Ghiya Mohamad Mtairek (Arabic: غيا محمد متيرك; born 9 January 2000) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a forward for Lebanese club Super Girls and the Lebanon national team. Mtairek is also a long-distance runner.
![]() Mtairek with Super Girls in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ghiya Mohamad Mtairek[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Tyre, Lebanon[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Super Girls | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Southern Stars[lower-alpha 1] | (20) | |
2020– | Super Girls | 10 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2021– | Lebanon | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:47, 29 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:11, 12 August 2022 (UTC) |
Mtairek played for Terdeba Stars in the 2018–19 season,[2] scoring four goals.[3] She remained at the club during the 2019–20 season, when they changed their name to Southern Stars;[4] she scored 16 goals.[5] On 1 July 2020, Mtairek joined Super Girls.[6]
Mtairek made her senior international debut for Lebanon on 8 April 2021, coming on as a substitute in a friendly tournament against Armenia.[7]
Mtairek is also a long-distance runner.[8] She began running aged 9, at the Beirut Marathon, where she won the 5 km race of her age group.[8] Mtairek participated in all Lebanese championships of her respective age group from 2009 to 2019.[8]
In 2016 Mtairek, who was part of Phoenicia Club Tyre, participated with the Lebanese national team at the 2016 West Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Bahrain,[9] finishing in fourth place in the 400 m women.[8][10] She participated in the 2017 Limassol Marathon, finishing second in her category and fifth overall in the female 5 km race.[11] Mtairek also participated the following year, finishing third in the female 5 km.[8]
In 2018 Mtairek took part in the Ooredoo Marathon in Qatar, finishing second in the 5 km.[8] In 2019, she won the Lebanese Universities Cross Country representing the Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL).[12] Mtairek finished in second place in the 2019 Limassol Marathon female 5 km.[13]
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