Layan Jouhari

Layan Abdulmojeeb Jouhari (Arabic: لَيَان عَبْد الْمُجِيب جَوْهَرِيّ; born 12 January 2001) is a Saudi footballer who plays as a Defender for Saudi Women's Premier League side Al-Ittihad.

Layan Jouhari

Personal information
Full name	Layan Abdulmojeeb Jouhari[1]
Date of birth	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth	Saudi Arabia
Position	Defender
Team information
Current team	Al-Ittihad
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2022	Jeddah Eagles
2022–	Al-Ittihad
International career
2022–	Saudi Arabia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Jouhari played with Jeddah Eagles in the SAFF Women's National Football Championship.^[2]

Since Al-Ittihad acquired Jeddah Eagles in 2022, Jouhari played in the 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League.^[3]

In April 2023, Al-Ittihad renewed Jouhari's contract, to play with them in the 2023–24 Saudi Women's Premier League.^[4]

International career

In February 2022, Layan Jouhari was named as part of the first-ever Saudi Arabia women's national football team for the two friendlies against Seychelles and Maldives.^[5]

Personal life

Jouhari's uncle, Ghanayem Al-Harbi, played for Al-Ittihad for almost a decade during the 1960s and ’70s and went on to work as an assistant coach under Carlos Alberto Parreira with the Saudi Arabian national team when the Green Falcons won the AFC Asian Cup in 1988 and her father, Abdulmojeeb, also represented Al-Ittihad, but in different sports, playing both volleyball and table tennis for the Jeddah club.^[6]

Her sister Dina Jouhari plays football for NEOM SC in the Saudi Women's First Division League.^[7]

Layan Jouhari was the voice of Saudi Arabia's bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup in a promotional film released by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.^[8]