Nabil_Baalbaki

Nabil Baalbaki

Nabil Baalbaki

Lebanese footballer

Nabil Ali Baalbaki (Arabic: نبيل علي بعلبكي; born 27 May 1978) is a Lebanese football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of Lebanese Premier League club Ansar. He played as a defensive midfielder for the Lebanon national team.[1]

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Club career

Baalbaki began his senior career at Lebanese Premier League side Tadamon Sour, during the 2000–01 season.[1] In his first season at the club, Baalbaki helped his side lift their first Lebanese FA Cup.[2] After two seasons, in 2002 Baalbaki moved to Olympic Beirut.[1] He won a domestic double with the club in his first season, winning both the 2002–03 Lebanese Premier League and the 2002–03 Lebanese FA Cup.[1]

The Lebanese midfielder remained at Olympic Beirut for three seasons, before moving to Ansar 8 September 2005.[3] Once again Baalbaki won in his first season at his new club, helping his side lift a domestic double in 2005–06.[1] The following season, Baalbaki won another domestic double, winning both the league and cup in the 2006–07 season.[1] Baalbaki remained with Ansar for six seasons, where he also won another FA Cup (2009–10).[1] In the 2009–10 season, Baalbaki was also included in the Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season.[4]

In 2011 Akhaa Ahli Aley bought Baalbaki from Ansar; the player stayed two seasons at Akhaa, before returning to Ansar on 16 September 2013.[5] Baalbaki retired after two seasons, in 2015,[6] having won a total of three league titles and five FA Cups in his career.[1]

International career

Baalbaki made his international senior debut for Lebanon on 19 September 2003, in a friendly against Bahrain; Lebanon lost 4–3.[1] The midfielder played 13 games for Lebanon, between 2003 and 2007.[1]

Managerial career

Baalbaki was appointed assistant coach of Ansar ahead of the 2018–19 Lebanese Premier League.[7] On 1 September 2019, Baalbaki resigned from his position due to internal problems,[8] but returned on 27 September.[9]

Honours

Tadamon Sour

Olympic Beirut

Ansar

Individual

References

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    "بعلبكي يستقيل من الأنصار بشكل مفاجئ". كووورة. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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    "الأنصار يعلن عودة نبيل بعلبكي". كووورة. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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    مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (498 ed.). 4 July 2003. p. 16.
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    تقرير مفصل مع الصورعباس عطوي أفضل لاعب في الدوري اللبناني. alqabas.com (in Arabic). 17 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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    Al Sahili, Mohamed (4 July 2007). تقرير مفصل مع الصور الحصرية لكوورة لبنانية عن مهرجان المنار 2006–2007. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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    العراقي سدير أفضل لاعب في استفتاء "المنار". alkhaleej.ae (in Arabic). 10 July 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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    حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في مهرجان المنار. al-akhbar (in Arabic). 22 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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