Nathalie Matar

Nathalie Matar
Matar with EFP in 2021
Personal information
Full name Nathalie Georges Matar[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-20) 20 September 1995
Place of birth Qaa, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VGA Saint-Maur
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Zouk Mosbeh (3)
2019–2022 EFP 22+ (20)
2022–2023 Grand Calais Pascal 5 (0)
2023 Stade Portelois 11 (5)
2023–2025 USPSO 41 (5)
2025– VGA Saint-Maur 1 (0)
International career‡
2018 Lebanon (futsal) 5 (0)
2015–2025 Lebanon 37 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Lebanon
WAFF Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2022
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 July 2025

Nathalie Georges Matar (Arabic: ناتالي جورج مطر; born 20 September 1995) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club VGA Saint-Maur.

Club career

Matar began playing in the Lebanese Women's Football League aged 15, in 2010.[2]

In 2022 Matar moved to France to resume her studies,[2] joining Régional 1 Féminine (fourth division) club Grand Calais Pascal on 14 July 2022.[3] She joined Stade Portelois on 26 January 2023,[4] before moving to USPSO on 8 July 2023.[5] In July 2025, Matar moved to newly-promoted Division 3 side VGA Saint-Maur, joining national team teammate Christy Maalouf.[6] She played one game in the 2025–26 Division 3 season.[7]

International career

Matar was part of the Lebanon national team squad that participated in the 2021 Arab Women's Cup in Egypt.[8] She was called up to represent Lebanon at the 2022 WAFF Women's Championship,[9] helping her side finish runners-up.[10] She was called up to the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship.[11]

On 5 April 2025, Matar made her 30th international cap for Lebanon alongside Syntia Salha, breaking Rana Al Mokdad's previous record of 29.[12]

Honours

Lebanon

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Nathalie Matar". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 @uspsaintomer; (17 October 2024). "NATHALIE MATAR – L'INTERVIEW" – via Instagram.
  3. ↑ "NATHALIE MATAR EST CALAISIENNE !". Grand Calais Pascal Football Club (in French). 14 July 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022 – via Facebook.
  4. ↑ Stade Portelois [@stadeportelois]; (26 January 2023). "Le Stade Portelois est heureux d'annoncer l'arrivée de Nathalie Matar, en provenance du club de Grand Calais Pascal, au sein de son équipe Féminines Seniors" – via Instagram.
  5. ↑ "Nous sommes ravie d'accueillir Nathalie Matar au sein de notre effectif pour la saison 2023-2024" (in Arabic). Les féminines de l' USPSO. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024 – via Facebook.
  6. ↑ Assile, Toufaily [@the.supersubs]; (30 July 2025). "Nathalie Matar with her new club @vgafootballfeminin" – via Instagram.
  7. ↑ "Nathalie Matar". Footofeminin.fr. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "بعثة منتخب لبنان للسيدات تغادر الى مصر". The LFA. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "وصول سيدات الأرز الى الأردن للمشاركة في بطولة غرب آسيا". The LFA (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  10. ↑ الأردن يتوج ببطولة السيدات السابعة.. ويضيف اللقب الخامس إلى سجله [Jordan win the seventh women's championship.. and add a fifth title to their record]. West Asian Football Federation (in Arabic). 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "استدعاء ٢٣ لاعبة للمشاركة في بطولة غرب اسيا للسيدات" [Calling 23 players to participate in the west Asian women's championship] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  12. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DIEGyKkg-16
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