Alaa El Baba

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In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Abdul Halim and the family name is El Baba.
Alaa El Baba
El Baba with Tadamon Sour in 2021
Personal information
Full name Alaa El Din Abdul Halim El Baba[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-18) 18 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Sidon, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Ahli Saida 19 (5)
2012–2016 Safa 38 (10)
2016–2022 Ansar 57 (10)
2019–2020 → Safa (loan) 1 (0)
2021–2022 → Tadamon Sour (loan) 17 (3)
2022–2023 Tadamon Sour 17 (0)
2023 Příbram 0 (0)
International career
2011 Lebanon U19 4 (0)
2012 Lebanon U22 4 (3)
2015 Lebanon U23 1 (0)
2014–2016 Lebanon 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17

Alaa El Din Abdul Halim El Baba (Arabic: علاء الدين عبد الحليم البابا; born 18 April 1993), simply known as Alaa El Baba (Arabic: علاء البابا), is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a forward for Czech club Příbram.

Club career[edit]

Ansar[edit]

2016–2019: Early career[edit]

El Baba joined Ansar in 2016 on a three-year contract.[2] On 9 July 2019, El Baba announced his decision to retire from football, stating that "his current goal is to return to his working life and focus on building a future for himself and his family".[3] However, on 21 August El Baba retracted his decision.[4]

2019–20: Loan to Safa[edit]

On 22 August 2019, El Baba moved on a one-year loan to Safa from Ansar.[2] Prior to the loan move, El Baba renewed his contract with Ansar for a further year, with the contract due to expire in 2020.[2]

2020–21 season[edit]

On 15 August 2020, El Baba signed a three-year contract with Ansar.[5] In 2020–21, he helped Ansar win their first league title since 2007, and their 14th overall.[6] El Baba also helped Ansar win the double, beating Nejmeh in the 2020–21 Lebanese FA Cup final on penalty shoot-outs.[7]

Tadamon Sour[edit]

In July 2021, El Baba was sent on loan to Tadamon Sour.[8] After his contract had expired with Ansar, El Baba signed for Tadamon Sour on a permanent deal in July 2022.[9]

Příbram[edit]

On 9 April 2023, Czech National Football League club Příbram announced the signing of El Baba.[10] However, he did not play a single match for the A-team and left the club after the season.[11]

International career[edit]

El Baba played for the Lebanon national under-19 team at the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.[12]

Honours[edit]

Safa

Ansar

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Alaa El Baba". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "علاء البابا ينتقل إلى الصفاء". كووورة. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "علاء البابا يعلق حذاءه إلى الأبد". كووورة. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. ^ "علاء البابا يتراجع عن قرار الاعتزال". كووورة. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ^ "علاء البابا يوقع للأنصار". كووورة. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. ^ لقب 14 قياسي للأنصار على حساب النجمة بعد انتظار 14 سنة في بطولة كرة القدم [A record 14th title for Ansar at the expense of Nejmeh after waiting 14 years in the football championship]. bintjbeil.org (in Arabic). 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  7. ^ "بالصور: ركلات الترجيح تتوج الأنصار بالكأس". كووورة. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  8. ^ توصل نادي الأنصار لاتفاق يقضي بإعارة لاعبيه علاء البابا وغازي حنينة إلى التضامن صور [Ansar has reached an agreement to loan its players Alaa El Baba and Ghazi Honeine to Tadamon Sour.]. Facebook. Al Ansar FC. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  9. ^ "التضامن صور يجدد عقد البابا". كووورة. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Alaa El-Baba novou posilou pro FK VIAGEM Příbram" (in Czech). FK VIAGEM Příbram. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  11. ^ "FK Příbram: Statistiky: 2022/2023" (in Czech). Fortuna národní liga. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Official Home of Asian Football". archive.is. 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  13. ^ "...مهرجان كرة المنار يختار نجارين". www.sport.almanar.com.lb. Retrieved 13 May 2019.[permanent dead link]

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