Ali Gagarin

Ali Gagarin
Personal information
Full name Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig
Place of birth Omdurman, Sudan
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Retired
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1975 Al-Hilal Club - (-)
1975–1976 Al Nassr FC - (-)
1976–1978 Al-Hilal Club - (-)
1978–1979 Stade d'Abidjan - (-)
1979–1980 Al-Hilal Club - (-)
National team
1966–1980 Sudan - (-)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig known as Ali Gagarin (born in Omdurman) is a former Sudanese 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.

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