Qusay Habib
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Qusay Adnan Habib | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Al Qamishli, Syria | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Baghdad | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | Al-Jehad | ||
2008–2010 | Al-Wahda | ||
2010–2013 | Al-Shorta | ||
2013– | Baghdad | 25 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2008 | Syria U-23 | 10 | (1) |
2010– | Syria | 17 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Qusay Habib (Arabic: قصي حبيب, born 15 April 1987 in Al Qamishli, Syria) is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Baghdad, which competes in the Iraqi Premier League the top division in Iraq. He plays as a midfielder, wearing the number 10 jersey for Baghdad and for the Syrian national football team he wears the number 9 shirt.[1]
Club career
Habib started his professional career with Al-Jehad. On January 2008, he transferred to Al-Wahda. Following the 2009–10 season, Habib signed for recently promoted Syrian Premier League club Al-Shorta.He joined Baghdad in October 2013.
International career
Habib has been a regular for the Syrian national football team since 2010 and he debuted in an 14 November 2010 International Friendly against Bahrain.[2]
Syria's coach Valeriu Tiţa included Habib in his squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals in Qatar,[3] but did not start him in any of the three group games. Habib came on as a second-half substitute in the victory over Saudi Arabia and he plays at the second-halftime in the 1–2 defeat against Jordan.
References
- ↑ "Qusay Habib – Player profile". kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ↑ "منتخبنا الوطني يتوهج بثنائية في مرمى البحرين". syrian-soccer.com. 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ↑ "Syria squad". the-afc.com. Retrieved 28 January 2011.