Ali Hassan Nasseredine ( ar, علي حسن نصر الدين; born 24 January 1983) is a Lebanese former

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who played as a striker. He played for the Lebanon national team between 2003 and 2006, scoring eight goals in 19 caps. Coming through from the youth system, Nasseredine made his senior debut for

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 ...

during the 2002–03 season. After eight seasons for the club, with whom he scored 52 league goals, in 2010 Nasseredine moved to cross-city rivals Ansar for one season. The following year, he moved to Jordanian side

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, before joining

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in 2012. The same year, he returned to Lebanon, playing one season each for Ansar, Safa,

Nabi Chit Al-Nabi Shayth ( ar, ٱلنَّبِي شَيْت, An-Nabī Shayt, also ''Nabi Chit'' or ''Nabi Sheeth'' ( ar, ٱلنَّبِي شِيْت, An-Nabī Sheeth), literally "The Prophet Seth"), is a village in the Valley of Beqa' and District of Ba'a ...

and Chabab Ghazieh. Nasseredine played his final season in 2016–17 with Safa, ending his career with 76 league goals.

Club career

Nejmeh

On 31 October 1997, Nasseredine signed for

's youth sector. When Nejmeh took part in the 2004 AFC Cup, Nasseredine scored a

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against Yemen's

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to win 3–0 in their opening group stage fixture on 11 February 2004. On 6 April 2004, he netted once more in a 3–1 win against Turkmenistan's Nisa Aşgabat, as Nejmeh went on to eventually top the group with 16 points. They met Syria's Al-Wahda in the quarter-final. Nasseredine scored in the 3–2 second-leg victory on 21 September 2004; however, the Syrians advanced on the away goals rule. The following year saw Nejmeh top their group again in the 2005 AFC Cup, where Nasseredine scored in the quarter-finals in a 3–2 win against Singapore's

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. On 28 September 2005, Nasseredine scored the third goal in a first-leg semi-final 3–0 win against Hong Kong's

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. Two weeks later, on 12 October 2005 Nasseredine scored again in a 3–2 second-leg victory which saw Nejmeh advance to the final, where they lost 4–2 on aggregate against Jordan's

Al-Faisaly Amman Al-Faisaly Sports Club ( ar, نادي الفيصلي الرياضي) is a professional football club based in Amman, Jordan, that competes in the Jordanian Pro League, the top flight of Jordanian football. Nicknamed "the Blue Eagles", they wer ...

. During the 2005–06

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season, Nasseredine finished as the league's leading goal scorer with 17 goals. In the

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, Nasseredine scored a

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in Nejmeh's opening game, a 6–2 thrashing against Turkmenistan's HTTU Aşgabat on 7 March 2006. On 16 May 2006, he scored a 65th-minute winning goal in a 2–1 result against Jordan's Al Faisaly, in the final group stage fixture. On 26 September 2006, in the first leg of the semi-finals, Nasseredine put Nejmeh ahead against Bahrain's Al-Muharraq after 21 minutes, only to end up losing the game 2–1. Nejmeh lost 4–2 in the second leg. In the 2007 AFC Cup, on 20 March 2007, Nasseredine scored an 89th-minute winner in a 2–1 victory against Al-Saqr of Yemen in the second group stage fixture. Nejmeh finished on top of their group on 15 points, having only lost once. Nejmeh went all the way to the semi-finals, where they were knocked out by Jordan's Shabab Al-Ordon Al-Qadisiya.

International career

On 9 June 2004, Nasseredine was substituted on to the field in the 81st minute in a 2006 World Cup qualifier against the

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

; he scored the third and final goal of a 3–0 victory in the 93rd minute. On 8 September 2004 Nasseredine scored a

in Lebanon's 5–2 second-leg win against the Maldives. On 13 October 2004, Lebanon played

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in their second last game for their group stage clash; with Lebanon being only one point below their opponents South Korea in the table, the game was seen as Lebanon's finest chance of qualifying to the second round of qualifiers for their first time. In front of a sold-out crowd in the

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, South Korea scored in opening goal in the 8th minute. Nasseredine equalised in the 28th minute. As the game had ended 1–1, the point was not enough to qualify. On 22 February 2006, Nasseredine headed home an equaliser in the 70th minute in a qualifying match for the

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against

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at home.

Honours

Nejmeh *

: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09 *

Lebanese Elite Cup The Lebanese Elite Cup () is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was contested by the top five finish ...

: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 *

Lebanese Super Cup The Lebanese Super Cup () is Lebanese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Lebanese Premier League season and the holders of the Lebanese FA Cup. If the Lebanese Premier League champions also won the Lebanese FA ...

: 2002, 2004, 2009 Ansar *

: 2012 Safa *

: 2013 Individual * Lebanese Premier League Best Goal: 2014–15 *

Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season The Al-Manar Football Festival () was an event organised by the Al-Manar television station between the 1996–97 and 2018–19 seasons in order to award players, managers, referees and teams who were considered to have performed the best over ...

: 2003–04, 2005–06 * Lebanese Premier League top scorer: 2005–06

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