Aya Salah Jamal-Eddine (; born 11 October 1997) is a Lebanese former

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who played as a defender.

Early life

Born in

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, Lebanon, Jamal-Eddine moved to Australia at an early age. She played various sports as a child, such as

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and

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. Jamal-Eddine returned to Lebanon aged 13.

Club career

Upon her return to Lebanon, Jamal-Eddine trained with the boys' team of

Stars Association for Sports Stars Association for Sports (), or simply SAS, was a women's football club section of the similarly-named sports academy, based in Aley, Lebanon. Founded in 2011 as Stars Academy for Sports, they competed in the Lebanese Women's Football League ...

(SAS), as the academy were yet to establish a women's sector. Once the women's team was established in 2014, she played in the

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, before moving to Akhaa Ahli Aley the next season. Jamal-Eddine returned to SAS on 18 April 2017. On 14 August 2019, Jamal-Eddine joined Safa; she scored one goal in eight games in the 2019–20 season.

Personal life

Jamal-Eddine

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, and obtained a

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. She then decided to pursue an

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Honours

SAS *

: 2014–15, 2018–19 *

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: 2014–15, 2018–19; runner-up: 2017–18 * Lebanese Women's Super Cup runner-up:

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Safa * Lebanese Women's Football League:

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Lebanon *

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third place:

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