Ad-Diba

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Ad-Diba
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Ad-Diba in 1948
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Diab Al-Attar
Date of birth(1927-11-17)17 November 1927
Place of birth Alexandria, Egypt
Date of death 30 December 2016(2016-12-30) (aged 89)
Place of death Alexandria, Egypt
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1944–1958 Al Ittihad Alexandria Club – (81)
International career
1948–1957 Egypt [1] 29 (22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Diab Al-Attar (Arabic : مُحَمَّد دِيَاب الْعَطَّار‎; 17 November 1927 – 30 December 2016), known as Ad-Diba (Arabic: الدِّيبَة), was a footballer who played for the Al Ittihad Alexandria Club and the Egypt national football team. [2] He later served as an international football referee. In 2007, he was named one of the 200 greatest African footballers.

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Biography

Ad-Diba was born in Alexandria and joined the Al Ittihad Alexandria Club as a centre forward in 1944. In 1948 he helped the team win the Egypt Cup and was the top scorer in the first Egyptian Premier League tournament (alongside El-Sayed El-Dhizui). He remained with the team until 1958, when they were relegated to the Egyptian Second Division, and retired to take up refereeing. [3] Internationally, he was a member of the Egypt national football team and competed at two editions of the Summer Olympic Games in 1948 and 1952. [4] He also helped Egypt win the first edition of both football at the Pan Arab Games in 1953 and the Africa Cup of Nations in 1957. In the latter case, he was the tournament's top scorer with five goals, four of which came in Egypt's 4–0 victory over Ethiopia in the final. [3]

As a referee, Ad-Diab presided over the final of the 1968 African Cup of Nations [3] and also refereed during the 2nd Arabian Gulf Cup [5] and the 1976 Summer Olympics. By career he was a water manager and a journalist. [4] In 2007, he was included in an initial list by the Confederation of African Football of the top 200 African footballers of all time. [6] In September 2016 it was reported that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and in critical condition in an Alexandria hospital. [7] He died on 30 December 2016 at the age of 89. [8]

Honours and achievements

Club

Al Ittihad

International

Egypt

Individual

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References

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  2. ↑ "Ad-Diba". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 صبرى, عمرو (3 October 2014). تقرير : الديبة .. الاودائماً (in Arabic). Al Ittihad Alexandria Club. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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  5. ↑ الحكام (in Arabic). Arabian Gulf Cup. 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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