Assile Toufaily (Arabic: أسيل طفيلي; born 16 August 1996) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a midfielder. She also played futsal.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Nabatieh, Lebanon[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Shabab Arabi | ||
| 2012–2015 | GFA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2017 | GFA | ||
| 2017–2019 | SAS | ||
| 2019–2021 | Safa | ||
| International career | |||
| 2014 | Lebanon U19[2] | ||
| 2013–2018 | Lebanon | 5+ | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editToufaily became interested in football aged six, in 2002, after attending a game between Ansar and Nejmeh in Beirut with her father and younger brother.[3] In November 2009, she took part in the "Football Festival" organised in Jordan by the Norwegian Football Federation.[3] Toufaily signed her first contract a few months later in 2010,[4] and played two seasons at Shabab Arabi's youth system.[3]
She spent the following years with three other clubs (GFA, SAS and Safa).[3] After having won two Lebanese Women's Football League titles with SAS in 2016–17 and 2018–19,[3] Toufaily signed for Safa in 2019.[5] During the 2020–21 season, she sustained an ACL injury, which forced her to retire in 2021.[3]
International career
editToufaily played for the Lebanon national team.[6]
Personal life
editAfter her retirement as a player in 2021, Toufaily moved to Lyon, France, to study sociology of sport at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1.[3]
Honours
editSAS
- Lebanese Women's Football League: 2016–17, 2018–19
- Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2018–19; runner-up: 2016–17, 2017–18
- Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2016–17; runner-up: 2017–18, 2018–19
Safa
- Lebanese Women's Football League: 2020–21
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Assile Toufaily". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150721102948/http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=8457&stageid=337&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary
- ^ a b c d e f g Renaud-Bourbon, Alex (17 July 2022). "Enquête : Le chemin vers la professionnalisation au Liban". Renards des Surfaces (in French). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ Habib, Mabel (17 July 2020). كرة القدم النسائية تجتاز الحواجز وتتسلق القمة [Women's football crosses barriers and climbs to the top]. arabia.eurosport.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ Safa WFC [@safawfc] (7 July 2019). "Going big for our first signing of the season! Welcome Assile Toufaily" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Assile Toufaily: Yes, women can play football!". NETMED Youth. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
External links
edit- Assile Toufaily at FA Lebanon
- Assile Toufaily at Global Sports Archive
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