Yara Bou Rada | |
Fullname: | Yara Antoine Bou Rada |
Birth Date: | 7 August 2000 |
Birth Place: | Zgharta, Lebanon |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | EFP |
Clubnumber: | 9 |
Youthyears1: | 2007–2016 |
Youthclubs1: | Salam Zgharta |
Years1: | 2016–2018 |
Clubs1: | Salam Zgharta |
Years2: | 2018–2020 |
Clubs2: | SAS |
Goals2: | 18 |
Years3: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs3: | Safa |
Caps3: | 21 |
Goals3: | 9 |
Years4: | 2022– |
Clubs4: | EFP |
Caps4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
Nationalteam1: | Lebanon U19 |
Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018– |
Nationalteam2: | Lebanon |
Nationalcaps2: | 18 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 11:27, 3 November 2022 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 8 April 2023 |
Yara Antoine Bou Rada (ar|يارا أنطوان بورضا; born 7 August 2000) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a forward for Lebanese club EFP and the Lebanon national team.
Born in Zgharta, Lebanon, Bou Rada began her career at hometown club Salam Zgharta's boys youth sector aged seven.[1] She remained at the club when they formed a girls sector, and made her U17 debut in 2015. After playing for the U19s, she made her Lebanese Women's Football League debut in 2016.
After two seasons at Salam Zgharta, Bou Rada joined reigning league champions Stars Association for Sports (SAS) in 2018.[2] She spent two seasons at the club, scoring 18 league goals and winning two league titles.
On 20 October 2020, Bou Rada moved to Safa on a three-year contract. She helped Safa win the 2022 edition of the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship, becoming the first Lebanese team to do so;[3] Bou Rada finished as joint-top goalscorer with two goals.[4]
Bou Rada first represented Lebanon internationally at under-18 level at the 2018 WAFF U-18 Women's Championship in Lebanon, where they finished runners-up. She made her senior debut at the 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2018, and was called up to the 2019 WAFF Women's Championship, finishing third. She was called up to the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship.[5]
In 2020, Bou Rada was majoring in economics.
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