Nathalie Matar

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Nathalie Matar
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Matar with EFP in 2021
Personal information
Full name Nathalie Georges Matar [1]
Date of birth (1995-09-20) 20 September 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth Qaa, Lebanon [1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VGA Saint-Maur  [ fr ]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Zouk Mosbeh (3)
2019–2022 EFP (16)
2022–2023 Grand Calais Pascal 5 (0)
2023 Stade Portelois 11 (5)
2023–2025 USPSO
2025– VGA Saint-Maur  [ fr ]
International career‡
2018 Lebanon (futsal) 5 (0)
2015– Lebanon 37 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
WAFF Women's Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 02:55, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 July 2025

Nathalie Georges Matar (Arabic : ناتالي جورج مطر; born 20 September 1995) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club VGA Saint-Maur  [ fr ] and captains the Lebanon national team.

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Club career

Matar began playing in the Lebanese Women's Football League aged 15, in 2010. [2]

In 2022 Matar moved to France to resume her studies, [2] joining Régional 1 Féminine (fourth division) club Grand Calais Pascal on 14 July 2022. [3] She joined Stade Portelois on 26 January 2023, [4] before moving to USPSO on 8 July 2023. [5] In July 2025, Matar moved to newly-promoted Division 3 side VGA Saint-Maur  [ fr ], joining national team teammate Christy Maalouf. [6]

International career

Matar was part of the Lebanon national team squad that participated in the 2021 Arab Women's Cup in Egypt. [7] She was called up to represent Lebanon at the 2022 WAFF Women's Championship, [8] helping her side finish runners-up. [9] She was called up to the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship. [10]

On 5 April 2025, Matar made her 30th international cap for Lebanon alongside Syntia Salha, breaking Rana Al Mokdad's previous record of 29. [11]

Honours

Lebanon

Records

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Nathalie Matar". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 @uspsaintomer; (17 October 2024). "NATHALIE MATAR – L'INTERVIEW" – via Instagram.
  3. ↑ "NATHALIE MATAR EST CALAISIENNE !". Grand Calais Pascal Football Club (in French). 14 July 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022– via Facebook.
  4. ↑ Stade Portelois [@stadeportelois]; (26 January 2023). "Le Stade Portelois est heureux d'annoncer l'arrivée de Nathalie Matar, en provenance du club de Grand Calais Pascal, au sein de son équipe Féminines Seniors" – via Instagram.
  5. ↑ "Nous sommes ravie d'accueillir Nathalie Matar au sein de notre effectif pour la saison 2023-2024" (in Arabic). Les féminines de l' USPSO. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024– via Facebook.
  6. ↑ Assile, Toufaily [@the.supersubs]; (30 July 2025). "Nathalie Matar with her new club @vgafootballfeminin" – via Instagram.
  7. ↑ "بعثة منتخب لبنان للسيدات تغادر الى مصر". The LFA. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "وصول سيدات الأرز الى الأردن للمشاركة في بطولة غرب آسيا". The LFA (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  9. ↑ الأردن يتوج ببطولة السيدات السابعة.. ويضيف اللقب الخامس إلى سجله [Jordan win the seventh women's championship.. and add a fifth title to their record]. West Asian Football Federation (in Arabic). 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "استدعاء ٢٣ لاعبة للمشاركة في بطولة غرب اسيا للسيدات" [Calling 23 players to participate in the west Asian women's championship] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  11. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DIEGyKkg-16
  12. ↑ "Lebanon National Team All-Time Stats Women". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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