Ali Diab ( ar, علي دياب; born 23 May 1982 in

Hafeir al-Fouqa Hafeir al-Fouqa ( ar, حفير الفوقا) is a Syrian village in the Al-Tall District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", ...

Rif Dimashq Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the c ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

) is a Syrian professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player. He last played for Al-Wahda in the

Syrian Premier League The Syrian Premier League ( ar, الدوري السوري الممتاز) is a professional association football league in Syria and the top division in of the Syrian football league system. The league comprises 12 teams and operates on a system ...

, the top division in

. He played as a defender, wearing the number 2 jersey for Al-Wahda and for the

Syrian 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 ...

he wears the number 3 shirt.

International career

Diab has been a regular for the

since 2004. He made 10 appearances for the

during the qualifying rounds of the

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. In the

2009 Nehru Cup The 2009 Nehru Cup International Football Tournament also known as the ONGC Nehru Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by ONGC, was the 14th edition of the Nehru Cup a friendly tournament organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). ...

, Diab scored one goal in Syria's 1–0 victory over

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. Diab was selected to

Valeriu Tiţa Valeriu is a Romanian-language masculine given name, and may refer to: *Valeriu Cosarciuc *Valeriu Cotea *Valeriu Traian Frențiu * Valeriu Gaiu *Valeriu Ghilețchi *Valeriu Graur *Valeriu Lazăr *Valeriu Lazarov *Valeriu Marcu *Valeriu Matei *Val ...

's 23-man final squad for the

2011 AFC Asian Cup The 2011 AFC Asian Cup was the 15th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar from 7 to 29 January 2011. It was the fifte ...

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

. He played in all Syria's three group games against

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

. In the match against Jordan, Diab scored an own goal.

International goals

::''Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first:''

Honour and Titles

National Team

Nehru Cup The Nehru Cup was an international association football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 to ...

: runner-up

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diab, Ali 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Damascus Men's association football defenders Syrian men's footballers Syria men's international footballers Syrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Syrian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Al-Majd SC players Al-Jaish SC (Syria) players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Chinese Super League players Al-Shorta SC (Syria) players Duhok SC players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players Syrian Premier League players