Ali Diab

Ali Diab
	Diab in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth	23 May 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Hafeir al-Fouqa, Rif Dimashq, Syria
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2010	Al-Majd
2004–2005	→ Al-Jaish (loan)
2010	→ Shanghai Shenhua (loan)
2010–2011	Al-Shorta
2011–2013	Duhok
2013–2019	Al-Wahda
International career
2004–2013	Syria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ali Diab (Arabic: علي دياب; born 23 May 1982) is a Syrian former professional association footballer who played as a centre back. With 97 appearances he is the second most-capped player on the Syria national team.

International career

Diab was a regular for the Syria national team from 2004. He made 10 appearances for Syria during the qualifying rounds of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

In the 2009 Nehru Cup, Diab scored one goal in Syria's 1–0 victory over India.

Diab was selected to Valeriu Tiţa's 23-man final squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.^[2] He played in all of Syria's three group games against Saudi Arabia, Japan and Jordan. In the match against Jordan, Diab scored an own goal.

Diab is Syria's second most-capped player with 97 caps.^[3]

Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first:

**Ali Diab: International goals**^[4]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 January 2009	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Turkmenistan	1–1	5–1	International Friendly
2	29 August 2009	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India	India	1–0	1–0	2009 Nehru Cup
3	31 August 2009	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India	India	1–1	1–1	2009 Nehru Cup

Syria

^ Ali Diab – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Syria squad". the-afc.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Syria - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
^ "Ali Diab – International goals". kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 May 2011.