Fadel Antar
Antar with Shabab Sahel in 2021
Personal information
Full name Fadel Mohammad Antar[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-13) 13 November 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Ain Baal, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Shabab Sahel
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Safa 2 (0)
2018–2020 Tadamon Sour 15 (1)
2020–2021 Bourj 15 (5)
2021– Shabab Sahel 11 (10)
2022 → Kelantan (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
Lebanon U23
2021–2022 Lebanon 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:03, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:15, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Fadel Mohammad Antar (Arabic: فضل محمد عنتر; born 13 November 1995) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a striker for Lebanese Premier League club Shabab Sahel.

Club career

Early career

Antar began his career at Safa in 2017, playing two games in the 2017–18 Lebanese Premier League.[3] He then joined Tadamon Sour in 2018, helping them win the Lebanese Challenge Cup in 2018.[4] On 17 August 2020, Antar joined Bourj.[4] He terminated his contract on 18 May 2021, having scored five goals in the 2020–21 Lebanese Premier League.[5]

Shabab Sahel

On 28 May 2021, Antar moved to Shabab Sahel on a three-year contract.[6] He scored a hat-trick against Safa on 18 September, helping his team win 5–0.[7] The following matchday, on 25 September, Antar scored four goals against Tripoli in a 4–1 win.[8] He finished the first half of the season as top scorer, with 10 goals in 11 games.[1] Despite having left mid-season, Antar finished top scorer of the 2021–22 Lebanese Premier League, joint with Mahmoud Siblini.[9]

Kelantan

On 9 January 2022, Malaysia Premier League side Kelantan announced the transfer of Antar, ahead of the 2022 season.[10] He was quickly dubbed "the next [Mohamad] Ghaddar", a Lebanese player who had also played for Kelantan.[11] He officially joined on loan from Shabab Sahel on 27 February.[12] Antar scored on his debut on 13 March, in a 2–1 defeat to Super League club Petaling Jaya City in the first round of the Malaysia FA Cup.[13]

International career

Antar represented Lebanon internationally at under-23 level.[14]

He was first called up to the senior team in view of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in October 2021.[15] On 1 December 2021, Antar made his senior debut in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Egypt.[16]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 27 January 2022[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Lebanon 2021 3 0
2022 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Tadamon Sour

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Tied with Mahmoud Siblini
  2. ^ Tied with Gabriel Bitar

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fadel Antar". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ^ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Lebanon" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 9. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. ^ Fadel Antar at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "فضل عنتر ينضم للبرج". كووورة. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  5. ^ "فضل عنتر يفسخ عقده مع البرج". كووورة. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  6. ^ "عنتر يعزز صفوف شباب الساحل". كووورة. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  7. ^ "عنتر: تجاوز الصفاء ليس وليد الصدفة". كووورة. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  8. ^ "بالصور.. سوبر هاتريك عنتر يقود شباب الساحل لسحق طرابلس". كووورة. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  9. ^ FA Lebanon [@FALebanon] (4 June 2022). "هذا الموسم، لاعبان يتشاركان جائزة الهدّاف. 10 أهداف لكلّ من فضل عنتر ومحمود سيبليني" [This season, two players share the top scorer award. 10 goals for Fadel Antar and Mahmoud Sibilini] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Kelantan F.C. [@trwkelantanfc] (9 January 2022). "Selamat datang Fadel ke TRW Kelantan FC" – via Instagram.
  11. ^ "Pemain Skuad Kebangsaan Lubnan Fadel Penyerang Import Ke-3 Diikat Kelantan". Sukanz. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  12. ^ "عنتر قبل التجربة الماليزية: شباب الساحل في قلبي". كووورة. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  13. ^ MUHAMAD, MOHD FITRIE (13 March 2022). "Kelantan FC gagal kejutkan PJ City". Kosmo Digital (in Malay). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  14. ^ "فضل عنتر ينضم للبرج". كووورة (in Arabic). 17 August 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  15. ^ "تقرير كووورة: 5 نجوم خطفوا الأضواء في الدوري اللبناني". كووورة (in Arabic). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Match Report of Egypt vs Lebanon - 2021-12-01 - FIFA Arab Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Fadel Antar". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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