Ali Gagarin

Ali Gagarin
Personal information
Full name	Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig Eltoum
Date of birth	1 April 1949
Place of birth	Omdurman, Sudan
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1965–1966	Al-Merrikh
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1975	Al-Hilal
1975–1976	Al-Nassr
1976–1978	Al-Hilal
1978–1979	Stade d'Abidjan
1979	Al-Hilal
National team
1967–1977	Sudan
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig known as Ali Gagarin (born 1 April 1949 in Omdurman) is a Sudanese former footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club. He participated in the Africa Cup of Nations 1970 and 1976. He earned his nickname of Ali Gagarin when he played professional football for Al-Hilal, one Sudan's biggest teams, his meteoric rise in the sport was likened to that of the famous Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

Having retired from playing sport, he became an administrator, who has held posts, such as vice-president at Al-Hilal and also in politics, as a director general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ambassador.

Honours[]

Clubs[]

Al-Hilal Club

Sudan Premier League

Champions (3): , ,
Al Nassr FC

Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia)

Winners (1):

National[]

Sudan National Football Team

African Cup of Nations

Champions (1) :1970

International goals[]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.2	11 May 1969	Khartoum, Sudan	Ethiopia	3-1	Won	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	6 February 1970	Khartoum, Sudan	Ethiopia	3-0	Won	1970 Africa Cup of Nations
4.	23 March 1975	Khartoum, Sudan	Kenya	1-0	Won	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
5.6	6 April 1975	Nairobi, Kenya	Kenya	2-0	Won	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
7.	30 May 1975	Khartoum, Sudan	Egypt	1-0	Won	Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification
8.	6 July 1975	Tunis, Tunisia	Tunisia	2-3	Lost	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
9.	15 August 1975	Khartoum, Sudan	Tunisia	2-1	Won	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
10.11.	1 March 1976	Dire Dawa, Ethiopia	Morocco	2-2	Draw	1976 Africa Cup of Nations
12	6 March 1976	Dire Dawa, Ethiopia	Zaire	1-1	Draw	1976 Africa Cup of Nations
13	28 March 1976	Lusaka Zambia	Zambia	1-1	Draw	Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification

References[]

Ali Gagarin at National-Football-Teams.com

External links[]

Player profile - Home of football statistics & history
Haydar Hassan Al-Sidig the ambassador Archived 2013-01-29 at the Wayback Machine - Sudan Tribune

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