![]() Hubail with Bahrain in 2006 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | A'ala Ahmed Mohamed Hubail [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 June 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Sitra, Bahrain | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2002 | Al-Ahli | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Al-Ahli | 26 | (7) |
2005–2007 | Al-Gharrafa | 63 | (33) |
2007–2008 | Kuwait | 15 | (6) |
2008–2009 | Umm-Salal | 24 | (9) |
2009–2011 | Al-Ahli | 3 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Al-Taliya | 20 | (7) |
2012–2013 | Nejmeh | 18 | (5) |
2013–2014 | Sitra | (1) | |
2014–2017 | Manama Club | (4) | |
2017 | Al Hala | ||
Total | 169+ | (73) | |
International career | |||
2003–2009 | Bahrain | 74 | (26) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A'ala Ahmed Mohamed Hubail (Arabic : علاء أحمد محمد حبيل; born 25 June 1982) is a Bahraini former professional footballer who played as a striker. [2] With the Bahrain national team.
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On 5 April 2011 A'ala Hubail and his brother Mohamed (also a member of the national football team) were arrested by the Bahraini authorities and held in custody on an indefinite basis. A'ala Hubail, a trained paramedic, had attended demonstrations during the 2011 Bahraini protests and had reportedly helped provide medical assistance. The day before his arrest A'ala Hubail had appeared on a chatshow programme on Bahrain state television in which he had been aggressively questioned and criticised. [3] Al-Ahli announced that the brothers had been dismissed from the club squad. [4]
It was reported that he had received treatment in a military hospital after being tortured and that he may have suffered an injury to one of his feet. [5]
On 23 June it was announced that Mohamed Hubail had been secretly tried and sentenced to two years in prison by the Bahraini special security court established under the martial law regime imposed in March 2011. [6] A'ala Hubail's trial was reported to have begun in secret on 24 June 2011.
On 24 June FIFA, the world football governing body, announced that it had asked the Bahraini football authorities to provide information about cases of players detained during political protests. Following allegations of government interference in the sport after Mohammed Hubail's prison sentence and A'ala Hubail's trial and the suspension of over 150 athletes, coaches and referees for taking part in anti-government protests, Bahrain could face a ban from world soccer. Suspension by FIFA could prevent Bahrain participating in Asian Olympic Games qualifying round matches (due in September 2011). According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, the Bahraini trials appeared to bear the marks of political persecution and there were serious concerns that the due process rights of the defendants were not respected. [7]
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