Sara Abbas Bakri (; born 1 November 1989) is a Lebanese former footballer and futsal player who played as a midfielder. She represented Lebanon internationally in both football and futsal.
With seven goals in 22 appearances between 2006 and 2017, Bakri was the Lebanon national football team's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player, before both records were broken in 2023.
Early life Born on 1 November 1989, in Beirut, Lebanon, Bakri has two sisters and a brother. She began playing football at the age of seven.
Club career Bakri played for Arz, before moving to Sadaka in the Lebanese Women's Football League. She helped them win several domestic titles. Bakri joined SAS in 2014, with whom she also won multiple titles. She joined BFA on 30 September 2019. After suffering an ACL tear in 2022, Bakri retired in 2023.
International career Bakri has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both football and futsal.
In football, she represented Lebanon in multiple competitions, namely the 2010 Arabia Women's Cup and the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in 2013, where she played three games and scored a goal against Kuwait. Bakri scored seven goals in 22 games between 2006 and 2017; she was her national team's all-time top goalscorer before being surpassed by Christy Maalouf in 2023, and the joint-most capped player – alongside Taghrid Hamadeh – before being surpassed by Rana Al Mokdad in 2023.
In futsal, Bakri played for Lebanon at the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship in 2008 and 2012, and the AFC Women's Futsal Championship in 2018.
Career statistics
International Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bakri goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Sara BakriNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition119 October 2010Al Ahli Stadium, Manama, Bahrain1–?1–52010 Arabia Women's Cup221 October 20101–?1–3323 October 2010Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain?–09–04?–059 June 2013Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan11–012–12014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification615 September 2011Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan1–61–10Friendly721 March 2017Bir Hassan Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon1–04–0Friendly
Honours Sadaka Lebanese Women's Football League: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
SAS Lebanese Women's Football League: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19 Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2014–15, 2018–19 Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2016–17
Lebanon WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2007
Individual Lebanese Women's Football League top goalscorer: 2014–15
See also List of Lebanon women's international footballers
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