Ibrahim Rafik Alma ( ar, إبرَاهِيْم رَفِيْق عَالِمَة; born 18 October 1991) is a Syrian

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who plays as a

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for football club Tishreen in Syrian Premier League.

Career

Club

In 2010, Alma started his career with

Al-Wathba Al-Wathba Sport Club ( ar, نادي الوثبة الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Homs, that competes in the Syrian Premier League. History Al-Wathba is a professional football club based in Homs, Syria, and the ...

from

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. Later on, he played for

Al-Shorta Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit=''Police Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 17 different sports, more than any other Iraqi club, and the best known sectio ...

, Al-Wahda and

Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to: Sports Football Libya *Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier * Al Ittihad Gheryan, a football club bas ...

, before moving abroad to play for Sepahan in Iran in 2017. The termination of Alma's expatriate transfer has occurred for three times due to his support to Al-Assad government. The first cancellation was in the 2014–15 season with the Saudi club Al-Shabab. In June 2018, Alma signed for Saudi club Al-Qadsiah, before the club decided to terminate his contract two weeks later. In August 2019,

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canceled signing Alma, due to pleas from anti-governmental Syrians. In September 2020, Alma joined newly-promoted club Al-Horgelah.

International

Alma started playing for

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 ...

in 2012. He was part of the team which played against

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in the

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* * 1991 births Living people Syrian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Syrian Alawites People from Homs Governorate Syrian expatriate men's footballers Persian Gulf Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in Iran 2019 AFC Asian Cup players 2023 AFC Asian Cup players Al-Shorta SC (Syria) players Al-Wahda SC (Syria) players Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo players Al Qadsiah FC players Sepahan S.C. footballers Al-Jaish SC (Syria) players tishreen SC players Syrian Premier League players Syria men's international footballers {{Syria-footy-bio-stub