Qusay Habib ( ar, قصي حبيب, born 15 April 1987 in

Qamishli Qamishli ( ar, ٱلْقَامِشْلِي, Al-Qāmišlī, ku, قامشلۆ, Qamişlo, syc, ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝ̈ܢ, Bēṯ Zālīn, lit=House of Reeds or syr, ܩܡܫܠܐ, translit=Qamishlo)

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 Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...

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. He currently plays for Al-Wahda SC, which competes 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 Syria. He plays as a

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, wearing the number 30 jersey for Al-Wahda SC and for the Syrian national football team he wears the number 9 shirt.

Club career

Habib started his professional career with Al-Jehad. In January 2008, he transferred to Al-Wahda. Following the 2009–10 season, Habib signed for recently promoted

club Al-Shorta. He joined

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

in October 2013.

International career

Habib has been a regular for the Syrian national football team since 2010 and he debuted in a 14 November 2010 International Friendly against

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

. Syria's coach

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included Habib in his 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 ...

finals in

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, but did not start him in any of the three group games. Habib came on as a second-half substitute in the victory over

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and he plays at the second-halftime in the 1–2 defeat against

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 ...

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* 1987 births Living people Syrian footballers Association football midfielders Syria international footballers Syrian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Iraq Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Al-Shorta Damascus players Al-Wahda SC (Syria) players People from Qamishli 2011 AFC Asian Cup players Amanat Baghdad players Syrian Premier League players {{Syria-footy-bio-stub