Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nabil Ali Baalbaki | ||
Date of birth | 27 May 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Beirut, Lebanon | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ansar (assistant 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– | Ansar (assistant) | ||
*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 the assistant coach of Lebanese Premier League club Ansar. He played as a defensive midfielder for the Lebanon national team. [1]
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]
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]
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]
Tadamon Sour
Olympic Beirut
Ansar
Individual