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Nabil Baalbaki
Personal information
Full name Nabil Ali Baalbaki
Date of birth (1978-05-27) 27 May 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Safa (youth coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Tadamon Sour (1)
2002–2005 Olympic Beirut (0)
2005–2011 Ansar (1)
2011–2013 Akhaa Ahli 37 (1)
2013–2015 Ansar 33 (0)
Total 70+ (3+)
International career
2003–2007 Lebanon 13 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2021 Ansar (assistant)
2021- Safa (Youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

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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

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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

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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] He moved to train Safa youth teams in October 2021.[10]

Honours

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Tadamon Sour

Olympic Beirut

Ansar

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Nabil Baalbaki". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Lebanon - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  4. ^ "معتوق أفضل لاعب لبناني وحيدر يطالب بإصلاحات". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  8. ^ "بعلبكي يستقيل من الأنصار بشكل مفاجئ". كووورة. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. ^ "الأنصار يعلن عودة نبيل بعلبكي". كووورة. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  10. ^ "story". Facebook.
  11. ^ مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (498 ed.). 4 July 2003. p. 16.
  12. ^ تقرير مفصل مع الصورعباس عطوي أفضل لاعب في الدوري اللبناني. alqabas.com (in Arabic). 17 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ العراقي سدير أفضل لاعب في استفتاء "المنار". alkhaleej.ae (in Arabic). 10 July 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  15. ^ حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في مهرجان المنار. al-akhbar (in Arabic). 22 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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