Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohamed Diab Al-Attar | ||
Date of birth | 17 November 1927 | ||
Place of birth | Alexandria, Egypt | ||
Date of death | 30 December 2016 | (aged 89)||
Place of death | Alexandria, Egypt | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1944–1958 | Al Ittihad Alexandria Club | – | (81) |
International career | |||
1948–1957 | Egypt[1] | 29 | (22) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mohamed Diab Al-Attar, known as Ad-Diba, (Arabic: محمد دياب العطار; 17 November 1927 – 30 December 2016), was a footballer who played for the Al Ittihad Alexandria Club and the Egypt national football team.[2] He later served as an international football referee. In 2007, he was named one of the 200 greatest African footballers of all time.