Hajar Abulfazl

Hajar Abulfazl (born 1993) is a medical doctor from Afghanistan, former captain of the Afghanistan national women's football team and former delegate to the United Nations Youth Assembly.

Life Abulfazl was born in Kabul and took up football at the age of 12. She joined the women's football team at her school. She rose to become captain of the Afghanistan national women's team and played for it for nearly ten years, from May 2009 to January 2017. In July 2017 she was awarded the Courageous Use of Sport Award for individual bravery in the face of adversity. She has coached her country's Under-17 girls' football team. She has used football to empower girls in Afghanistan.

Abulfazl studied at Khatam-Al-Nabieen University, where she earned her medical degree in 2017.