Jihad Qassab

Jihad Qassab (Arabic: جهاد قصاب) (13 July 1975 – 30 September 2016) was a professional Syrian football Defender who played for Al-Karamah and Syria national football team.

Jihad Qassab
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-07-13)July 13, 1975
Place of birth Homs, Syria
Date of death September 30, 2016(2016-09-30) (aged 41)
Place of death Saidnaya, Syria
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Al-Karamah
Al-Ahed
Shabab Al-Sahel
Ajman Club
National team
Syria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Qassab played for his hometown club, Al-Karamah, winning four consecutive league titles and reaching the 2006 AFC Champions League Final, only losing to Jeonbuk Motors 2–3 on aggregate.

Qassab played in Lebanon for Al-Ahed and Shabab Al-Sahel, and in the U.A.E. for Ajman Club.[1]

Death

Qassab was arrested on 19 August 2014 in Baba Amr, Homs by the Syrian authorities during the Syrian civil war.[2] Reports claim he was executed in the Saidnaya prison on Friday, 30 September 2016.[3]

References

  1. "وفاة لاعب نادي الكرامة جهاد قصاب تحت التعذيب في سجون النظام". souriatnapress (in Arabic). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. "The Dictator's Team". ESPN. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. "Ex-captain of national football team 'barbarically tortured to death in Syrian regime prison'". Mirror. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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