Abdallah Mohamad Fadel Aich ( ar, عبدالله محمد فاضل عيش, ; born 5 October 1995) is a Lebanese

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who plays as a

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for club Ansar.

Club career

Aich started his career at Mawadda Tripoli, before moving to

Nejmeh Nejmeh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي النجمة الرياضي, lit=The Star Sporting Club) is a football club based in Manara, a district in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and ...

's youth team. He made his

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debut on 6 May 2013, in a 2–1 loss against Safa. In 2015, Aich moved to

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in Germany, playing 25 games and scoring four. He then returned to Nejmeh in 2016, before being loaned out to Egtmaaey for one year the same year. Upon returning from loan, Aich was sold

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in 2017. Having made 33 appearances in two seasons, he returned to Nejmeh in 2019. In July 2022, Aich joined cross-city rivals Ansar on a free transfer.

International career

Aich was called up by Lebanon U20 for the

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. He made his senior debut for

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on 10 October 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 home win against

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in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Nejmeh *

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: 2021–22; runner-up:

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runner-up:

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* * * * * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Tripoli, Lebanon Lebanese footballers Association football fullbacks Nejmeh SC players Eintracht Nordhorn players Al Egtmaaey SC players AC Tripoli players Al Ansar FC players Lebanese Premier League players Lebanon youth international footballers Lebanon international footballers Lebanese expatriate footballers Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany {{Lebanon-footy-bio-stub