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Selma Al-Majidi
Personal information
Date of birth c. 1990 (age 34–35)
Place of birth Omdurman
Managerial career
Years Team
Al Nasr (Omdurman)

Selma Al-Majidi (Arabic: سلمي الماجدي ) is the first Arab and Sudanese woman to coach a men's football team in the Arab world.

Early life and education

Al-Majidi was born in 1990 in Omdurman, a Sudanese city with the two biggest football clubs. She is the daughter of a retired policeman and comes from a traditional family. Al-Majidi became interested in football at the age of 16 while watching her younger brother's football team being coached.

Al-Majidi has a degree in Accountancy and Management Studies from Al Nasr Technical College.

Career

After working with her brother's coach, Al-Majidi began coaching the under-13 and under-16 teams of the Al-Hilal club in Omdurman. She has also coached Sudanese second league men's clubs, including Al-Nasr, Al-Nahda, Nile Halfa and Al-Mourada. Al-Majidi has been acknowledged by FIFA, the international football association, as the first Arab and Sudanese woman to coach a men's football team. In December 2015, she was noted in BBC Arabic's 100 inspirational women of the year.

See also

Sudan women's national football team

References

  1. "قصة أول امرأة تدرب فريق كرة قدم للرجال في العالم العربي". Raseef22.com (in Arabic).
  2. "بوابة المواطن: سلمى الماجدي أول سيدة عربية تتولى تدريب فريق كرة قدم رجال". المواطن. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  3. ^ "Salma al-Majidi, Sudan's 'sister coach', takes love of football to field". Hindustan Times. Agence France-Presse. April 3, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  4. "Sudan". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  5. ^ "Al Majidi: I'm glad to be a role model". FIFA.com. 26 December 2015. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015.
  6. AfricaNews. "Sudan's male football club gets first female coach [no comment] | Africanews". www.africanews.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  7. "100 امرأة 2015: سلمى الماجدي مدربة فريق كرة قدم للرجال في السودان". BBC Arabic (in Arabic). 1 December 2015.

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