Marya Baghaffar
Marya Khaled Baghaffar is a Saudi footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al-Ittihad.
Club career
Baghaffar started playing with Jeddah Pride in the 2022/2023 season of the Saudi Women's First Division League.In the following season, 2023/2024, she moved to Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Women's Premier League.
Baghaffar participated in the first edition 2023/24 of SAFF Women's U-17 Tournament with RTC Jeddah team and also as captain of the team.
Marya Baghaffar will miss all 2024/25 season matches due to a ACL injury.
On 13 September 2025, Baghaffar made her debut in the 2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League as a substitute in the 90+5 minute against Al-Ula.
International career
In February 2023, Baghaffar was selected for the inaugural under-17 team to face Kuwait in double friendly matches With Croatian coach Stella Gotal.On 27 January 2024, Baghaffar joined the Saudi Arabia u-20 women's national football team with Scottish coach Pauline Hamill.
Spanish coach Lluís Cortés has decided to call up Marya Baghaffar to the Saudi Arabia national team for the Marbella camp in Spain on 22 May 2024.