Nadia Ramadan

Nadia Ramadan
Ramadan with Alabama in 2025
Personal information
Full name Nadia Ahmed Ramadan
Date of birth (2005-01-21) January 21, 2005[1]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kentucky Wildcats
Youth career
2017–2023 Sockers FC Chicago
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2025 Alabama Crimson Tide 63 (17)
2026– Kentucky Wildcats 0 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023 FC Masar
International career
2019–2022 Egypt U-17
2020–2024 Egypt U-20
2025– Egypt
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nadia Ahmed Ramadan (Arabic: نادية أحمد رمضان; born January 21, 2005) is a college soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Kentucky Wildcats and the Egypt national team. She previously played for the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Early life

Ramadan grew up in Algonquin, Illinois.[1] When she was twelve, she joined Sockers FC Chicago,[2] where her father coached,[3] and helped her team reach the Girls Academy national final in 2022.[1] She committed to play college soccer at the University of Alabama before her senior year at Huntley High School.[2] In 2023, the summer before college, she played for Egyptian club FC Masar, while her father served as coach, and lifted the Egyptian Women's Cup with the club.[4]

College career

Ramadan became a starter for the Alabama Crimson Tide during her freshman season in 2023.[5] She finished the season with 4 goals (joint-second on the team) in 22 games and was named to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) all-freshman team.[1] In her sophomore season, she led the team in assists and was again their second-leading scorer with 7 goals in 21 games in 2024.[1] She scored in both SEC tournament games the team played.[6] The following summer, she trained with Egyptian club Wadi Degla, where her father newly coached.[7] She was the third leading scorer for the Tide with 6 goals in 21 games as a junior in 2025, earning second-team All-SEC honors.[1] She then transferred to the Kentucky Wildcats for her final season in 2026.[8]

International career

Ramadan began training with the Egyptian youth national team in 2019.[1] In December 2020, at age 15, she scored a hat trick for the Egypt under-20s in a friendly win against Lebanon.[9] Her father coached the under-20s at the time.[10] In April 2022, she captained the Egypt under-17s in the third-round first-leg loss to Nigeria in 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification.[11] In March 2023, she scored a penalty for the under-20s in the win against Tunisia at the 2023 UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament, where Egypt placed third.[12] In January 2024, she scored a penalty in the fourth-round first-leg loss to Cameroon in 2024 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification.[13]

In April 2025, Ramadan was called up to Egypt's full national team by her father, the squad's head coach, for friendlies against Jordan.[14]

Personal life

Ramadan is the daughter of Ahmed Ramadan Gad, a professional soccer player-turned-coach, and Tagrid El Shalakany. She has three brothers who all played college soccer: Youssef at Saint Louis and DePaul, Omar at DePaul and Creighton, and Ali at Creighton.[15][16]

Honors and awards

FC Masar

Individual

  • Second-team All-SEC: 2025
  • SEC all-freshman team: 2023

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Nadia Ramadan". Alabama Crimson Tide. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Graham, Hardy (July 11, 2022). "Alabama Women's Soccer Team Receives International Commit". Tide 100.9. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  3. ^ Moustafa, Alaa (November 6, 2020). "I strive to develop women's football in Egypt, broaden its participation base: Ahmed Ramadan". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  4. ^ Shaaban, Hatem (August 21, 2024). "جلسة تصوير جديدة للمصرية نادية رمضان في الأباما كريمزون الأمريكي.. صور". koraplus.com (in Arabic). Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  5. ^ Fernandez, Theo (November 8, 2023). "From Alabama to Egypt and beyond: Nadia Ramadan's path to success". The Crimson White. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  6. ^ "Alabama's Ramadan Called Up to Egyptian National Team". Alabama Crimson Tide. April 1, 2025. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  7. ^ "وادي دجلة يقترب من ضم نادية أحمد رمضان نجلة المدير الفني للفريق.. خاص". koraplus.com (in Arabic). July 6, 2025. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  8. ^ Kentucky Women's Soccer [@ukwomenssoccer]; (December 4, 2025). "Some MAJOR portal power is coming to LEX🌀". Retrieved December 7, 2025 – via Instagram.
  9. ^ Ismail, Ali (December 23, 2020). "Nadia Ramadan's hat-trick leads Egypt U-20 to win over Lebanon". KingFut. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  10. ^ Ismail, Ali (December 26, 2020). "Egypt women's U-20 coach attacks bullies for misogynistic comment". KingFut. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  11. ^ "India 2022™: Nigeria in driving seat after big home win". Confederation of African Football. April 17, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  12. ^ "الجولة الأولى لدورة إتحاد شمال إفريقيا لمنتخبات كرة القدم النسائية تحت 20 سنة : المنتخب المصري يفوز على نظيره التونسي 1/3" (in Arabic). UNAF. March 14, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  13. ^ "Egypt 2–4 Cameroon". soccerway.com. January 12, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  14. ^ "منتخب مصر للسيدات يواجه الأردن وديا اليوم". Masrawy (in Arabic). April 4, 2025. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  15. ^ Waskiewicz, Darcy (October 21, 2021). "The Ramadan brothers have taken DePaul by storm". The DePaulia. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  16. ^ "Ali Ramadan". Creighton Bluejays. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
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