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Lebanese footballer (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maher Mohammed Sabra (Arabic: ماهر محمد صبرا; born 14 January 1992) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a defender for Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh and the Lebanon national team.
.jpg) Sabra with Nejmeh in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maher Mohammed Sabra[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1992 | ||
| 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 | |||
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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]
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]
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Nejmeh
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