Sara Bakri

{{Short description|Lebanese football and futsal player (born 1989)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sara Bakri

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| fullname = Sara Abbas Bakri{{GSA player|sara-bakri/379048|access-date=16 December 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|11|01|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Beirut, Lebanon

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| position = Midfielder{{Cite web|url=http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/6996|title=AFC WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP 2014|website=AFC|accessdate=16 December 2020}}

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| youthclubs1 = Arz

| years1 = 2008–2014

| clubs1 = Sadaka

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| years2 = 2014–2019

| clubs2 = SAS

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| years3 = 2019–2023

| clubs3 = BFA

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| nationalyears1 = 2006–2017

| nationalteam1 = Lebanon

| nationalcaps1 = 22

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| nationalyears2 = 2008–2018

| nationalteam2 = Lebanon (futsal)

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Sara Abbas Bakri ({{langx|ar|سارة عباس بكري}};{{Cite news|url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/futsal%20women.html|title=WOMEN FOOTSALE AU LIBAN|language=ar|website=abdogedeon|accessdate=16 December 2020}} born 1 November 1989) is a Lebanese former footballer and futsal player who played as a midfielder. She represented Lebanon internationally in both football and futsal.

With seven goals in 22 appearances between 2006 and 2017, Bakri was the Lebanon national football team's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player, before both records were broken in 2023.

Early life

Born on 1 November 1989, in Beirut, Lebanon, Bakri has two sisters and a brother.{{Cite web|title=سارة ورشا: نحن لاعبات كرة قدم ولسنا عارضات أزياء|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/162569|access-date=2020-12-18|website=الأخبار|language=ar}} She began playing football at the age of seven.

Club career

Bakri played for Arz, before moving to Sadaka in the Lebanese Women's Football League.{{Cite web |title="الصداقة" بطل لبنان للسنة الخامسة على التوالي |url=https://www.aljoumhouria.com/ar/news/17408 |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=الجمهورية |language=ar}} She helped them win several domestic titles. Bakri joined SAS in 2014,{{Cite web|title=لاعبة منتخب لبنان سارة بكري ضيفة مساحات رياضية|url=https://www.elsport.com/news/show/202168/لاعبة-منتخب-لبنان-سارة-بكري-ضيفة-مساحات-رياضية|access-date=2020-12-18|website=Elsport News|language=ar}} with whom she also won multiple titles. She joined BFA on 30 September 2019.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=30 September 2019|title=Sarah Bakri 👊 Welcome to BFAmily|url=https://www.facebook.com/bfagirlsteam/photos/2807937705912601|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 February 2021|website=Facebook|publisher=BFA Girls Team}} After suffering an ACL tear in 2022, Bakri retired in 2023.{{Cite Instagram|postid=CtOgA_ts-Tk|user=the.supersubs|title=End of a chapter!|date=8 June 2023|author=The Super Subs}}

International career

Bakri has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both football and futsal.

In football, she represented Lebanon in multiple competitions, namely the 2010 Arabia Women's Cup and the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in 2013, where she played three games and scored a goal against Kuwait. Bakri scored seven goals in 22 games between 2006 and 2017;{{FA Lebanon player|24192|access-date=8 June 2023}} she was her national team's all-time top goalscorer before being surpassed by Christy Maalouf in 2023,{{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}} and the joint-most capped player{{Cite web |title=Lebanon National Team All-Time Stats Women |url=https://www.falebanon.com/lebanon-national-team-all-time-stats-women/ |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=15 April 2021 |website=FA Lebanon}} – alongside Taghrid Hamadeh – before being surpassed by Rana Al Mokdad in 2023.{{Cite Instagram|postid=Cx0xTmWompo|user=thelfawomen|title=أول لاعبة تكسر حاجز الـ23 مباراة مع منتخب السيدات. رنا المقداد أصبحت اللاعبة الأكثر تمثيلًا للمنتخب|date=30 September 2023|author=Lebanese Football Association}}

In futsal, Bakri played for Lebanon at the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship in 2008 and 2012, and the AFC Women's Futsal Championship in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://stats.the-afc.com/player/76145|title=SARA BAKRI|website=AFC|accessdate=16 December 2020}}

Career statistics

=International=

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

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Sara Bakri
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"\|{{Abbr\|Ref.\|References}}
align="center" \|1 \|19 October 2010 \| rowspan="2" \|Al Ahli Stadium, Manama, Bahrain \|{{fbw\|EGY}} \| align="center" \|1–? \| align="center" \|1–5 \| rowspan="4" \|2010 Arabia Women's Cup \|
align="center" \|2 \|21 October 2010 \|{{fbw\|JOR}} \| align="center" \|1–? \| align="center" \|1–3 \|
align="center" \|3 \| rowspan="2" \|23 October 2010 \| rowspan="2" \|Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain \| rowspan="2" \|{{fbw\|IRQ}} \| align="center" \|?–0 \| rowspan="2" align="center" \|9–0 \|
align="center" \|4 \| align="center" \|?–0 \|
align="center" \|5 \|9 June 2013 \|Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan \|{{fbw\|KUW}} \| align="center" \|11–0 \| align="center" \|12–1 \|2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification \|
align="center" \|6 \|15 September 2011 \|Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan \|{{fbw\|JOR}} \| align="center" \|1–6 \| align="center" \|1–10 \|Friendly \|
align="center" \|7 \|21 March 2017 \| rowspan="2" \|Bir Hassan Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon \|{{fbw\|SYR\|1980}} \| align="center" \|1–0 \| align="center" \|4–0 \|Friendly \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Sara Bakri

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

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!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

align="center" |1

|19 October 2010