Jehad Muntasser

Jehad Muntasser
Personal information
Full name	Jehad Abdussalam Muntasser
Date of birth	26 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Tripoli, Libya
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Atalanta
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1997	Pro Sesto
1997–1998	Arsenal
1998–1999	Bristol City
1999	Empoli
1999–2000	Viterbese
2000–2001	Catania
2001–2002	L'Aquila
2002–2004	Triestina
2004–2005	Perugia
2005–2007	Treviso
2007–2008	Al-Wakra
2008–2011	Al-Ittihad Tripoli
International career
1999–2006	Libya
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jehad Abdussalam Muntasser (Arabic: جهاد المنتصر; born 26 July 1978) is a Libyan former football midfielder.

Career

Muntasser started his career at Italian club Pro Sesto, before being signed by English Premier League club Arsenal in 1997. He made one brief appearance for Arsenal's first team, coming on in a match against Birmingham City on 14 October 1997. He was sold to Bristol City in January 1998 but was released by them on a free transfer in the summer of 1999 without playing a first-team game.

He returned to Italy and has since played for a string of Serie C and Serie B clubs—Viterbese (1999–2000), Catania (2000–2001), L'Aquila (2001–2002), Triestina (2002–2004), Perugia (2004–2005)—before joining newly promoted Serie A side Treviso in 2005. Treviso however were relegated on their first season back at the top, and started the 2006–07 season back in Serie B. He later signed for a Qatar club, Al-Wakra Sports Club, in January 2008 Jehad signed for 6 months for Al Ittihad of Libya. He was a member of the Libyan 2006 African Nations Cup team.

During the Libyan revolution of 2011 Jehad dedicated his time and resources to helping children affected by the conflict by putting together a charity fundraising football event named Friends of Libya's Children. The event brought together internationally renowned football stars such as Javier Zanetti, Fabio Cannavaro, Marco Materazzi, Pavel Nedved and many more that competed in a game hosted in Dubai and attended by Mustafa Abdul Jalil (at the time Libya's interim leader). The event was broadcast around the Arab region.^[2]

He is the grandson of Libyan prime minister Mahmud al-Muntasir.^[3]

He created The Victorious, a football talent show that aims at discovering the hidden talents in football among the Arab youths.^[4] The Victorious show has aired for two seasons on Dubai Channels Network, and preparations for the third season are ongoing.

References

^ (in Italian) [1]
^ "Football legends hold charity match for injured Libyan children". The National. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ Bashir as-Sunni al-Muntasir, Muzakkirat shadid ala al ahd al malaki, 1st ed., 2008. pp. 153–154.
^ The Victorious

External links

Jehad Muntasser at Soccerbase
Jehad Muntasser at National-Football-Teams.com
Player profile with Photo - Sporting-heroes.net
Player profile - MTN Africa Cup of Nations 2006^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] (in Italian) [1]

[2] "Football legends hold charity match for injured Libyan children". The National. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[3] Bashir as-Sunni al-Muntasir, Muzakkirat shadid ala al ahd al malaki, 1st ed., 2008. pp. 153–154.

[4] The Victorious

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