Roda Antar
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| Full name | Roda Antar | |
| Date of birth | November 12, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 21⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | midfielder | |
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| Current club | 1. FC Köln | |
| Number | 20 | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998–2001 2001–2003 2003–2007 2007– |
Tadamon Sour Hamburger SV SC Freiburg 1. FC Köln |
? (?) 23 (2) 98 (26) 31 (7) |
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Lebanon U21 Lebanon |
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Roda Antar (born 12 November 1980 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Lebanese football midfielder, who currently plays for 1.FC Köln in the German First Bundesliga. He is the brother of footballer Faisal Antar, playing in Lebanon for Al-Mabarrah and is also a Lebanon team player. He started his European career at Hamburger SV, where he won league cup, before making his move to Freiburg in 2003, where he scored a hat-trick on the debut for the club. In May 2007 he moved to his current club 1. FC Köln.
Roda Antar plays for the national team of Lebanon.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Tadaman Sour
Roda Antar played for Lebanese football club Tadamon Sour as a first club between 1999 and 2001 before he made a shock move to Hamburger SV.
[edit] Hamburger SV
He represented the club for two seasons scoring twice in 23 games. He won the German League Cup in 2003. Then he was sold to SC Freiburg in 2003.
[edit] SC Freiburg
He was brought to the club by Volker Finke in 2003 from Hamburger SV. He scored a hat-trick on his debut for the club. He played a massive 98 games and scored 26 times (9 goals in the Bundesliga). Another Lebanese came to SC Freiburg, defender Youssef Mohamad and both moved to 1. FC Köln.
[edit] 1. FC Köln
In season 2007–08 Antar is playing for 1. FC Köln in the 2nd Bundesliga.
[edit] International Career
Roda Antar is currently the captain of Lebanon. He is the national team's top scorer. He scored one goal in the West Asian Football Federation Championship. It was against the Kyrgyzstan national football team in the 76th minute. He scored a cool double against the Sri Lanka national football team on the 15th of May for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. The first was in the 43rd minute, the next one in the 63rd. He got more goals to help his team atempt qualification, for example, his 10 minute opener against Thailand (where they lost 2 - 1) and two of the eight goals that went past Pakistan (1st goal in the 32nd minute the second one in the 41st minute) He got a late crucial goal against Vietnam for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, along with a goal in the 87th minute against Maldives in the first leg and 75th minute in the second leg. For qualification round for the 2010 FIFA World Cup (currently underway), he only got a goal against India in the 33rd minute (First of four goals against one). He missed the game against Singapore, but will be back for more.
[edit] Personal Life
- Football Hero: Romario
- Hobbies: Billiard and Tennis
[edit] Club career stats
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[edit] Honours
Hamburger SV :
- German League Cup: 2003
[edit] References
- ^ Roda Antar. playerhistory.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
[edit] External links
- Yahoo Sports
- ESPN Profile
- National Football teams
- Fifa.com interview with Antar on South Africa 2010 and Lebanon's hope of making it there.
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