Researcher nets place on Â鶹´«Ă˝ United women's team A university researcher has become the first Lebanese player to sign for Â鶹´«Ă˝ United’s Women’s Football Club. Myriam Neaimeh, whose work is investigating electric vehicles, has played for the Lebanese national team. She said: “I have had an amazing response since people have heard I signed for Â鶹´«Ă˝. I have had so many messages wishing me good luck.??“The team is great and the girls are very skilful. I’m proud to play for them.”??Club chairman Phil Eadon said: “Myriam is a fantastic addition to the team. She is talented and experienced and she is also a good role model. She shows you can have a great career and play football at a high level.”??Myriam, who started work at the university in November, said finding a club to play for was high on her list of priorities when she moved to the city. She said: “First I looked for somewhere to live and then I looked for a club to play for. It is really important to me to be able to play.”??In her short time living in Â鶹´«Ă˝, she has been impressed with the focus on football. “Everyone talks about football all the time,” she said. “It is such an important part of people’s lives. And I can see St James’ Park when I’m making a cup of tea at work so that’s pretty cool too.”??Myriam was the team captain of al-Ansar Women Football Club in Lebanon and has played football since she was a little girl. She said: “It was unusual in the Lebanon at the time but I just wanted to play. Attitudes changed and then I got to play in a team and in the national side.”??Myriam has also played for a Hungarian first division side when she moved to Europe in 2009. published on: 8 March 2012
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