Salma Ghazal

Salma Ghazal

Personal information
Full name	Salma Mohanad Yousef Ghazal [1]
Date of birth	(1998-10-19) 19 October 1998 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth	Sugar Land, Texas [3]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [4]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper [4] [2]
Team information
Current team	Houston Cougars
Number	1
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Texas Southern Tigers	18	(0)
2020–2021	Houston Cougars [5]	9	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019	Texas Titans [6]
International career‡
2018–	Jordan	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2019

Salma Mohanad Yousef Ghazal (born 19 October 1998) is an American-born Jordanian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Houston Cougars and the Jordan women's national team. Ghazal began her collegiate soccer career at Texas Southern University, where she ranked second nationally in NCAA saves per game and earned Goalkeeper of the Week honors in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. She later transferred to the University of Houston, where she became a standout player, earning a place on the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll and recording a shutout in her debut season ^[7]

Early life

Ghazal was raised in Sugar Land, Texas. ^[5]

References

1. "SALMA MOHANAD YOUSEF GHAZAL". AFC. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
2. "AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Press Kit". AFC. p. 6. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
3. "Salma Ghazal". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
4. "Salma Ghazal - 2019 - Women's Soccer". Texas Southern University Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
5. "Salma Ghazal - Soccer". University of Houston Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
6. "TTi Bluebonnets at Texas Titans - 2019 Regular Season". WPSL. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
7. "Salma Ghazal - Soccer". University of Houston Athletics. Retrieved 3 December 2024.