Mostafa Matar
 Matar for Lebanon at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mostafa Matar | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Miniyeh, Lebanon[1] | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ahed | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2020 | Salam Zgharta | 61 | (0) |
| 2020– | Ahed | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Lebanon U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Lebanon | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2019 | |||
Mostafa Matar (Arabic: مصطفى مطر, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ˈmosˤtˤɑfa mɑtˤɑr]; born 10 September 1995) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Ahed and the Lebanon national team.[2] A fine shot-stopper, Matar is a quick and agile goalkeeper with good positioning and handling.[3]
Club career
Following five years at Salam Zgharta, on 2 July 2020 Matar joined AFC Cup champions Ahed on a five-year deal for LBP 525 million,[4] or around $333,000.[5] The fee was the highest ever paid by a Lebanese club.[6]
International career
Matar played for the Lebanon national under-23 team at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, captaining them on one occasion.[7] In December 2018 he was called up for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup squad for the senior team.[8] His debut came on 8 August 2019, against Yemen at the 2019 WAFF Championship.[9]
Honours
Individual
Awards
References
- ^ "Mostafa Matar - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Mostafa Matar – Match starts". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "The final 23: who are they?". Lebanese Football Review. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ Mahfoud, Maroun (2 July 2020). "Official: Mostafa Matar joins Al Ahed FC". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Khaled, Nasser (1 August 2020). حراس المرمى.. رقم صعب في معادلة الكرة اللبنانية [Goalkeepers ... a difficult number in the Lebanese football equation]. kooora.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Mahfoud, Maroun (9 July 2020). "Official: Al Ahed FC loans out Ali Daher to Shabab Al Sahel". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Lebanon U23 vs Nepal U23 2 - 0 | AFC U-23 Qualifiers | 2018 China PR | Group Stage | World Football". www.worldfootball.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "AC2019 Final Squads". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "قدوح يقود تشكيلة لبنان أمام اليمن". كووورة. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ info@al-binaa.com. "مهرجان كرة المنار الـ 21 لونه "أصفر"" (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
External links
- Mostafa Matar at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mostafa Matar at Soccerway
- Mostafa Matar at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)
- Mostafa Matar at FA Lebanon
- Mostafa Matar at Lebanon Football Guide
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from North Governorate
- Lebanese footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Lebanese Premier League players
- Salam Zgharta FC players
- Al Ahed FC players
- Lebanon youth international footballers
- Lebanon international footballers
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- Lebanese football biography stubs