Ramez Jamal Dayoub ( ar, رامز جمال ديوب; born 9 August 1984) is a Lebanese former professional

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who played as a defender. A former Lebanon national team player, Dayoub played in Lebanon, Myanmar, Bahrain, and Malaysia, before being banned from practicing football in 2013 due to his involvement in the Lebanese match-fixing scandal.

Club career

Starting his career at Safa, it was reported that Dayoub had moved to I-League side East Bengal in summer 2009. However, the transfer eventually fell through, as Safa didn't issue his International Transfer Certificate (ITC), and the player returned back to Lebanon. He subsequently moved to Myanmar at

Yangon United Yangon United Football Club ( my, ရန်ကုန် ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း ) is a Burmese football club, based at Yangon United Sports Complex, in Yangon, Myanmar. Owned by Tay Za, a prominent Burme ...

a few months later, playing in an official game, but it was revealed in November that the transfer was carried out using forged documents. Dayoub was suspended indefinitely by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA). On 11 November 2010, Dayoub moved to Al-Shabab in the Bahraini Premier League after

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approved of the transfer. Dayoub played in the

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for Magway. In December 2011, he joined

Selangor FA Selangor Football Club (Malay: ''Kelab Bola Sepak Selangor''), commonly referred to as Selangor F.C. is a Malaysian professional football club based in the city of Shah Alam, Selangor, that currently competes in the Malaysia Super League, the ...

ahead of the

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. On 26 February 2013, Dayoub was found to be involved in the 2013 Lebanese match-fixing scandal: he was accused of illegal betting on several national and continental games involving Lebanese teams and the national team. Dayoub was banned from football for life and fined $15,000. In view of the decision, Selangor FA had the player's registration with the

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annulled.

International career

Dayoub debuted for the Lebanon national team on 3 October 2004, in a 3–1 defeat to Kuwait in a

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. Dayoub participated in the

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and

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, and the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, as well as the

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and

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. In the final round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Dayoub was involved in throwing the game against Qatar. He was accused of

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and was suspended for life from football. Dayoub ended his international career with 34 caps.

Honours

Individual * Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 2007–08

References

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