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Reema Al-Malki
Reema Mohammed Al-Malki (; born 29 July 1998) is a Saudi footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Women's Premier League side Al-Nassr. Club career Al-Malki played for Eastern Flames. She won the 2022/2023 Saudi Women's Premier League with Al Nassr. In the 2023/2024 season, Al-Malki moved to Al Qadsiah, where Portuguese coach Luís Andrade relied on her in the left-back position and carried the captaincy in some Saudi Women's Premier League and SAFF Women's Cup matches. On 25 August 2024, Al Nassr announced the return of Al-Malki to the team. Honours Club Al Nassr *Saudi Women's Premier League: : Champion: 2022–23 Al Qadsiah *SAFF Women's Cup The Saudi Women's Cup, officially the SAFF Women's Cup (Arabic: كأس الإتحاد السعودي للسيدات) is the top annual cup tournament for women's clubs in Saudi Women’s Football. History The Director of Women's Football high ...: : Third place: 2023–24 References 1998 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Nassr FC (women)
Al-Nassr Women's Football Club, commonly known as Al-Nassr Ladies (), is a professional women's football club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The club competes in the Saudi Women's Premier League, the top tier of women's football in Saudi Arabia. Established as the women's section of Al-Nassr in 2022, the club has become the most successful in the history of women's football in Saudi Arabia. They have won three Premier League titles (under the name Al-Nassr) and the inaugural SAFF Women's Football Championship title (under the name Al-Mamlaka). History Al-Mamlaka era (2018–2022) In 2018, the club was founded as Al-Mamlaka Women's Football Club () by Munira Al-Hamdan and was based in Dammam. In 2019, the club participated in the first Gulf women's club Championship hosted in Saudi Arabia for the first time ever. With the rise of women's football, more competitions were played as the team participated in the Women's Community Football League, the first national competition for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Flames FC
Eastern Flames Football Club () is a Saudi professional women's football club based in Dammam. The club established in 2006 is the kingdom's first women's football club. Eastern Flames currently competes in the country's top-tier women's domestic competition, the Saudi Women's Premier League. Domestically, Eastern Flames won the first SAFF Women's Regional League; East Region. History In 2006, Kaye Smith founded the Eastern Flames, the first women's football club in the country, at a time when women's sports in Saudi Arabia were very limited. Over 14 years, the team transformed from a recreational activity within Aramco’s community into a full-fledged squad competing in regional tournaments. Since 2021, the Eastern Flames have also participated in national tournaments, reflecting the Saudi government's support for women's sports under the Quality of Life Program, a key initiative of the Kingdom's Vision 2030. The Beginning Eastern Flames began with a small group of members, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Qadsiah FC (women)
Al-Qadsiah Saudi Women's Football Club, commonly known as Al Qadsiah Ladies (), is a Saudi Arabia, Saudi professional women's association football, women's football team based in Khobar that plays in the Saudi Women's Premier League, the top-level women's football league in Saudi Arabia, following promotion in the 2022–23 season. It is the women's team of football club Al Qadsiah FC, Al Qadsiah. They have finished second in the inaugural Saudi Women's Division 1 which led to their promotion to the Premier League for the 2023–24 season. History Al Mutahed era: (2019–2023) Following the women's football rise in Saudi Arabia, the club was Founded in 2019 as Al Mutahed Women's Football Club, Compiling a squad replete with several Saudi players and a distinctly Bahraini flavor, they entered the first season of the Saudi Women's First Division League, drawn into the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province's group, Al Mutahed topped the group with 14 points and advance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Women's Premier League
The Saudi Women's Premier League officially the SAFF Women's Premier League () is the top flight of women's football in Saudi Arabia. History The first Saudi women's club were King's United based in Jeddah, and Eastern Flames in Dhahran. Both were formed in 2006. Other women's teams were formed after in Riyadh and Dammam. In 2008, the first Saudi women's tournament was held with the participation of seven teams. In December 2019, the Jeddah Women's Football League was held, which was the first women's competition organized by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation; it was won by Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah), Jeddah Eagles. In February 2020, Saudi Arabia decided to launch a football league for women throughout the country. On 17 November 2020, the national league was launched with 24 teams; it was divided into three regions, Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam which represent the ''Women's Community Football League'', and the four best teams qualified to the WFL Champions Cup. Challenge Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Andrade
Luís Filipe Andrade de Oliveira (born 30 September 1973), known as Andrade, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer, currently manager of Saudi Arabian club Al Qadsiah (women). A gritty player with few skills, he operated mainly as a defensive midfielder but could also play as a full-back. Playing career Andrade was born in Lisbon. After playing his youth football at Sporting CP, he went on to represent G.D. Estoril Praia, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, C.F. Os Belenenses, S.L. Benfica (five years, with one season loaned to S.C. Braga), Académica de Coimbra, C.D. Pinhalnovense, C.D. Olivais e Moscavide and Odivelas FC. Andrade also had abroad spells with CD Tenerife (Spanish Segunda División) and AEP Paphos FC (Cypriot First Division, a few months), and finished his 21-year senior career in the regional championships in 2013, with GS Loures and Odivelas again. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 193 games and one goal over 12 seasons, and was a member of the Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAFF Women's Cup
The Saudi Women's Cup, officially the SAFF Women's Cup (Arabic: كأس الإتحاد السعودي للسيدات) is the top annual cup tournament for women's clubs in Saudi Women’s Football. History The Director of Women's Football highlighted that hosting the Saudi Women's Cup represents a significant step in the development plans for women's football. Increasing the number of matches during the season is one of the strategic objectives aimed at enhancing the players' technical skills and fostering competitiveness among teams. On 31 May 2024, the Saudi Football Federation renewed the exclusive partnership agreement with Saudi National Bank for a period of 3 years to sponsor the Saudi Women's Premier League and also the SAFF Women's Cup. Format Participation In accordance with official regulations, the SAFF has determined the allocation of the 16 available spots. Direct qualification is granted to all clubs from the Saudi Women's Premier League. Seeding In the draw, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League
The 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League was the inaugural season of the Saudi Women's Premier League which replaced the Saudi Women's National League as the top-level women's football league in Saudi Arabia. Al Nassr FC (women), Al-Nassr was crowned the inaugural champions of the league after defeating Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh, women), Al-Yamamah on the final matchday. Overview On 15 September 2022, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation announced the launch of the revamped format for women's football competitions by introducing the Saudi Women's Premier League and Saudi Women's First Division League. Initially, all eight teams that qualified for the knockout stage of the 2021–22 Saudi National Women's League secured their spots in the inaugural Saudi Women's Premier League. This marked a significant moment for women's football in the kingdom, gaining increasing attention from Saudis. Leading professional Saudi clubs to acquire self-owned teams to compete in the league. Al Hila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Births
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the Impeachment of Bill Clinton, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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