Nadia Nadim
Afghan-Danish footballer (born 1988)
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- Nadia Nadim (Persian: نادیه ندیم; born 2 January 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for the A-Liga club HB Køge.
- Nadim is considered the most influential and greatest Afghan female footballer of all time, particularly because she has won league titles in two countries, the USA league title in 2017 with the Portland Thorns and the French league title in 2020–21 with Paris Saint-Germain.
- Early life and career Nadia was born in Herat, Afghanistan and raised there during her early childhood in a wealthy family.
- When she was 11, Nadim, her mother and her four sisters fled Afghanistan and arrived in Denmark as refugees.
- Shortly after arriving in Denmark, when 12 years old, she continued playing football and joined the small local club GUG in Aalborg.
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WikipediaNadia Nadim (Persian: نادیه ندیم; born 2 January 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for the A-Liga club HB Køge. Born in Afghanistan, she has played for the Denmark national team.
Nadim is considered the most influential and greatest Afghan female footballer of all time, particularly because she has won league titles in two countries, the USA league title in 2017 with the Portland Thorns and the French league title in 2020–21 with Paris Saint-Germain. Nadim was named the Danish Footballer of the Year in 2016 and 2017.
Nadia was born in Herat, Afghanistan and raised there during her early childhood in a wealthy family. When Nadim was 9 years old her father, an Afghan National Army (ANA) general, was executed by the Taliban. When she was 11, Nadim, her mother and her four sisters fled Afghanistan and arrived in Denmark as refugees. She recounted later that when she was in the refugee camp she received football training. Shortly after arriving in Denmark, when 12 years old, she continued playing football and joined the small local club GUG in Aalborg. Her senior career began at B52 Aalborg and Team Viborg.
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