Abeer Rantisi
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-12) 12 July 1987
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Orthodox
International career
Jordan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abeer Rantisi (born 12 July 1987) is a Jordanian former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Jordan women's national football team and was one of its original members.[1][2] She competed with the team at the 2006 Asian Games. At the club level, she played for Orthodox in Jordan.

In 2014, Rantisi served as coach for the Asian Football Development Project, a non-profit that supports a number of football programs for refugees in the northern part of Jordan.[3]

As of September 2015, Rantisi was the head of women’s football for the Jordan Football Association.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Montague, James (14 March 2014). "Syria conflict: Kicking for hope in Zaatari refugee camp". CNN. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Dehnert, Elspeth (29 September 2016). "A Game-Changer". Marie Claire. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Whitman, Elizabeth (29 June 2014). "Syrian refugees find normalcy in football". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Foundations set in Jordan with second women's coaching course". FIFA. 15 February 2015. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.


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