterfinals|website=kingston-college.ac.uk|language=en-gb|access-date=2020-05-18|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170915/https://kingston-college.ac.uk/component/k2/women-s-football-academy-advances-to-ecfa-premier-cup-quarterfinals|url-status=dead}} In 2015 Abi-Elias studied at the University of Bath, with a BA in Sport and Social Sciences.