Maher Sabra

Not to be confused with Maher Sabry.

In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Mohammed and the family name is Sabra.

Maher Mohammed Sabra (Arabic: مَاهِر مُحَمَّد صَبْرَا; born 14 January 1992) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a defender for Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh and the Lebanon national team.

Maher Sabra

Sabra with Nejmeh in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Maher Mohammed Sabra[1]
Date of birth	(1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Bourj el-Barajneh, Lebanon[1]
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2][3]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Nejmeh
Number	24
Youth career
2009–2013	Nejmeh
2010–2011	→ Homenmen (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–	Nejmeh	124	(8)
International career‡
2016–	Lebanon	23	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:14, 30 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024

Club career

Sabra was a youth product of Nejmeh and Homenmen.^[4]

International career

Sabra with the Lebanon national team against Iran in 2022

Sabra scored his first international goal for Lebanon on 1 February 2022, helping his side draw 1–1 against Iraq in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.^[5]

In December 2023, Sabra was included in the Lebanese squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.^[6]

Personal life

In addition to being a footballer, Sabra worked eight hours a day as an air conditioner repairman in 2020.^[7] In 2022, he opened a clothing store.^[8] Sabra has a son named Fadel (b. 2022).^[8]

Sabra was involved in the sports docuseries Captains, produced by Fulwell 73 and shown on Netflix and FIFA+ in 2022, which documented six national teams and their captains in their respective 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.^[8]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 11 June 2024^[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Lebanon	2016	2	0
	2017	1	0
	2018	0	0
	2019	0	0
	2020	1	0
	2021	8	0
	2022	5	1
	2023	2	0
	2024	4	0
Total		23	1

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

List of international goals scored by Maher Sabra

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 February 2022	Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon	Iraq	1–1	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Nejmeh

• Lebanese Premier League: 2023–24
• Lebanese FA Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23; runner-up: 2020–21
• Lebanese Elite Cup: 2021
• Lebanese Super Cup: 2023; runner-up: 2021

References

1. "Maher Sabra". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
2. "AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qatar Squad Lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. p. 13. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
3. "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Lebanon" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 9. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
4. "ماهر صبرا لـ"هنا Talks": المدافع مظلوم في كرة القدم.. وكان يجب أن نربح أمام بنغلادش". YouTube. 31 January 2024.
5. "تألق صبرا والزين الأبرز في تعادل لبنان مع العراق". كووورة. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
6. "منتخب لبنان يعلن تشكيلته إلى كأس آسيا" [The Lebanon national team announces its squad for the Asian Cup] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
7. "تقرير برنامج صدى الملاعب عن اللاعب ماهر صبرا وسط تأثّر مصطفى الآغا وضيوفه". MBC. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
8. "Destiny in your own Hands". Captains. Season 1. Episode 7. 24 October 2022. FIFA+. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
9. "Maher Sabra". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 19 November 2022.

External links

• Maher Sabra at FA Lebanon
• Maher Sabra at National-Football-Teams.com
• Maher Sabra at Soccerway
• Maher Sabra at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)
• Maher Sabra at Lebanon Football Guide