Alaa El Baba
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alaa El Din Abdul Halim El Baba[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 April 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Sidon, Lebanon[1] | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Ahli Saida | 19 | (5) |
2012–2016 | Safa | 38 | (10) |
2016–2022 | Ansar | 57 | (10) |
2019–2020 | → Safa (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Tadamon Sour (loan) | 17 | (3) |
2022–2023 | Tadamon Sour | 17 | (0) |
2023 | Příbram | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2011 | Lebanon U19 | 4 | (0) |
2012 | Lebanon U22 | 4 | (3) |
2015 | Lebanon U23 | 1 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Lebanon | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 |
Alaa El Din Abdul Halim El Baba (Arabic: علاء الدين عبد الحليم البابا; born 18 April 1993), simply known as Alaa El Baba (Arabic: علاء البابا), is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a forward for Czech club Příbram.
Club career
Ansar
2016–2019: Early career
El Baba joined Ansar in 2016 on a three-year contract.[2] On 9 July 2019, El Baba announced his decision to retire from football, stating that "his current goal is to return to his working life and focus on building a future for himself and his family".[3] However, on 21 August El Baba retracted his decision.[4]
2019–20: Loan to Safa
On 22 August 2019, El Baba moved on a one-year loan to Safa from Ansar.[2] Prior to the loan move, El Baba renewed his contract with Ansar for a further year, with the contract due to expire in 2020.[2]
2020–21 season
On 15 August 2020, El Baba signed a three-year contract with Ansar.[5] In 2020–21, he helped Ansar win their first league title since 2007, and their 14th overall.[6] El Baba also helped Ansar win the double, beating Nejmeh in the 2020–21 Lebanese FA Cup final on penalty shoot-outs.[7]
Tadamon Sour
In July 2021, El Baba was sent on loan to Tadamon Sour.[8] After his contract had expired with Ansar, El Baba signed for Tadamon Sour on a permanent deal in July 2022.[9]
Příbram
On 9 April 2023, Czech National Football League club Příbram announced the signing of El Baba.[10] However, he did not play a single match for the A-team and left the club after the season.[11]
International career
El Baba played for the Lebanon national under-19 team at the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.[12]
Honours
Safa
- Lebanese Premier League: 2012–13, 2015–16
- Lebanese FA Cup: 2012–13
- Lebanese Elite Cup: 2012
- Lebanese Super Cup: 2013
Ansar
Individual
References
- ^ a b "Alaa El Baba". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "علاء البابا ينتقل إلى الصفاء". كووورة. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "علاء البابا يعلق حذاءه إلى الأبد". كووورة. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "علاء البابا يتراجع عن قرار الاعتزال". كووورة. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "علاء البابا يوقع للأنصار". كووورة. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ لقب 14 قياسي للأنصار على حساب النجمة بعد انتظار 14 سنة في بطولة كرة القدم [A record 14th title for Ansar at the expense of Nejmeh after waiting 14 years in the football championship]. bintjbeil.org (in Arabic). 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "بالصور: ركلات الترجيح تتوج الأنصار بالكأس". كووورة. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ توصل نادي الأنصار لاتفاق يقضي بإعارة لاعبيه علاء البابا وغازي حنينة إلى التضامن صور [Ansar has reached an agreement to loan its players Alaa El Baba and Ghazi Honeine to Tadamon Sour.]. Facebook. Al Ansar FC. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "التضامن صور يجدد عقد البابا". كووورة. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Alaa El-Baba novou posilou pro FK VIAGEM Příbram" (in Czech). FK VIAGEM Příbram. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "FK Příbram: Statistiky: 2022/2023" (in Czech). Fortuna národní liga. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Official Home of Asian Football". archive.is. 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "...مهرجان كرة المنار يختار نجارين". www.sport.almanar.com.lb. Retrieved 13 May 2019.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Alaa El Baba at FA Lebanon
- Alaa El Baba at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alaa El Baba at Soccerway
- Alaa El Baba at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Sidon
- Lebanese men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Al Ahli SC Saida players
- Safa SC players
- Al Ansar FC players
- Tadamon Sour SC players
- FK Příbram players
- Lebanese Premier League players
- Lebanon men's youth international footballers
- Lebanon men's international footballers
- Lebanese expatriate men's footballers
- Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Lebanese football biography stubs