Samia Adam
Personal information
Full name Samia Ahmed Mohammed Adam[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996[2]
Place of birth Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder,[1] defender[3]
Team information
Current team
 Napoli
Youth career
2010-2014 Santa Clara Bruins
2007-2014 DeAnza Force
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Pacific Tigers 53 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 El Gouna
2021–2022 Galatasaray 17 (4)
2022–23 Napoli 19 (5)
2023– FC Dornbirn 6 (0)
International career‡
2016– Egypt 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 November 2016.[4]

Samia Ahmed Mohammed Adam (Arabic: سامية احمد محمد ادم; born 19 April 1996) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Dornbirn and the Egypt women's national team.

Early life

Adam was born in Palo Alto, California and raised in Santa Clara, California.

High school and college career

Adam has attended the Santa Clara High School in her hometown and the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.

Club career

Adam has played for the teams El Gouna and Kafr Saad in Egypt.[5] She later joined Galatasaray, becoming the first Egyptian to play professionally in the Turkish Women's Football Super League.[5] She also served as captain.[6] She was the top scorer for her team in the Turkish Women's League for the 2021-22 season with six goals in nine matches.[5]

After her contract with Galatasaray ended, she joined the Italian Serie B club Napoli in September 2022, making her the first Egyptian to play in Italy.[7][6] Napoli achieved promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2022-23 season.

In 2023, Adam moved to FC Dornbirn Ladies in the ÖFB Frauen Bundesliga.[8] [9]

International career

Adam capped for Egypt at senior level during the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.[4] She appeared in the 2021 Arab Women's Cup.[6] She played in two 2022 friendlies against Jordan. She was called up for 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Sudan. She scored first in both legs of Egypt's 8-0 aggregate victory.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "99 - Samia Ahmed Mohammed Adam - Orta Saha". Galatasaray S.K. (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Samia Adam Stats". FBref. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Samia Adam - 2017 - Women's Soccer". University of the Pacific. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Samia Adam". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "سجلت 6 أهداف..سامية آدم أول لاعبة مصرية ترتدى شارة القيادة بدوريات أوروبا". El Balad. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "من هي سامية آدم؟.. أول مصرية في الدوري الإيطالي". Arabic Euro. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Egypt's Samia Adam joins Napoli from Galatasaray". kingfut.com. 25 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ladies FC Dornbirn [Women] » Squad 2023/2024". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Admiral Bundesliga Ready". Instagram. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Egypt 4-0 South Sudan". Soccerway. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "South Sudan 0-4 Egypt". Soccerway. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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