Al-Saadi Qadhafi

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Al-Saadi Qadhafi
Personal information
Date of birth May 28, 1973 (1973-05-28) (age 35)
Place of birth    Tripoli, Libya
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000-2001
2001-2003
2003-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007		 Al Ahly T.
Al Ittihad
Perugia
Udinese
Sampdoria		 74 (3)
? (?)
1 (0)
1 (0)
0 (0)   
National team
Libya

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Al-Saadi Qadhafi (Arabic: الساعدي معمر القذافي) (born May 28, 1973, in Tripoli) is the son of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi and a professional football player. Once described as the best footballer in the world, 'if football was not played with a ball'. Little is known of his footballing career in Libya, other than that he played with Al Ahly Tripoli. On the 6 June, 2000 the BBC reported that Gaddafi had signed with Maltese champions Birkirkara F.C. and would play for them in the Champions League. [1]. The move failed to materialize.

Playing with leading Libyan side Al Ahly Tripoli, in a tournament that included Welsh side Merthyr Tydfil F.C., Italian Polisportiva Mistretta and Maltese side Sliema Wanderers between the 8 and 10 June 2000, he showed his footballing limitations.

Despite being backed by strong Libyan support that applauded Gaddafi every time he touched the ball and protested vociferously each time an opponent touched him, Al Ahly eventually lost 2-1 to Sliema, who scored through Carmel Busuttil and Michael Mifsud.

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He signed for Italian Serie A team Perugia in 2003, playing only one match before failing a drug test. He was formerly on the board of the Italian team Juventus, of which 7.5 % is owned by a Libyan consortium but stepped down to join Perugia.

He was also captain of the Libya national football team, captain of his home club in Tripoli, and president of the Libyan Football Federation.

Al-Saadi joined UEFA Champions League qualifiers Udinese Calcio in 2005-2006, playing only ten minutes in an end of season league match against Cagliari Calcio.

He joined U.C. Sampdoria during season 2006-2007, without playing a single match.

[edit] Personal

He is married to the daughter of a military commander.

He is president of World Navigator Entertainment, a movie production company, which is seeking to invest in the Western film industry.

Over the years he has made many controversial comments. Al-Saadi has a reputation for being a fair bit more liberal than his father. In 2002 he openly stated his belief that Israel does not threaten Libya's security and "Instead of shouting and criticizing the American initiative, you have to bring democracy to your countries, and then there will be no need to fear America or your people...The Arabs should either change or change will be imposed on them from outside."

Al-Saadi has been touted as a possible successor for ruler of Libya. However he has denied reports that he is interested in his father's job, saying, "Many Arab countries are now following the policy of inheriting the leadership, but there are hundreds of Libyans who are better [suited] than I."

[edit] Career statistics

Club Performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2003-04 Perugia Serie A 1 0
2004-05 Serie B 0 0
2005-06 Udinese Serie A 1 0
2006-07 Sampdoria Serie A 0 0
Total Italy 2 0
Career Total 2 0

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