Stephanie Al-Naber


Stephanie Mazen Yousef Al-Naber is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for local Women's League club Shabab Al-Ordon and the Jordan women's national team, where she serves as its captain.

Career

Al Naber learned to play football in the street with her family. She later played on her school's team and began her career with Shabab Al-Ordon, one of the first Jordanian clubs in the country to start a women's team. Al-Naber later became the first Jordanian woman to play football in leagues abroad. She played for clubs in Denmark, United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon. She has been a main-stay of the Jordan women's national football team since its inception in 2005 and helped the national team win the West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship in 2005, 2007, and 2014 as well as the2010 Arabia Women's Cup. Al Naber was part of the Jordan national squads that played in the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Asian Games. She was also part of the squad that participated in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers helping Jordan qualify for the continental tournament for the first time.

Personal life

As of January 2017, Al-Naber's father is a director at Shabab Al-Ordon while her brother Yousef is a professional footballer who plays for Amman-based club Al-Faisaly. Her sister Natasha also plays on the national team.