Lia Barkai

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Lia Barkai Biography

Lia Gal Barkai (Hebrew: ליה גל ברקאי ‎; born 5 April 1999) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a defender and has appeared 10 times (till now) for the Israel women’s national team.

Barkai started to play at the age of 8 for a boy’s team in a township of Pardes-Chana, and after 3 years she moved to play for 2 famous local teams: Macabi Kishronot Hadera and ASA Tel Aviv University. in 2015, at the age of 16, she accepted to the Elite Sport College at Wingate Institute, Israel. As a student, she played for the College Women Football Team, known in Israel as “The Academia” in the premier Israeli League. When she finished her studies at the “Academia”, she started her mandatory service in the army. As she was recognized as an “accelence sport-person” (an official definition for several sport-persons that let them combine their service with the ongoing career) she continued to play for the ASA Tel Aviv University team. She became famous when the army refused to let her join the National Israeli Women team to the European Championship campaign in Spain, but the army regretted a day before the game, after the story got published in the Israeli media. She joined the team but was sitting on the bench during the match Vs. Spain. She continued and still is to play for 3 Israeli teams. Barkai has been capped for the Israel national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifying cycle.

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