Ali Nasseredine

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ali Nasseredine

| image =

| fullname = Ali Hassan Nasseredine

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|1|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kuwait{{GSA player|ali-nassereddine/168754|Ali Nassereddine|access-date=2020-11-27}}

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1997–2002

| youthclubs1 = Nejmeh

| years1 = 2002–2010

| clubs1 = Nejmeh

| caps1 =

| goals1 = 52

| years2 = 2010–2011

| clubs2 = Ansar

| caps2 =

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2011–2012

| clubs3 = Al-Jazeera

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2012

| clubs4 = Bahrain

| caps4 =

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2012–2013

| clubs5 = Ansar

| caps5 = 16

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2013–2014

| clubs6 = Safa

| caps6 = 18

| goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2014–2015

| clubs7 = Nabi Chit

| caps7 = 18

| goals7 = 4

| years8 = 2015–2016

| clubs8 = Chabab Ghazieh

| caps8 = 15

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2016–2017

| clubs9 = Safa

| caps9 = 7

| goals9 = 1

| totalcaps = ?

| totalgoals = 76

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2006

| nationalteam1 = Lebanon

| nationalcaps1 = 22

| nationalgoals1 = 9

}}

Ali Hassan Nasseredine ({{langx|ar|عَلِيّ حَسَن نَاصِر الدِّين}}; born 24 January 1983) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a striker. He played for the Lebanon national team between 2003 and 2006, scoring eight goals in 19 caps.

Coming through from the youth system, Nasseredine made his senior debut for Nejmeh during the 2002–03 season. After eight seasons for the club, with whom he scored 52 league goals, in 2010 Nasseredine moved to cross-city rivals Ansar for one season. The following year, he moved to Jordanian side Al-Jazeera, before joining Bahrain SC in 2012. The same year, he returned to Lebanon, playing one season each for Ansar, Safa, Nabi Chit and Chabab Ghazieh. Nasseredine played his final season in 2016–17 with Safa, ending his career with 76 league goals.

Club career

= Nejmeh =

On 31 October 1997, Nasseredine signed for Nejmeh's youth sector.{{Cite web |date=26 November 2005 |title=First Team List 2005/2006 [PENDING] |url=http://www.nejmeh.com/teams/firstteam-present.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126044256/http://www.nejmeh.com/teams/firstteam-present.html |archive-date=26 November 2005 |access-date=9 May 2021 |website=Nejmeh SC |quote=Ali Nassereddine}}

When Nejmeh took part in the 2004 AFC Cup, Nasseredine scored a brace against Yemen's Al Sha'ab Ibb to win 3–0 in their opening group stage fixture on 11 February 2004.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} On 6 April 2004, he netted once more in a 3–1 win against Turkmenistan's Nisa Aşgabat, as Nejmeh went on to eventually top the group with 16 points.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} They met Syria's Al-Wahda in the quarter-final. Nasseredine scored in the 3–2 second-leg victory on 21 September 2004; however, the Syrians advanced on the away goals rule.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

The following year saw Nejmeh top their group again in the 2005 AFC Cup, where Nasseredine scored in the quarter-finals in a 3–2 win against Singapore's Home United FC.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} On 28 September 2005, Nasseredine scored the third goal in a first-leg semi-final 3–0 win against Hong Kong's Sun Hei.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Two weeks later, on 12 October 2005 Nasseredine scored again in a 3–2 second-leg victory which saw Nejmeh advance to the final, where they lost 4–2 on aggregate against Jordan's Al-Faisaly Amman.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} During the 2005–06 Lebanese Premier League season, Nasseredine finished as the league's leading goal scorer with 17 goals.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In the 2006 AFC Cup, Nasseredine scored a hat-trick in Nejmeh's opening game, a 6–2 thrashing against Turkmenistan's HTTU Aşgabat on 7 March 2006.{{cite web |title=the-afc.com |url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/991.pdf}} On 16 May 2006, he scored a 65th-minute winning goal in a 2–1 result against Jordan's Al Faisaly, in the final group stage fixture.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/997.pdf |title=the-afc.com |access-date=7 December 2009 |archive-date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023080035/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/997.pdf |url-status=live }} On 26 September 2006, in the first leg of the semi-finals, Nasseredine put Nejmeh ahead against Bahrain's Al-Muharraq after 21 minutes, only to end up losing the game 2–1.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1660.pdf |title=the-afc.com}} Nejmeh lost 4–2 in the second leg.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In the 2007 AFC Cup, on 20 March 2007, Nasseredine scored an 89th-minute winner in a 2–1 victory against Al-Saqr of Yemen in the second group stage fixture.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Nejmeh finished on top of their group on 15 points, having only lost once.AFC Cup 2007#Group A Nejmeh went all the way to the semi-finals, where they were knocked out by Jordan's Shabab Al-Ordon Al-Qadisiya.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

International career

On 9 June 2004, Nasseredine was substituted on to the field in the 81st minute in a 2006 World Cup qualifier against the Maldives; he scored the third and final goal of a 3–0 victory in the 93rd minute.{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=36451/report.html |title=FIFA.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111043152/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=36451/report.html |archive-date=11 November 2007}} On 8 September 2004 Nasseredine scored a brace in Lebanon's 5–2 second-leg win against the Maldives.{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=36453/report.html |title=FIFA.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111043202/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=36453/report.html |archive-date=11 November 2007}}

On 13 October 2004, Lebanon played South Korea in their second last game for their group stage clash; with Lebanon being only one point below their opponents South Korea in the table, the game was seen as Lebanon's finest chance of qualifying to the second round of qualifiers for their first time.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} In front of a sold-out crowd in the Beirut Municipal Stadium, South Korea scored in opening goal in the 8th minute. Nasseredine equalised in the 28th minute.{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=36455/report.html |title=FIFA.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111043213/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=36455/report.html |archive-date=11 November 2007}} As the game had ended 1–1, the point was not enough to qualify.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

On 22 February 2006, Nasseredine headed home an equaliser in the 70th minute in a qualifying match for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup against Kuwait at home.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Honours

Nejmeh

Lebanese Premier League: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09
Lebanese Elite Cup: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Lebanese Super Cup: 2002, 2004, 2009

Ansar

Lebanese Super Cup: 2012

Safa

Lebanese Super Cup: 2013

Individual

Lebanese Premier League Best Goal: 2014–15{{Cite web |date=10 June 2015 |title=مهرجان كرة المنار الـ19 |url=https://www.annahar.com/article/243764-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%8419 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510223601/https://www.annahar.com/article/243764-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%8419 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |access-date=26 February 2019 |website=An-Nahar}}
Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 2003–04,{{Cite web |date=18 August 2004 |script-title=ar:البرازيلي أديلسون أفضل لاعب في استفتاء المنار للبطولة الأخيرة في بيروت |url=https://www.saba.ye/ar/news76330.htm |access-date=10 February 2022 |website=saba.ye |language=ar |archive-date=5 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205120643/https://www.saba.ye/ar/news76330.htm |url-status=live }} 2005–06{{Cite web |date=17 May 2006 |title= |script-title=ar:تقرير مفصل مع الصورعباس عطوي أفضل لاعب في الدوري اللبناني |url=https://www.alqabas.com/article/201682-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A |access-date=10 February 2022 |website=alqabas.com |language=ar |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417070040/https://www.alqabas.com/article/201682-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A |url-status=live }}
Lebanese Premier League top scorer: 2005–06