Ali Fakih
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ali Reda Fakih | ||
Date of birth | 12 April 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Kafr Kila, Lebanon | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Shabab Sahel (goalkeeper coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1983–1986 | Racing Beirut | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1989 | Racing Beirut | ||
1989–1992 | Shabab Sahel | ||
1992–1999 | Ansar | ||
1999–2001 | Sagesse | ||
2001–2006 | Shabab Sahel | ||
National team | |||
1990–1992 | Lebanon U23 | ||
1993–2001 | Lebanon | 35 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
Ansar (goalkeeper) | |||
Shabab Sahel (goalkeeper) | |||
2019–2020 | |||
2020– | Shabab Sahel (goalkeeper) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ali Reda Fakih (Arabic: علي رضا فقيه; born 12 April 1967) is a Lebanese football manager and former player who is the goalkeeper coach of Lebanese Premier League club Shabab Sahel.
As a player, Fakih played as a goalkeeper. During the 1996–97 season, Fakih set a world record for most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal, at 1,511 minutes. At international level, Fakih represented Lebanon at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.
Club career[]
Coming through the youth system, Fakih started his senior club career with Racing Beirut.[1] In 1989 Fakih left Racing to join Shabab Sahel, where he played two seasons.[1]
He played for Ansar between 1992 and 1999, winning seven Lebanese Premier League titles and five Lebanese FA Cups.[1] Fakih is the Guinness World Record holder for most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal.[1] He didn't concede a goal for 1,511 minutes, while keeping 16 clean sheets in the 1996–97 season, beating the record previously set by Chris Woods of Rangers.[1]
Fakih joined Sagesse in 1999 for two years, before returning to Shabab Sahel, where he retired after playing for five seasons.[1]
International career[]
Fakih played for the Lebanon national under-23 team between 1990 and 1992.[1] He was first called up to the senior national team in 1992, remaining a regular until 2002.[1] He was Lebanon's first-choice goalkeeper at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.[1][2]
Managerial career[]
After his retirement, Fakih became a goalkeeper coach, working at Ansar and Shabab Sahel.[1] In 2020, Fakih is the first team manager of Third Division side .[1] In 2020 he was re-appointed goalkeeper coach of Shabab Sahel.
Honours[]
Individual[]
Awards
- Lebanese Premier League Best Performance: 1996–97
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Marjeyoun District
- Lebanese footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Lebanese Premier League players
- Racing Club Beirut players
- Shabab Al Sahel FC players
- Al Ansar FC players
- Sagesse SC footballers
- Lebanon youth international footballers
- Lebanon international footballers
- 2000 AFC Asian Cup players
- Lebanese football managers
- Association football goalkeeping coaches