Lebanese football player and coach
Ali Reda Fakih (Arabic: علي رضا فقيه; born 12 April 1967) is a Lebanese football coach and former player who is the goalkeeper coach of Lebanese Premier League club Shabab Sahel.
As a player, Fakih played as a goalkeeper. During the 1996–97 season, Fakih set a world record for most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal, at 1,511 minutes. At international level, Fakih represented Lebanon at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.
Club career
Coming through the youth system, Fakih started his senior club career with Racing Beirut.[2] In 1989 Fakih left Racing to join Shabab Sahel, where he played two seasons.[2]
He played for Ansar between 1992 and 1999, winning seven Lebanese Premier League titles and five Lebanese FA Cups.[2] Fakih is the Guinness World Record holder for most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal.[2] He didn't concede a goal for 1,511 minutes, while keeping 16 clean sheets in the 1996–97 season, beating the record previously set by Chris Woods of Rangers.[2]
Fakih joined Sagesse in 1999 for two years, before returning to Shabab Sahel, where he retired after playing for five seasons.[2]
International career
Fakih played for the Lebanon national under-23 team between 1990 and 1992.[2] He was first called up to the senior national team in 1992, remaining a regular until 2002.[2] He was Lebanon's first-choice goalkeeper at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.[2][3]
Managerial career
After his retirement, Fakih became a goalkeeper coach, working at Ansar and Shabab Sahel.[2] In 2020, Fakih is the first team manager of Third Division side Al Raya.[2] In 2020 he was re-appointed goalkeeper coach of Shabab Sahel.
