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.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maher Mohammed Sabra | ||
Date of birth | 14 January 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Bourj el-Barajneh, Lebanon | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nejmeh | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Nejmeh | 121 | (8) |
International career‡ | |||
2016– | Lebanon | 21 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:49, 21 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024 |
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.
In December 2023, Sabra was included in the Lebanese squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
In addition to being a footballer, Sabra worked eight hours a day as an air conditioner repairman in 2020. In 2022, he opened a clothing store. Sabra has a son named Fadel (b. 2022).
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.
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 1 February 2022 | Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon | Iraq | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Nejmeh
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