Yussef Suleiman

Yussef Suleiman
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-09-17)September 17, 1986
Place of birth Homs, Syria
Date of death February 20, 2013(2013-02-20) (aged 26)
Place of death Damascus, Syria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre forward
Youth career
Al-Karamah
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008-2013 Al-Karamah
2013 Al-Wathba SC

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

† Appearances (goals)

Yussef Suleiman (Arabic: يوسف سليمان‎, also transcribed as Sleman) (September 17, 1986 – February 20, 2013) was a Syrian football player.

Suleiman was born in Homs and last played for Al-Wathba SC. He was killed by a mortar shell fired by the armed opposition during the Syrian civil war, while preparing for training practice inside a hotel in the Baramkeh neighbourhood.[1] The attack occurred a few hours before the team was to play a league game against the Hama-based Al-Mawaair club at the Tishreen Stadium in Damascus.[2] His teammates reported that he was the father of a six-month-old baby. FIFA president Sepp Blatter expressed his condolences in an open letter to the Syrian Football Association over the matter.[3]

He played for Al Karamah in the 2008 AFC Champions League knockout stages.[4][5][6]

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Notes

According to some sources Suleiman was 19 years old at the time of his death.[7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Syrian footballer killed in Damascus mortar attack". the Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "صحيفة تشرين • والد اللاعب الشهيد يوسف سليمان لـ«تشرين»: ربيته ليصبح لاعباً ومهندساً فكان ما أردت". Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Blatter sends condolences after Syria youth international is killed". Goal.com. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "AFC Champions League 2008 MATCH SUMMARY". AFC Champions League. 2008-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Official ACL Media Guide 2008" (PDF). the-afc.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  6. ↑ "BBC News - Syria footballer 'killed in Damascus stadium attack'". Bbc.co.uk. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  7. ↑ "Blatter sends condolences after Syria youth international is killed". Goal.com. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Syrian footballer killed in Damascus mortar attack". the Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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