Wael Nazha ( ar, وائل نزهة; born 26 March 1974) is a Lebanese former

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who played as a

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Early life

Nazha was born in Monrovia, Liberia to a Lebanese father and a Liberian mother.

Club career

Nazha began playing football in Liberia; he continued his football career in Nabi Osman in Lebanon, then joining

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's local club in

Baalbek Baalbek (; ar, بَعْلَبَكّ, Baʿlabakk, Syriac-Aramaic: ܒܥܠܒܟ) is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In Greek and Roman ...

. In 1987, Nazha joined

Racing Beirut Racing Club (), known as Racing Beirut or simply Racing, is a football club based in Achrafieh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . They play their home matches at the Fouad Chehab Stadium and are primarily supported by the ...

, then moved to

Tadamon Sour Tadamon Sour Sporting Club ( ar, نادي التضامن الرياضي صور, lit=Solidarity Sporting Club Tyre), or simply Tadamon, is a football club based in Tyre, Lebanon, that competes in the . They play their home matches at the Tyre ...

in 1989. He eventually joined Beirut-based side Nejmeh. Nazha spent one season playing for Kavala in the Greek Alpha Ethniki. He finished his career in the lower levels of English football, playing for Emley,

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, Droylsden, Wakefield, and

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International career

Nazha has made at least 45 appearances—official and unofficial—for the Lebanon national team, and has scored eight official goals between 1993 and 1998.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nazha goal''.

Honours

Nejmeh * Lebanese Elite Cup: 1998 Bradford Park Avenue * Northern Premier League First Division: 2000–01 Eastwood Town *

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: 2003–04 * Northern Counties East Football League President's Cup: 2003–04 Individual * IFFHS All-time Lebanon Men's Dream Team * Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 1996–97, 1997–98

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* * 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Monrovia Lebanese footballers Lebanese people of Liberian descent Liberian people of Lebanese descent Sportspeople of Liberian descent Sportspeople of Lebanese descent Association football forwards Racing Club Beirut players Tadamon Sour SC players Nejmeh SC players Kavala F.C. players Emley A.F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Ossett Town F.C. players Droylsden F.C. players Wakefield F.C. players Eastwood Town F.C. players Frickley Athletic F.C. players Lebanese Premier League players Lebanese Second Division players Super League Greece players Northern Premier League players Northern Counties East Football League players Lebanon international footballers Lebanese expatriate footballers Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in England {{Lebanon-footy-bio-stub