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Layla Pascal "Lili" Iskandar (Arabic: ليلى باسكال "ليلي" اسكندر; born 16 May 2002) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Jordanian club Etihad and the Lebanon national team. A versatile forward, Iskandar can also play as a winger.

Lili Iskandar

Iskandar with SAS in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Layla Pascal Iskandar[1]
Date of birth	(2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 20)
Place of birth	Zgharta, Lebanon[1]
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team	Etihad
Number	21
Youth career
	Salam Zgharta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Salam Zgharta		(10)
2019–2021	SAS		(15)
2021–2022	HB Køge	0	(0)
2022–	Etihad
National team‡
2018–2019	Lebanon U18	7	(7)
2019–2020	Lebanon U19	6	(3)
2018–	Lebanon	11	(2)
Honours Women's football Representing  Lebanon WAFF Women's Championship 2022 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship 2019 U-18 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:03, 4 July 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:45, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Starting out at Salam Zgharta in 2018–19, scoring 10 goals, Iskandar moved to reigning champions SAS. In her first season at the club (2019–20), she helped SAS lift their fifth league title, scoring 15 goals in the process. Iskandar joined Danish side HB Køge, before signing for Etihad in Jordan.

Iskandar represented Lebanon at the youth level, winning the 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship as the competition's top goalscorer. Iskandar has also played at senior level since 2018. She helped Lebanon finish runners-up at the WAFF Women's Championship in 2022 as the competition's best player, and in third place in 2019.

Club career

Lebanon

Iskandar played for hometown club Salam Zgharta during the 2018–19 season, scoring 10 goals.[2][3] In 2019 she moved to reigning champions SAS. In the final matchday of the season, Iskandar scored a brace against EFP to help her side win the 2019–20 league title.[4] She ended the season with 15 goals,[3][5] scoring at a rate of more than one goal per game.[6]

HB Køge

On 9 July 2021, Iskandar moved to HB Køge in the Elitedivisionen on a one-year contract.[7]

Etihad

On 3 July 2022, Iskandar joined Jordan Women's Football League club Etihad.[8] She noted that the main reason for choosing the club was reuniting with former Lebanon national team coach Wael Gharzeddine.[9] Iskandar scored her first goal on 17 July, helping Etihad beat Al-Nasr 3–0 in the league.[10]

International career

Youth

Iskandar's first international goal came on her debut for the Lebanon under-19 national team, on 24 October 2018, in a 2019 AFC U-19 Championship qualification match against Hong Kong.[11] She played four games during the qualifiers, scoring once.[1] Iskandar was the top goalscorer of the 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, which she won, scoring seven goals in five matches.[3][12]

In December 2020, Iskandar played two friendly games against Egypt U19, a 3–1 defeat and a 3–2 win, scoring in both games.[13][14] With her two goals against Egypt, Iskandar became the first player to reach 10 goals for the under-18 and under-19 teams.[15]

Senior

Iskandar's senior debut for Lebanon came on 8 November 2018, coming on as a substitute against Iran in a 2020 AFC Olympic qualification match.[16] Iskandar also played four games for Lebanon at the 2019 WAFF Championship,[1] helping her team reach third place.[17] On 24 October 2021, Iskandar scored her first goal in a 2022 AFC Asian Cup qualification game against Guam, which ended in a 3–0 win.[18]

Iskandar took part in the 2022 WAFF Women's Championship; she helped her side finish runners-up as the tournament's best player,[19] scoring one goal against Palestine on 29 August.[20]

Style of play

Iskandar is an attacking midfielder with good finishing, who is also capable of creating attacking chances.[6]

Personal life

Iskandar speaks three languages: English, French, and Arabic.[6] Her idol is American footballer Alex Morgan, who she described as a "lady on and off the pitch".[21]

Career statistics

International

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

List of international goals scored by Lili Iskandar

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	24 October 2021	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Guam	2–0	3–0	2022 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[18]
2	29 August 2022	Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Palestine	3–0	3–0	2022 WAFF Championship

Honours

SAS

• Lebanese Women's Football League: 2019–20

Lebanon U18

• WAFF U-18 Girls Championship: 2019[12]

Lebanon

• WAFF Women's Championship runner-up: 2022; third place: 2019

Individual

• WAFF Women's Championship best player: 2022
• WAFF U-18 Girls Championship top goalscorer: 2019[12]

See also

• List of Lebanon women's international footballers

References

External links

• Profile at HB Køge
• Lili Iskandar at FA Lebanon
• Lili Iskandar at Global Sports Archive
• Lili Iskandar at Soccerway
• Lili Iskandar at Goalzz.com (also in Arabic at Kooora.com)

На других языках

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Layla Pascal Iskandar, meglio nota come Lili Iskandar (in arabo: ليلي اسكندر‎; Zgharta, 16 maggio 2002), è una calciatrice libanese, centrocampista o attaccante dell'HB Køge e della nazionale libanese.

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