Mohamed Diab al-Attar

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Personnel
Surname	Mohamed Diab al-Attar
birthday	November 17, 1926
place of birth	Alexandria ,  Egypt
date of death	December 30, 2016
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1953-1957	Egypt	19 (17)
1 Only league games are given.

Mohamed Diab al-Attar ( Arabic محمد دياب العطار, DMG Muḥammad Diyāb al-ʿAṭṭār ; * November 17, 1926 in Alexandria ; † December 30, 2016 ), known as (ad-) Diba , partly managed as Mohamed Deyab by the world football association FIFA , was an Egyptian football player and referee .

The trained water economist and journalist al-Attar won the Egyptian Cup competition with al-Ittihad Alexandria in 1948 , in the final he scored the 1-0 goal. The Egyptian finished the first season of the newly founded Premier League with 15 goals as the top scorer. In 1955 he was with the club (as a scorer of a hit in the semifinals) vice cup winner.

With the national team, al-Attar took part in the Summer Olympics in 1948 and 1952 ; however, he did not come to use. The private homepage Egyptian Football Net lists al-Attar for the first time as a player on the Egyptian national team in the game against Palestine on August 1, 1953 . In this and two other games of the Pan-Arab Games in 1953 , the Egyptian scored nine goals and thus contributed significantly to winning the tournament. In 1957, al-Attar scored five times for the "Pharaohs" during the first African Cup ; in the final victory over Sudan , the Egyptian contributed all four goals, so that he was the top scorer of the tournament.

• 1953: four games, ten goals
• 1954: three games
• 1955: seven games
• 1956: two games, two goals
• 1957: three games, five goals

Overall, Egyptian Football Net leads up to the game against Turkey on May 26, 1957 19 games with participation of al-Attar, in which he scored 17 goals.

Between 1968 and 1976 the Egyptian was active as a referee for the Egyptian Football Association . In addition to appearances in World Cup qualifying games and the 1972 Golf Cup , he was the game director in the 1968 African Championship finals . In addition, al-Attar took part as a linesman in the 1976 Olympic football tournament and assisted - possibly - in the final of the 1978 African Cup .

In 2006 the Confédération Africaine de Football listed al-Attar on a list of the 200 best players since 1950 in the Africa's Elite 50 category from 1957 to 1970.

Web links

• Top 20: Les legends du foot africain: Mohamed Diab Al Attar ( French ) In: afrik-foot.com . Retrieved December 15, 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Mohamed Diab El Attar ( English ) In: worldreferee.com . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
2. ↑ وفاة الديبة أسطورة الاتحاد السكندري
3. ↑ ^{a b} Men's Olympic Football Tournament London 1948: Egypt ( English ) In: fifa.com . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
4. ↑ Ithad's results in Egyptian Cup ( English ) In: egyptianfootball.net . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
5. ↑ Egypt 1948/49 ( English ) In: rsssf.com . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
6. ↑ Zamalek's History in Egyptian Cup ( English ) In: egyptianfootball.net . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
7. ↑ Egypt Versus Palestine ( English ) In: egyptianfootball.net . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
8. ↑ ^{a b} 1st Pan Arab Games, 1953 (Alexandria, Egypt) ( English ) In: rsssf.com . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
9. ^ African Nations Cup 1957 - Details and Scorers ( English ) In: rsssf.com . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Egyptian International Soccer Matches 1940-1959 ( English ) In: egyptianfootball.net . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
11. ↑ Has a referee ever won an international cap? ( English ) In: guardian.co.uk . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
12. ↑ Classic finals whet the appetite ( English ) In: fifa.com . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
13. ↑ Olympic Football Tournament Montreal 1976: Match Report Brazil - German Democratic Republic ( English ) In: fifa.com . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
14. ↑ Olympic Football Tournament Montreal 1976: Match Report Iran - Cuba ( English ) In: fifa.com . Retrieved December 15, 2012.
15. ↑ Kenya missing out on Africa soccer Elite list ( English ) In: kenyafootball.com . Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 15, 2012.