In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Reda and the family name is Fakih.

Ali Reda Fakih (Arabic: عَلِيّ رِضَا فَقِيه; 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.

Honours

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ali Fakih". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "علي الفقيه الحارس الذي دخل موسوعة "غينيس"". نداء الوطن. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ^ "International Matches 2000 - Asia". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (166 ed.). 31 March 1997. p. 3.
  5. ^ مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (232 ed.). 8 June 1998. p. 4.
  6. ^ مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (383 ed.). 30 April 2001. p. 15.
  7. ^ مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (440 ed.). 3 June 2002. p. 23.
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