Munaf Ramadan (born 19 October 1972; ar, مناف رمضان) is a Syrian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Ramadan started his career at a young age with Saraqib and

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, then he transferred to

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where his first tournament was the

1988 Arab Club Champions Cup The 1988 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in United Arab Emirates in the city of Sharjah. Al-Ettifaq won the championship for the first time beating in the final Club Africain. Participants Preliminary round Zone 1 (Gulf Area) ''Kazma SC and ...

scoring his first goals against Al-Shabab,

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and

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. Ramadan won the Syrian Premier League twice with Jableh in 1988 and 1989. Afterwards, he went to play in

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for Al-Yarmouk and Al-Jahra. According to Ramadan, he had the opportunity to transfer to Anorthosis to participate in the

1995–96 UEFA Champions League The 1995–96 UEFA Champions League was the 41st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the fourth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Juventus, who beat defending champions Ajax on ...

qualifications, but a problem with his contract in Kuwait prevented him from making the move. Back to Jableh, Ramadan won his third Syrian League in 2000, ending his career in 2002.

International career

Ramadan was called to play 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 ...

1988 AFC Asian Cup The 1988 AFC Asian Cup was the 9th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of asso ...

, and Syria U20 in

1989 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Saudi Arabia between 16 February and 3 March 1989. The 1989 championship was the 7th contested. The tournament took place across four cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Ta'if. Qualification ...

and

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the eighth staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, an international football competition organized by FIFA for men's youth national teams, and the eighth since it was established in 1977 as the FIFA ...

in which he scored against Uruguay U20 and England U20, only losing on penalties to Australia U20 in the Quarter-finals.

Personal life

His son, Ammar Ramadan, is also a footballer.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramadan, Munaf 1972 births Living people Syrian footballers Association football forwards Syria international footballers Hurriya SC players Al Jahra SC players 1988 AFC Asian Cup players Syrian Premier League players Al-Yarmouk SC (Kuwait) players Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Kuwait Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Kuwait