Noha Tarek Sayed Saber (; born 1 March 2000), known as Menna Tarek, is an Egyptian

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who plays as a

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for Egyptian club

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and the Egypt women's national team.

Early life

Tarek was born in

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on 1 March 1999.

Club career

Tarek began playing football at age six. She signed to the club El-Dakhleya at age 10, winning the best player in the competition award her first three seasons. After receiving her first cap for the national team, Tarek signed for Wadi Degla. Tarek moved in November 2018 to

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to join

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, who play in the

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. She scored one goal in the first match with her new club. Following her time in Turkey, Tarek returned to Egypt to play for El Gouna. Tarek signed with Al Shabab in the

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. Bot ...

for the 2022–23 season. She scored upon her debut, a 4–2 loss to Al-Hilal on 14 October 2022. She scored the decisive goal in Al-Shabab's first win, a 2–1 victory over Al-Ahli. Tarek scored 15 goals over the course of the season. The team finished third in the league. In 2023, Tarek signed for Al Wehda in the Saudi Women's First Division League. In January 2024, she moved to Al-Taqadom, which reached fourth place in the Saudi Women’s First Division League Phoenix Club announced its contract with Tarek on 9 May 2024 to play with them in the Saudi Women's Futsal Tournament 2024. She won the top scorer award in the 2024 Saudi Women's Futsal Tournament after she contributed to her Al-Ankaa team achieving fourth place.

International career

At Age 13, Tarek was called up to the U-17 Egyptian national team, the first women's youth national team in Egypt. Tarek captained both Egypt's U-17 and U-20 national teams. She was the top scorer in 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying. Tarek appeared for the

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at the

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held in

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Personal life

Tarek has cited

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, and

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as role models. She has stated

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is her favorite team and it would be her dream to play for them.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarek, Menna 1999 births Living people Footballers from Cairo Egyptian women's footballers 21st-century Egyptian sportswomen Egypt women's international footballers Women's association football forwards Fatih Vatan Spor players Egyptian expatriate women's footballers Egyptian Women's Premier League players Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Saudi Women's Premier League players Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate women's footballers in Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh, women) players