Al-Saadi Gaddafi

Al-Saadi Gaddafi
Personal information
Full name Al-Saadi Muammar Gaddafi
Date of birth (1973-05-25) 25 May 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Tripoli, Libya
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Al-Ahly Tripoli 14 (3)
2001–2003 Al-Ittihad Tripoli 74 (24)
2003–2004 Perugia 1 (0)
2005–2006 Udinese 1 (0)
2006–2007 Sampdoria 0 (0)
International career
2001–2003 Libya 3 (0[1])
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Al-Saadi Muammar Gaddafi, also spelt as Al-Saadi Moammer Al-Gaddafi (Arabic: الساعدي معمر القذافي; born 25 May 1973), is a Libyan retired professional football player. He captained the national team, but his career was widely attributed to the influence of his father Muammar Gaddafi, the country's leader at the time.

In 2011, Gaddafi was the commander of Libya's Special Forces and participated in the Libyan Civil War.[2] An Interpol notice was issued against him in 2011.[3] In March 2014, he was arrested in Niger and extradited to Libya, where he faced murder charges,[4] which he was cleared of in 2018.[5] In August 2015, a video surfaced allegedly showing him being tortured.[6]

He was a central figure in the SNC-Lavalin scandal in Canada. In 2019, SNC-Lavalin, Canada's biggest engineering firm, pled guilty to paying Saadi $28 million in bribes to secure construction contracts in Libya.[7][8] SNC-Lavalin also allegedly paid over $2 million for Saadi's 2008 visit to Canada, including bodyguards, companion services, $10,000 to an escort service in Vancouver, a strip club in Montreal, and box seats for a Spice Girls concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.[9]

He was released in September 2021 and left for Turkey.[10]

  1. ^ Al-Saadi Gaddafi at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ McElroy, Damien (10 March 2011). "Regime fears army revolt". The Sydney Morning Herald. London. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Interpol issues global alert on Gaddafi & 15 others". Al Arabiya News. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Saadi to Tripoli, Libya says". Reuters. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Libyan court clears Gaddafi son of footballer's murder". Reuters.
  6. ^ Stephen, Chris (4 August 2015). "Saadi Gaddafi abuse video condemned by lawyers and rights groups". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  7. ^ "SNC-Lavalin division pleads guilty to fraud over Libya activities". BBC News. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. ^ Praet, Nicolas Van (19 December 2019). "SNC-Lavalin wooed Gadhafi's son with luxury jet and a second, bigger yacht to secure deals". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  9. ^ "SNC-Lavalin paid for Gadhafi son's debauchery while he was in Canada: report". nationalpost. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
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