Yara Antoine Bou Rada (Arabic: يارا أنطوان بورضا; born 7 August 2000) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a forward for Lebanese club EFP.
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Full name | Yara Antoine Bou Rada[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 22) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zgharta, Lebanon[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | EFP | |||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2016 | Salam Zgharta | |||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Salam Zgharta | |||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | SAS | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Safa | 21 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||
2022– | EFP | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Lebanon U19 | 6 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Lebanon | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:27, 3 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:43, 24 October 2021 (UTC) |
Born in Zgharta, Lebanon, Bou Rada began her career at hometown club Salam Zgharta's boys youth sector aged seven.[2] She remained at the club when they formed a girls sector, and made her U17 debut in 2015.[2] After playing for the U19s, she made her Lebanese Women's Football League debut in 2016.[2]
After two seasons at Salam Zgharta, Bou Rada joined reigning league champions Stars Association for Sports (SAS) in 2018.[2][3] She spent two seasons at the club, scoring 18 league goals and winning two league titles.[3]
On 20 October 2020, Bou Rada moved to Safa on a three-year contract.[3] She helped Safa win the 2022 edition of the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship, becoming the first Lebanese team to do so;[4] Bou Rada finished as joint-top goalscorer with two goals.[5]
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.[2] 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.[2]
In 2020, Bou Rada was majoring in economics.[2]
SAS
Safa
Lebanon U18
Lebanon
Individual