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. Mtairek is also a long-distance runner.
_02_(Ghiya_Mtairek).jpg) Mtairek with Super Girls in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ghiya Mohamad Mtairek[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Tyre, Lebanon[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Super Girls | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Southern Stars[a] | (20) | |
| 2020– | Super Girls | 10 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Lebanon | 3 | (0) |
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*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) | |||
Football career
editMtairek 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]
Running career
editMtairek 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]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Terdeba Stars changed their name to Southern Stars in 2019.
References
edit- ^ a b "Ghiya Mtairek". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ بالصور فوز نادي نجوم طيردبا على نادي هوبس ضمن الأسبوع الثالث من بطولة الدوري اللبناني لكرة القدم النسائية [With pictures, Terdeba Stars Club won against Hoops in the third week of the Lebanese Women's Football League]. sadasour.net (in Arabic). 25 November 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "WOMEN FOOTSALE AU LIBAN". abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ دوري السيّدات.. تألّق لـ"نجوم الرياضة" و3 تعادلات! [The Women's League... glory for SAS and 3 draws!]. Lebanon24 (in Arabic). 3 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Nehme, Ale. "Lebanon (Women) 2019/20". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Officially SUPERGIRLS". Facebook. Super Girls FC. 1 July 2020.
- ^ "Match Report of Armenia vs Lebanon". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Harb, Abdel Nasser (19 May 2020). غيا متيرك... شمعة مضيئة في نفق الرياضة المظلم [Ghia Materk... a lit candle in the dark sports tunnel]. An-Nahar (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ البطلان غيا متيرك والمنتصر بالله حمية إلى بطولة غرب آسيا في البحرين [The two champions are Ghiya Mtairek and Al-Muntasir Billah Hamiah to the West Asian Championship in Bahrain]. alarabi.press (in Arabic). 12 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Nehmetallah BEJJANI: Administrative Delegate at the West Asian Championship in Athletics". Sports 961. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Lebanese Runners Shine at OPAP Limassol Marathon". Sports 961. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "The Lebanese University organized the "Lebanese Universities Cross Country"". American University of Beirut (in Arabic). 25 February 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Thousands participate in the OPAP Limassol Marathon GSO 2019 (pics)". in-cyprus.com. 24 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
External links
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- Ghiya Mtairek at FA Lebanon
- Ghiya Mtairek at Global Sports Archive