Selma Al-Majidi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | c. 1990 (age 33–34) | ||
| Place of birth | Omdurman[1] | ||
| 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[edit]
Al-Majidi was born in 1990 in Omdurman,[2] a Sudanese city with the two biggest football clubs. She is the daughter of a retired policeman and comes from a traditional family.[3] Al-Majidi became interested in football at the age of 16 while watching her younger brother's football team being coached.[4]
Al-Majidi has a degree in Accountancy and Management Studies from Al Nasr Technical College.[5]
Career[edit]
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.[3] She has also coached Sudanese second league men's clubs, including Al-Nasr, Al-Nahda, Nile Halfa and Al-Mourada.[3] 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.[5][6] In December 2015, she was noted in BBC Arabic's 100 inspirational women of the year.[7]
See also[edit]
Sudan women's national football team
References[edit]
- ^ "قصة أول امرأة تدرب فريق كرة قدم للرجال في العالم العربي". Raseef22.com (in Arabic).
- ^ "بوابة المواطن: سلمى الماجدي أول سيدة عربية تتولى تدريب فريق كرة قدم رجال". المواطن. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Sudan". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ a b "Al Majidi: I'm glad to be a role model". FIFA.com. 26 December 2015. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015.
- ^ AfricaNews. "Sudan's male football club gets first female coach [no comment] | Africanews". www.africanews.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "100 امرأة 2015: سلمى الماجدي مدربة فريق كرة قدم للرجال في السودان". BBC Arabic (in Arabic). 1 December 2015.