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Lebanese footballer
Nabil Baalbaki
Personal information
Full name Nabil Ali Baalbaki
Date of birth (1978-05-27) 27 May 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team Safa (youth coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Tadamon Sour (1)
2002–2005 Olympic Beirut (0)
2005–2011 Ansar (1)
2011–2013 Akhaa Ahli 37 (1)
2013–2015 Ansar 33 (0)
Total 70+ (3+)
International career
2003–2007 Lebanon 13 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2021 Ansar (assistant)
2021- Safa (Youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nabil Ali Baalbaki (Arabic: نبيل علي بعلبكي; born 27 May 1978) is a Lebanese football coach and former player who is a coach for youth teams at Lebanese Premier League club Safa. He played as a defensive midfielder for the Lebanon national team.

Club career

Baalbaki began his senior career at Lebanese Premier League side Tadamon Sour, during the 2000–01 season. In his first season at the club, Baalbaki helped his side lift their first Lebanese FA Cup. After two seasons, in 2002 Baalbaki moved to Olympic Beirut. He won a domestic double with the club in his first season, winning both the 2002–03 Lebanese Premier League and the 2002–03 Lebanese FA Cup.

The Lebanese midfielder remained at Olympic Beirut for three seasons, before moving to Ansar 8 September 2005. Once again Baalbaki won in his first season at his new club, helping his side lift a domestic double in 2005–06. The following season, Baalbaki won another domestic double, winning both the league and cup in the 2006–07 season. Baalbaki remained with Ansar for six seasons, where he also won another FA Cup (2009–10). In the 2009–10 season, Baalbaki was also included in the Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season.

In 2011 Akhaa Ahli Aley bought Baalbaki from Ansar; the player stayed two seasons at Akhaa, before returning to Ansar on 16 September 2013. Baalbaki retired after two seasons, in 2015, having won a total of three league titles and five FA Cups in his career.

International career

Baalbaki made his international senior debut for Lebanon on 19 September 2003, in a friendly against Bahrain; Lebanon lost 4–3. The midfielder played 13 games for Lebanon, between 2003 and 2007.

Managerial career

Baalbaki was appointed assistant coach of Ansar ahead of the 2018–19 Lebanese Premier League. On 1 September 2019, Baalbaki resigned from his position due to internal problems, but returned on 27 September. He moved to train Safa youth teams in October 2021.

Honours

Tadamon Sour

Olympic Beirut

Ansar

Individual

References

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Awards
2002–03 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Year
2005–06 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Year
2006–07 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Year
2007–08 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Year
2009–10 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Year
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