Mohamad Ghaddar

Mohamad Ghaddar
Ghaddar with Nejmeh in 2021
Personal information
Full name Mohamad Mahmoud Ghaddar[1]
Date of birth (1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1998–2000 Nejmeh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2009 Nejmeh (52)
2009–2010 Al-Shabab 18 (5)
2010–2011 Al Ahly 4 (0)
2011 Tishreen 11 (5)
2011 Al-Jaish 6 (1)
2011–2013 Kelantan 17 (9)
2013 FELDA United 6 (2)
2013–2014 Kelantan 14 (4)
2014–2016 Naft Al-Wasat 12 (5)
2016 Tripoli 0 (0)
2016 Al-Faisaly 1 (1)
2017 Kelantan 11 (18)
2017 Johor Darul Ta'zim 10 (5)
2018 Kelantan 5 (1)
2019–2020 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 15 (7)
2020–2022 Nejmeh 19 (5)
Total 149+ (120)
International career
1999–2001 Lebanon U20
2001–2004 Lebanon U23
2006–2017 Lebanon 46 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamad Mahmoud Ghaddar (Arabic: محمد محمود غدار; born 1 January 1984) is a Lebanese former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Coming through the youth system, Ghaddar began his senior career at Nejmeh in 2000. He stayed nine years at the club, winning multiple domestic and individual titles. In 2009, Ghaddar moved abroad, joining Al-Shabab in Bahrain, then Egyptian side Al Ahly in 2010, helping them win the league title. Following stints in Syria at Tishreen in 2010 and Al-Jaish in 2011, Ghaddar moved to Malaysia at Kelantan and FELDA United. He then returned to the Middle East, where he played for Al-Faisaly and Naft Al-Wasat between 2014 and 2017. Ghaddar returned to Kelantan, before moving to Johor Darul Ta'zim, winning the league as the top scorer. Following a second return to Kelantan and a stint at Johor Darul Ta'zim II, he returned to Nejmeh in Lebanon in 2020, where he retired two years later.

Ghaddar made his senior international debut for Lebanon in 2006. He represented his country in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and the 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Ghaddar also took part in other competitions, namely the 2007 WAFF Championship, 2009 King's Cup and 2009 Nehru Cup. With 19 goals in 46 appearances, Ghaddar is Lebanon's third-highest goalscorer.

  1. ^ a b "Mohamad Ghaddar". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ Mohamad Ghaddar at WorldFootball.net