Abbas Ahmed Atwi

Abbas Ahmed Atwi
عباس عطوي
Personal information
Full name Abbas Ahmed Atwi
Date of birth (1979-09-12) 12 September 1979
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Nejmeh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997– Nejmeh 190 (79)
2011–2012Dubai Club (loan) 13 (3)
National team
2002– Lebanon 84[1] (7)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 29, 2016

Abbas Ahmed Atwi (Arabic: عباس أحمد عطوي; born 12 September 1979) is a Lebanese footballer who currently plays as Midfield for Nejmeh. He is wearing the number 10 shirt. He is not related to fellow Lebanese footballer and Al-Ahed player, Abbas Ali Atwi, or simply as Onika.

Atwi started his career for Al Nijmeh in the 1997/98 season, and he is still with the team. He made his debut for the Lebanon national football team in a 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match against Jordan on 17 October 2003.[2] He appeared in eight qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[3]

International career

He began to play in 2002 for Lebanon in the match against Jordan. He appeared in every FIFA World Cup qualification in 2006, 2010 and 2014 editions. He is the most capped player for his country with 81 official matches.

International goals

Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 April 2008 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon  Maldives 3–0 4–0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2. 23 January 2009 Surakul Stadium, Phuket, Thailand  North Korea 0–1 0–1 2009 King's Cup
3. 25 August 2009 Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India  Kyrgyzstan 0–1 1–1 2009 Nehru Cup
4. 15 November 2011 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon  South Korea 2–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification
5. 14 December 2012 Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah, Kuwait  Kuwait 1–1 2–1 2012 WAFF Championship
6. 26 August 2015 Saida International Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon  Iraq 1–1 2–3 Friendly
7. 8 October 2015 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  Myanmar 0–2 0–2 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification

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