Maher Sabra | |
Fullname: | Maher Mohammed Sabra |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1992 |
Birth Place: | Bourj el-Barajneh, Lebanon |
Height: | 1.89 m[1] [2] |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | Nejmeh |
Clubnumber: | 24 |
Youthyears1: | 2009–2013 |
Youthyears2: | 2010–2011 |
Youthclubs2: | → Homenmen (loan) |
Years1: | 2013– |
Clubs1: | Nejmeh |
Caps1: | 124 |
Goals1: | 8 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016– |
Nationalteam1: | Lebanon |
Nationalcaps1: | 23 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 23:14, 30 June 2024 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 11 June 2024 |
Maher Mohammed Sabra (ar|ماهر محمد صبرا; born 14 January 1992) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a defender for club Nejmeh and the Lebanon national team.
Sabra was a youth product of Nejmeh and Homenmen.[3]
Sabra scored his first international goal for Lebanon on 1 February 2022, helping his side draw 1–1 against Iraq in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[4]
In December 2023, Sabra was included in the Lebanese squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[5]
In addition to being a footballer, Sabra worked eight hours a day as an air conditioner repairman in 2020.[6] In 2022, he opened a clothing store.[7] Sabra has a son named Fadel (b. 2022).
Sabra was involved in the sports docuseries Captains, produced by Fulwell 73 and shown on Netflix and FIFA+ in 2022, which documented six national teams and their captains in their respective 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.
National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lebanon | 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
2017 | 1 | 0 | ||
2018 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019 | 0 | 0 | ||
2020 | 1 | 0 | ||
2021 | 8 | 0 | ||
2022 | 5 | 1 | ||
2023 | 2 | 0 | ||
2024 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 23 | 1 |
Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sabra goal.
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