Jihad Qassab

Jihad Qassab
Personal information
Date of birth	July 13, 1975
Place of birth	Homs, Syria
Date of death	September 30, 2016 (aged 41)
Place of death	Saidnaya, Syria
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Al-Karamah
	Al-Ahed
	Shabab Al-Sahel
	Ajman Club
International career
	Syria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jihad Qassab (Arabic: جهاد قصاب) (13 July 1975 – 30 September 2016) was a Syrian professional football defender who played for Al-Karamah and Syria national football team.

Career

Qassab played for his hometown club, Al-Karamah, winning four consecutive league titles and reaching the 2006 AFC Champions League Final, only losing to Jeonbuk Motors 2–3 on aggregate.

Qassab played in Lebanon for Al-Ahed and Shabab Al-Sahel, and in the U.A.E. for Ajman Club.^[1]

Death

Qassab was arrested on 19 August 2014 in Baba Amr, Homs by the Syrian authorities during the Syrian civil war.^[2] Reports claim he was executed in the Saidnaya prison on Friday, 30 September 2016.^[3]

References

^ "وفاة لاعب نادي الكرامة جهاد قصاب تحت التعذيب في سجون النظام". souriatnapress (in Arabic). Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "The Dictator's Team". ESPN. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "Ex-captain of national football team 'barbarically tortured to death in Syrian regime prison'". Mirror. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

External links

Jihad Qassab

[1] "وفاة لاعب نادي الكرامة جهاد قصاب تحت التعذيب في سجون النظام". souriatnapress (in Arabic). Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

[2] "The Dictator's Team". ESPN. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

[3] "Ex-captain of national football team 'barbarically tortured to death in Syrian regime prison'". Mirror. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

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