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 32)
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
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Nejmeh 74 (5)
International career‡
2016– Lebanon 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:03, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 January 2023

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.[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, procuded 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 4 January 2023[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 1 0
Total 20 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

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Maher Sabra". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  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. ^ a b c "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.

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Nejmeh SC – current squad
Lebanon squad – 2023 AFC Asian Cup
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