Leena Khamis


Leena Khamis is an Australian soccer player who plays for the Canberra United in the Australian W-League.

Biography

Khamis was born in the Sydney suburb of Camden and is of Assyrian heritage. Her family is heavily involved in football, her father played the game before emigrating to Australia from Iraq and two of her sisters are involved at Sydney FC. Her older sister, Linda, is an assistant coach and her younger sister, Sham, is a team-mate.

Playing career

She represented Australia at the 2004 FIFA World Under 19 Women's Championship in Thailand. She finished the inaugural W-League season as top scorer with 7 goals, winning the Golden Boot award.
Khamis made her full international debut for Australia in July 2008 in a match against China in Beijing.
After playing at Sydney FC since their inaugural season, Khamis signed with Western Sydney Wanderers for the 2018–19 season. She was one of several players who made the switch from Sydney FC to rivals Western Sydney during the offseason.

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
112 July 2008North Sydney Oval, Sydney, Australia1–01–0Friendly
220 February 2010Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland, New Zealand3–03–0Friendly
319 May 2010Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China1–02–02010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
412 May 2011Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, Australia3–03–0Friendly
53 July 2011Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany1–03–22011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honours

Club

; Sydney FC
; Australia