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Leena Khamis
Khamis playing for Sydney FC in 2010
Personal information
Full name Leena Khamis
Date of birth (1986-06-19) 19 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Team information
Current team
 Canberra United
Number 19
Youth career
NSW Institute of Sport
Macarthur Rams
2003–2004 Northern NSW Pride
2004–2008 NSW Sapphires White
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Macarthur Rams
2008–2011 Sydney FC 35 (23)
2011 Fortuna Hjørring
2011–2012 Sydney FC 7 (4)
2012 Fortuna Hjørring
2013–2018 Sydney FC 52 (12)
2018–2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 11 (2)
2019– Canberra United 12 (2)
International career‡
2004–2006 Australia U-20 13 (9)
2008– Australia 25 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2015

Leena Khamis (born 19 June 1986) is an Australian soccer player who plays for the Canberra United in the Australian W-League.

Biography

Khamis playing for Sydney FC.

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.[1][2]

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.[3]

Khamis made her full international debut for Australia in July 2008 in a match against China in Beijing.[4]

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.[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 July 2008 North Sydney Oval, Sydney, Australia  New Zealand 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2 20 February 2010 Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland, New Zealand  New Zealand 3–0 3–0 Friendly
3 19 May 2010 Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China  Vietnam 1–0 2–0 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
4 12 May 2011 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, Australia  New Zealand 3–0 3–0 Friendly
5 3 July 2011 Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany  Equatorial Guinea 1–0 3–2 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honours

Club

Sydney FC

Country

Australia

Individual

References

  1. ^ Ormond, Aidan (17 November 2009). "Khamis Is Sydney Girls' Tim". Australian FourFourTwo. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. ^ Ward, Mary (27 January 2017). "Khamis sisters playing side by side in W-League finals". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. ^ "W-League Stars Rewarded". Australian FourFourTwo.
  4. ^ Howe, Andrew. "Official Media Guide of Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 30 June 2017 – via WomenSoccer.com.au.
  5. ^ "Confirmed: Wanderers land exciting Sydney FC trio". 23 August 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.


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