2000 WAFF Championship
The 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship, also known as the King Hussein Cup, was the first edition of the WAFF Championship; it took part in Amman, the capital of Jordan. Iran won the final against Syria 1–0. The eight entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Kazakhstan (invited nation), Kyrgyzstan (invited nation), and host nation Jordan. The finals took place between 23 May and 3 June 2000. The teams were grouped into two groups of four, playing a round-robin format. Semi-finals and finals followed, played by the top two teams from each group. Participants The first West Asian Cup was the only one with two guest members, from the Central Asian Football Association. Every country affiliated with WAFF was invited the tournament: Jordan—host nation—, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon, while two places where given two Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. A total of eight teams participated. Venues All matches took place in Amman. One stadium was use ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Razzaq Farhan
Razzaq Farhan Mussa ( ar, رزاق فرحان موسى; born 1 July 1974) is a former Iraqi footballer and Olympic athlete who is currently the assistant manager of the Iraq national football team. Razzaq Farhan is an instinctive goalscorer, whose speed in thought and deed makes up for his size and power. The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya forward scored 24 goals in 60 games for the Iraqi national team after making his debut against Lebanon. Farhan has played for several professional clubs, including Qatar Sports Club and Al-Faisaly (Amman). He was also part of the Olympic team in the 2004 Olympic Games, and scored the only goal in a losing semifinal match against Paraguay. Farhan has more than 60 caps and scored 24 goals. International goals :''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.'' Coaching career Al-Diwaniya FC Farhan began his coaching career as an assistant to Radhi Shenaishil in Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya club, he worked in the club for almost 2 years. Farhan then went on h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vahid Hashemian
Vahid Hashemian Korbekandi ( fa, وحيد هاشميان; born 21 July 1976) is an Iranian football coach and former player who works as assistant coach to Dragan Skočić at Iran national team. He played as a forward, spending most of his career in Germany. He made 50 appearances for the Iran national team scoring 15 goals. Club career Hashemian started his professional football career with Pas Tehran in his homeland. He arrived in Germany for the 1999–2000 season to play for Hamburger SV. Playing alongside his fellow Iranian international Mehdi Mahdavikia, he had just 12 appearances, so he left the club for VfL Bochum to show his real ability. He had three good seasons with Bochum, scoring 34 goals in 87 appearances. During his last season there he scored 16 goals, helping Bochum to finish fifth in the Bundesliga and qualify for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. This prompted Bayern Munich to grant him in a €2 million contract, hence giving him the chance to follow in the footsteps ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Badran Al-Shagran
Badran Mohammad Al-Shaqran ( ar, بدران محمد الشقران; born 19 January 1974) is a retired Jordanian professional footballer. He was nicknamed "Sinbad of Jordanian football". Retirement On 13 July 2011, Jordan played a friendly match against Saudi Arabia to mark Badran's retirement in playing football. After playing the first 5 minutes of the match, Badran gave the captain armband to his teammate Bashar Bani Yaseen as well as his #20 jersey shirt to his younger teammate from Al-Ramtha Hamza Al-Dardour and left the field. Honors and Participation in International Tournaments In AFC Asian Cups * 2004 Asian Cup In Pan Arab Games *1997 Pan Arab Games * 1999 Pan Arab Games In Arab Nations Cup *1998 Arab Nations Cup * 2002 Arab Nations Cup In WAFF Championships *2000 WAFF Championship *2002 WAFF Championship The 2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship took part in Syrian Capital of Damascus. Iraq won the final against Jordan 3–2 after extra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdullah Abu Zema
Abdullah Mohammad Ali Abu Zema ( ar, عبدالله محمد علي أبو زمع; born 4 April 1976) is a Jordanian professional association football, football coach and former player. Playing career Abu Zema officially announced his retirement in playing football on 25 January 2005, at the age of 29, after sustaining an injury. An international Exhibition game, friendly match was played between his country Jordan national football team, Jordan and Armenia national football team, Armenia on 1 August 2005 in Amman, sponsored by Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein. After playing the first five minutes of the match, Abu Zema gave the captain armband to his teammate Haitham Al-Shboul as well as his 18 jersey shirt to his younger teammate Hassan Abdel-Fattah and left the field. Managerial career Assistant coach After retiring from playing football, Abu Zema became one of the assistant coaches of his national team (2006–09), under head coaches Mahmoud El-Gohary (2006–07), and Nelo Ving ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Askhat Kadyrkulov
