Yanal Abaza

{{short description|Syrian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yanal Abaza
ينال أباظة

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| fullname = Yanal Abaza{{cite web|title=Yanal Abaza|url=http://asia.eurosport.com/football/person_prs227425.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312215857/http://asia.eurosport.com/football/person_prs227425.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2012|publisher=Eurosport|access-date=8 April 2011}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|05|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Al-Quneitra, Syria

| height =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = –

| youthclubs1 = Al-Wahda

| years1 = 1999–2000 | clubs1 = Al-Wahda

| caps1 = – | goals1 = –

| years2 = 2000–2002 | clubs2 = Al-Wahdat

| caps2 = – | goals2 = –

| years3 = 2002–2005 | clubs3 = Al-Wahda

| caps3 = – | goals3 = –

| years4 = 2007–2008 | clubs4 = Al-Nidhal

| caps4 = – | goals4 = –

| years5 = 2008–2010 | clubs5 = Al-Wahda

| caps5 = – | goals5 = –

| nationalyears1 = 2000–2002 | nationalteam1 = Syria

| nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 0

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Yanal Abaza ({{langx|ar|ينال أباظة}}) (born 1 May 1976) is a retired Syrian footballer who played as a defender.

He represented the Syria national team between 2000 and 2002, earning 12 caps.{{NFT player|pid=32908|name=Yanal Abaza|access-date=8 April 2011}} He made four appearances in the 2002 West Asian Championship that was hosted in Syria.{{cite web|last=Mubarak|first=Hassanin|title=West Asian Championship (Syria) 2002 - Details|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/waff02det.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=8 April 2011|date=21 December 2005}} As well as having three separate spells with Syrian Premier League club Al-Wahda, Abaza played in the Jordan League for Al-Wahdat and the Syrian First Division for Al-Nidhal. Yanal is an ethnic Circassian. He retired in August 2010.{{cite web|title=Yanal Abaza|url=http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?player=9606|publisher=Goalzz|access-date=8 April 2011}}