Ali Gagarin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig | ||
| Place of birth | Omdurman, Sudan | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Retired | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1975 | Al-Hilal Club | - | (-) |
| 1975–1976 | Al Nassr FC | - | (-) |
| 1976–1978 | Al-Hilal Club | - | (-) |
| 1978–1979 | Stade d'Abidjan | - | (-) |
| 1979–1980 | Al-Hilal Club | - | (-) |
| National team | |||
| 1966–1980 | Sudan | - | (-) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig known as Ali Gagarin (born in Omdurman) is a former Sudanese footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club. He participated in the Africa Cup of Nations 1970 and 1976. He earned his nickname of Ali Gagarin when he played professional football for Al-Hilal, one Sudan’s biggest teams, his meteoric rise in the sport was likened to that of the famous Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Having retired from playing sport, he became an administrator, who has held posts, such as vice-president at Al-Hilal and also in politics, as a director general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ambassador.
Honours
Personal
- Best goalscorer of Al-Hilal Club in all times with 350 goals
- Second best goalscorer of the 1976 African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia with Ahmed Faras and Baba Otu Mohammed with 3 goals
With Clubs
- Three times winner of the Sudan Premier League, in ,1967, 1970, 1973 with Al-Hilal Club
- Winner once the Khartoum League in 1969, 1971, 1973 with Al-Hilal Club
- Winner of the Saudi King's cup in 1976 with Al Nassr FC
National
- Winner of the 1970 African Cup of Nations in Sudan
References
External links
- Player profile - Home of football statistics & history
- Haydar Hassan Al-Sidig the ambassador - Sudan Tribune
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