Nadia Nadim, First Afghan Woman to Make Top 100 of FIFA 100

Nadia Nadim on women’s football in Afghanistan one year on from Taliban takeover

Nadia Nadim on women’s football in Afghanistan one year on from Taliban takeover

Nadia Nadim on women’s football in Afghanistan one year on from Taliban takeover

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Nadia Nadim, left, is a former Afghanistan national team forward and member of the Afghan FA.

Nadia Nadim, left, is a former Afghanistan national team forward and member of the Afghan FA. (AFP/Getty Images)

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Nadia Nadim, left, was named the first Afghan woman to make the top 100 of FIFA 100, the world’s biggest football ratings list, in the 2011 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year awards.

Nadia Nadim, left, was named the first Afghan woman to make the top 100 of FIFA 100, the world’s biggest football ratings list, in the 2011 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year awards. (AFP/Getty Images)

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Nadia Nadim was named the first Afghan woman to make the top 100 of FIFA 100, the world’s biggest football ratings list, in the 2011 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year awards.

Nadia Nadim was named the first Afghan woman to make the top 100 of FIFA 100, the world’s biggest football ratings list, in the 2011 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year awards. (AFP/Getty Images)

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Nadia Nadim was named the first Afghan woman to make the top 100 of FIFA 100, the world’s biggest football ratings list, in the 2011 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year awards.

Nadia Nadim was named the first Afghan woman to make the top 100 of FIFA 100, the world’s biggest football ratings list, in the 2011 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year awards. (AFP/Getty Images)

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Nadia Nadim, left, with ex-manager Nisa Shawqi, who was serving as the national players’ coach until 2010, for a photo prior to the 2011 Asian Cup. Nadim was also part of Afghanistan’s 2010–11 squad that drew 2–2 in a penalty

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