Askhat Kadyrkulov (russian: Асхат Кадыркулов; born 14 November 1974) is a former Kazakhstani professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for FC Ak-kanat Uzynagash. He played two games in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup for PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l .... Career statistics International goals References External links * 1974 births People from Almaty Region Living people Soviet footballers Kazakhstani footballers Association football midfielders Kazakhstan international footballers FC Kairat players PFC CSKA Moscow players Kazakhstani expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players FC Zhenis Astana players FC Shakhter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adel Al-Faran
Adel may refer to: Places United States * Adel, Georgia * Adel, Indiana * Adel, Iowa * Adel Township, Dallas County, Iowa * Adel, Oklahoma * Adel, Oregon * Adel Mountains Volcanic Field, West-central Montana Elsewhere * Adelaide, Australia * Adel, Leeds, England * Adilabad, Telangana, India * Adilabad district, Telangana, India * Al-Adel, Baghdad, Iraq * Adel, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia * Adel Sultanate People *Adel (name), a unisex first name of northern-European origin, or a last name * Adil, an Arabic first name (male) and last name Other uses *Adel (official), a public official in Morocco *Adel, German nobility *Adel, Dutch nobility *Adel, Danish nobility *Adel, Swedish nobility *Adel, Norwegian nobility *Adel, Finnish nobility *Adel, Icelandic nobility *''Adel'', an Egyptian ferry that capsized and sank in May 1963 *Adel, a game character of ''Final Fantasy VIII'' *Adel, a weevil/beetle genus of the Pentarthrini tribe See also *Adelaide (other) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fadi Lafi
Fadi Lafi Abu Lattifa ( ar, فادي لافي; born 23 March 1979) is a Palestinian footballer, who currently plays as a forward for Hilal Al-Quds Hilal Al-Quds Club ( ar, نادي هلال القدس) is a Palestinian sports, cultural, social, scouting, artistic and youth club. It is a club that has many sports activities, one of which is football . It is considered one of the oldest clu .... International International goals :''Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.'' References External links * Kooora.com 1979 births Living people Palestinian footballers Palestine international footballers Association football midfielders Palestinian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Jordan Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan Al-Faisaly SC players Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Palestine {{Palestine-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ali Samereh
Ali Samereh ( fa, علی سامره; born November 23, 1977) is an Iranian football coach and former player. He played for Iranian clubs Fajr Sepasi, Esteghlal and Mes Kerman, for Italian side Perugia, and for UAE clubs Al-Shaab and Ajman. He usually played as a striker. Club career Samereh began his career at Iranian Premier League outfit F.C. Fajr Sepasi and soon showed what he is capable of, this earned him a move to the Iranian giants Esteghlal F.C. He continued his first-rate performance with Esteghlal F.C. and was instrumental in the glory of the club. They took the opportunity and sent him on loan to Perugia Calcio, a Serie A Italian club for a fee of £166,000. Samereh's success with Perugia Calcio was very limited due to only two handfuls of appearances with the club and he soon returned to Esteghlal FC. In 2005, he moved to the UAE to play for Al-Shaab. During the first season, Ali Samereh scored 17 goals for the club in the UAE League, becoming the league's third t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nihad Haj Moustafa
Nihad Haj Moustafa ( ar, نهاد حاج مصطفى) (born 30 November 1978) is a former Syrian footballer who played for Syria national football team ) , Association = Syrian Football Association (SFA) , Sub-confederation = WAFF (West Asia) UAFA (Arab world) , Confederation = AFC (Asia) , Coach = Hussam Al Sayed , Captain = Omar Al Somah , Most caps .... External linksworldfootball.net 11v11.com 1978 births Syrian footballers Living people [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ahmad Azzam
Ahmad Azzam ( ar, أحمد عزام) (born 27 June 1977) is a Syrian former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le .... References * 1977 births Living people Syrian footballers Syria international footballers Sportspeople from Damascus Al-Jaish Damascus players Al-Wahda SC (Syria) players Association football midfielders Syrian Premier League players Al-Jaish Damascus managers {{Syria-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |