Dahlia Salah

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Dahlia Salah
Personal information
Full name Dahlia Salah El-Din
Date of birth (2001-05-31) 31 May 2001 (age 22)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Queens Park Rangers
Youth career
Balón Linense
Cádiz
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Lincoln Red Imps 6 (2)
2021 Europa 0 (0)
2021– Queens Park Rangers B 32 (10)
2024– Queens Park Rangers 2 (0)
International career
2021– Gibraltar 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2023

Dahlia Salah El-Din (born 31 May 2001) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays as a defender for Queens Park Rangers. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

As a youth player, Salah joined the youth academy of Spanish side Balón Linense. [4] [5] [6] [7] In 2020 she joined the futsal side of Gibraltar Wave, before joining Europa football team for the end of the 2020–21 season. In summer 2021, she signed for Queens Park Rangers in England, initially playing for their B team in the Greater London Women's Football League. On 18 April 2024 she was named in a first team squad for the first time, appearing on the bench against Ashford Town (Middlesex) and coming on as a subtitute in their Combined Counties Challenge Cup win. [8] She subsequently made her FA Women's National League debut on 21 April, in a 2-2 draw with Chesham United.

Futsal

Salah is also an active futsal player, winning the National Futsal Series with Bloomsbury Futsal Club in 2023. [9]

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References

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  2. ""It's a feeling like no other"".
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  6. "La selección Gaditana Femenina sub 16 convoca a dos jugadoras del Balon Linense CF". lalineainformacion.es.
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  8. Match Report: Ashford Town Women 3 QPR FC Women 4 Queens Park Rangers FC. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  9. National Futsal Series Women's Final FA Full-Time. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.