Leena_Khamis Knowpia

Leena Khamis
	Khamis playing for Sydney FC in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Leena Khamis
Date of birth	19 June 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Team information
Current team	Perth Glory
Number	29
Youth career
	NSW Institute of Sport
	Macarthur Rams
2003–2004	Northern NSW Pride
2004–2008	NSW Sapphires White
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Macarthur Rams
2008–2011	Sydney FC
2011	Fortuna Hjørring
2011–2012	Sydney FC
2012	Fortuna Hjørring
2013–2018	Sydney FC
2018–2019	Western Sydney Wanderers
2019–2020	Canberra United
2020–2021	Western Sydney Wanderers
2022–	Perth Glory
International career‡
2004–2006	Australia U-20
2008–	Australia
	*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 Perth Glory in the A-League Women.

Biography edit

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 edit

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]

Khamis departed Western Sydney Wanderers ahead of the 2021–22 A-League Women season.^[6]

In January 2022, Khamis joined A-League Women club Perth Glory on a short-term injury replacement contract, due to injuries to Cyera Hintzen, Susan Phonsongkham, and Demi Koulizakis.^[7]

International goals edit

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 edit

Khamis playing for Sydney FC

References edit

^ Ormond, Aidan (17 November 2009). "Khamis Is Sydney Girls' Tim". Australian FourFourTwo. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
^ Ward, Mary (27 January 2017). "Khamis sisters playing side by side in W-League finals". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "W-League Stars Rewarded". Australian FourFourTwo.
^ 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.
^ "Confirmed: Wanderers land exciting Sydney FC trio". 23 August 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ Lewis, Samantha (2 December 2021). "All you need to know about each club ahead of the 2021/22 A-League Women season". ABC News.
^ Morgan, Gareth (14 January 2022). "Experienced Matildas forward joins Glory on short-term contract". Perth Glory.