Lili Iskandar facts for kids
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Iskandar with SAS in 2020
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Layla Pascal Iskandar | ||
| Date of birth | 16 May 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Zgharta, Lebanon | ||
| Height | 1.72 m | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Al-Ittihad | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Salam Zgharta | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2018–2019 | Salam Zgharta | (10) | |
| 2019–2021 | SAS | (15) | |
| 2021–2022 | HB Køge | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Etihad | 24 | (19) |
| 2023–2024 | → Al-Ittihad (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 2024– | Al-Ittihad | 8 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Lebanon U18 | 7 | (7) |
| 2019–2020 | Lebanon U19 | 6 | (3) |
| 2018– | Lebanon | 21 | (12) |
† Appearances (Goals). |
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Layla Pascal Iskandar, known as Lili Iskandar, is a talented footballer from Lebanon. She was born on May 16, 2002. Lili plays as a forward for the Saudi Women's Premier League club Al-Ittihad. She also plays for the Lebanon national team. Lili is known for being able to play in different attacking positions, including as a winger.
Lili started her football journey with Salam Zgharta in 2018. Later, she joined SAS, where she helped them win a league title. She then played for a club in Denmark, HB Køge, and then in Jordan for Etihad. With Etihad, she won the league title and was the top goal scorer. Currently, she plays in Saudi Arabia for Al-Ittihad.
Lili has also played for Lebanon's youth teams. She won the 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship and was the top scorer in that tournament. She has been a key player for the senior Lebanon national team since 2018. She helped Lebanon finish second in the WAFF Women's Championship in 2022 and third in 2019. Lili Iskandar is the top goal scorer for the Lebanon women's national team.
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Lili Iskandar's Football Journey
Playing in Lebanon
Lili Iskandar began her career with her hometown club, Salam Zgharta, during the 2018–19 season. She scored 10 goals for them. In 2019, she moved to SAS, who were the champions at the time.
In the 2019–20 season, Lili scored two goals in the final match. This helped SAS win the league title. She ended that season with an amazing 15 goals, scoring more than one goal per game!
Playing in Europe: Denmark
On July 9, 2021, Lili Iskandar joined HB Køge in Denmark. She signed a one-year contract to play in the 2021–22 Danish Women's League. This was a big step for her career, playing in a European league.
Success in Jordan and Saudi Arabia
On July 3, 2022, Lili moved to Etihad, a club in the Jordan Women's Pro League. She said she joined because she wanted to play again for her former Lebanon coach, Wael Gharzeddine. Lili scored her first goal for Etihad on July 17, helping them win 3–0.
In her first season, she scored five goals in 12 games. Etihad finished second in both the league and the cup. In 2023, Lili led Etihad to win the 2023 Jordanian-Saudi Women's Clubs Championship. She was the top scorer in that tournament with four goals. She also finished the 2023 Jordan Women's Pro League as the top scorer with 14 goals in 12 games. This helped Etihad win their first league title!
In October 2023, Lili joined Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia on a loan. She played 17 games and scored seven goals for them. In July 2024, Al-Ittihad signed her permanently for one year.
Playing for Her Country: Lebanon
Youth National Teams
Lili Iskandar scored her first international goal for Lebanon's under-19 team on October 24, 2018. This was during a qualification match for the 2019 AFC U-19 Championship. She played four games and scored once.
Lili was the top goal scorer in the 2019 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship. She scored seven goals in five matches and helped her team win the championship. In December 2020, she scored in two friendly games against Egypt's under-19 team. With these goals, Lili became the first player to score 10 goals for Lebanon's under-18 and under-19 teams combined.
Senior National Team
Lili Iskandar made her debut for the senior Lebanon team on November 8, 2018. She played in four games at the 2019 WAFF Women's Championship, helping Lebanon finish in third place.
On October 24, 2021, Lili scored her first goal for the senior team against Guam. Lebanon won that game 3–0. She also played in the 2022 WAFF Women's Championship. She helped her team finish second and was named the tournament's best player. She scored one goal against Palestine in that competition.
On April 8, 2023, Lili scored two goals in one game for the first time for Lebanon. This was in a 5–0 win against Indonesia. On September 30, 2023, she scored the winning goal in the final of a friendly tournament against Bhutan. This goal meant she broke the record for the most international goals for Lebanon, with nine goals.
Lili started the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship with an amazing three goals (a hat-trick) against Guam on February 19, 2024. Lebanon won 4–3. She became the first player to score 10 goals for her national team. Her third goal in that match was also the 100th goal ever scored by the Lebanon women's national team!
How Lili Plays
Lili Iskandar is an attacking midfielder who is very good at scoring goals. She is also skilled at creating chances for her teammates to score.
Off the Field
Lili Iskandar can speak three languages: English, French, and Arabic. Her favorite football player is American star Alex Morgan. Lili looks up to Alex Morgan because she is a great player both on and off the field.
Awards and Achievements
SAS
- Lebanese Women's Football League: 2019–20
Etihad
- Jordan Women's Pro League: 2023; runner-up: 2022
- Jordanian-Saudi Women's Clubs Championship: 2023
- Jordan Women's Cup runner-up: 2022
Lebanon U18
- WAFF U-18 Girls Championship: 2019
Lebanon
- WAFF Women's Championship runner-up: 2022; third place: 2019
Individual Awards
- Jordan Women's Pro League top scorer: 2023
- Women's Club Championship top scorer: 2023
- WAFF Women's Championship best player: 2022
- WAFF U-18 Girls Championship top goalscorer: 2019
Records
- Lebanon all-time top goalscorer: 12 goals (as of February 19, 2024)
