Nadia Ramadan
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_02_(Ramadan).jpg) Ramadan with Alabama in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nadia Ahmed Ramadan | ||
| Date of birth | 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.
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]
