Abeer Rantisi Explained

Abeer Rantisi
Birth Date:12 July 1987
Position:Defender
Clubs1:Orthodox
Nationalteam1:Jordan

Abeer Rantisi (born 12 July 1987) is a Jordanian former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Jordan women's national football team and was one of its original members.[1] [2] She competed with the team at the 2006 Asian Games. At the club level, she played for Orthodox in Jordan.[3]

In 2014, Rantisi served as coach for the Asian Football Development Project, a non-profit that supports a number of football programs for refugees in the northern part of Jordan.[4]

As of September 2015, Rantisi was the head of women’s football for the Jordan Football Association.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Montague. James. Syria conflict: Kicking for hope in Zaatari refugee camp. CNN. 26 February 2017. 14 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Dehnert. Elspeth. A Game-Changer. Marie Claire. 26 February 2017. 29 September 2016.
  3. Web site: كرة القدم النسائية العربية- مواجهات داخل الملعب وخارجه . dw.com . DW . 15 October 2024 . Arabic . 26 July 2013.
  4. Web site: Whitman. Elizabeth. Syrian refugees find normalcy in football. Al Jazeera. 26 February 2017. 29 June 2014.
  5. Web site: Foundations set in Jordan with second women's coaching course. https://web.archive.org/web/20150917003852/http://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/y=2015/m=9/news=foundations-set-in-jordan-with-second-women-s-coaching-course-2677902.html. dead. September 17, 2015. FIFA. 26 February 2017. 15 February 2015.