Marian Awad

Marian Awad was born in 1996 in Haifa

Marian Awad was born on 29 October 1996 in Haifa to an Arab-Israeli family. Her mother played basketball, and her father and grandfather played football in the lower leagues. As a child she tried swimming, tennis, handball, basketball, karate and skateboarding before choosing football.

She first played in her neighborhood and on a boys' team in Haifa, until she was barred from it at age 11. In 2010 she joined the girls' team of Bnot Sakhnin and later also played for its senior side. She then moved to Maccabi Kishronot Hadera and to the girls' football academy, where she scored 10 goals in 21 league games.

From the 2015/2016 season she spent 4 seasons at Long Island University Brooklyn. She then played for Maccabi Bnot Emek Hefer, Villarreal B in Spain, and Pomgat Ankara in Turkey, which finished second in the Turkish league.

In 2024/2025 she signed with Hapoel Petah Tikva and moved mid-season to Kiryat Gat, winning the league title and the State Cup. She made her senior national team debut in 2017 against Lithuania and scored in that game.