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Firas Al Ali

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Firas Al Ali
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-01) 1 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Hama, Syria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Wing-back
Team information
Current team
Al-Arabi (Irbid)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 Al-Taliya
2011–2012 Al-Shorta
2014–? Al-Sheikh Hussein FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 August 2013

Firas Al Ali (Arabic: فراس العلي, born 1 August 1985 in Hama) is a Syrian footballer who played for Al-Sheikh Hussein FC in Jordan.[1]

Firas al-Ali is a former defender for the Syrian national team. He also previously played for Shorta, one of the top teams in Damascus and earned $125,000 a season, a fortune in Syria.[2] In 2011, Bashar al-Assad's forces attacked Hama, his hometown and killed Ali's 19-year-old cousin during a peaceful protest. They also killed his niece in her home during a bombing.

Months later, a 13-year-old cousin was killed during a government attack in a village outside Hama. The next morning, he left home and travelled through rebel-held territories, eventually arriving in Turkey at a refugee camp, where he still resides.

References

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  1. ^ "(العربي) بصدد حسم ثلاث صفقات | جريدة الرأي". Alrai.com. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ^ "How the Syrian government brought soccer into campaign of oppression".
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