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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ali Diab | ||
Date of birth | 23 May 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Hafeir al-Fouqa, Rif Dimashq, Syria | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Al-Wahda | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2010 | Al-Majd | ||
2004–2005 | → Al-Jaish (loan) | ||
2010 | → Shanghai Shenhua (loan) | 27 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Al-Shorta | ||
2011–2013 | Duhok | 59 | (3) |
2013– | Al-Wahda | 25 | (5) |
National team‡ | |||
2004– | Syria | 96 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2013 |
Ali Diab (Arabic: علي دياب) (born 23 May 1982 in Ahfer fauka, Rif Dimashq, Syria) is a Syrian professional association football player. He currently plays for Al-Wahda, which competes in the Syrian Premier League the top division in Syria. He plays as a defender, wearing the number 2 jersey for Al-Wahda and for the Syrian national football team he wears the number 3 shirt.
Diab has been a regular for the Syrian national football team since 2004. He made 10 appearances for the Syria during the qualifying rounds of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
In the 2009 Nehru Cup, Diab scored one goal in Syria's 1–0 victory over India.
Diab was selected to Valeriu Tiţa's 23-man final squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar. He played in all Syria's three group games against Saudi Arabia, Japan and Jordan. In the match against Jordan, Diab scored an own goal.