Roda Antar

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Roda Antar
Personal information
Full name	Roda Antar
Date of birth	November 12, 1980 (1980-11-12) (age 27)
Place of birth	Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	1. FC Köln
Number	20
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2001 2001–2003 2003–2007 2007–	Tadamon Sour Hamburger SV SC Freiburg 1. FC Köln	0? 0(?) 23 0(2) 98 (26) 31 0(7)
National team2
2000–	Lebanon U21 Lebanon	48 0(23)[1]
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 6 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Roda Antar (born 12 November 1980 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Lebanese football midfielder, who currently plays for 1.FC Köln in the German First Bundesliga. He is the brother of footballer Faisal Antar, playing in Lebanon for Al-Mabarrah and is also a Lebanon team player. He started his European career at Hamburger SV, where he won league cup, before making his move to Freiburg in 2003, where he scored a hat-trick on the debut for the club. In May 2007 he moved to his current club 1. FC Köln.

Roda Antar plays for the national team of Lebanon.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Tadaman Sour 1.2 Hamburger SV 1.3 SC Freiburg 1.4 1. FC Köln 1.5 International Career 2 Personal Life 3 Club career stats 4 Honours 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Tadaman Sour

Roda Antar played for Lebanese football club Tadamon Sour as a first club between 1999 and 2001 before he made a shock move to Hamburger SV.

[edit] Hamburger SV

He represented the club for two seasons scoring twice in 23 games. He won the German League Cup in 2003. Then he was sold to SC Freiburg in 2003.

[edit] SC Freiburg

He was brought to the club by Volker Finke in 2003 from Hamburger SV. He scored a hat-trick on his debut for the club. He played a massive 98 games and scored 26 times (9 goals in the Bundesliga). Another Lebanese came to SC Freiburg, defender Youssef Mohamad and both moved to 1. FC Köln.

[edit] 1. FC Köln

In season 2007–08 Antar is playing for 1. FC Köln in the 2nd Bundesliga.

[edit] International Career

Roda Antar is currently the captain of Lebanon. He is the national team's top scorer. He scored one goal in the West Asian Football Federation Championship. It was against the Kyrgyzstan national football team in the 76th minute. He scored a cool double against the Sri Lanka national football team on the 15th of May for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. The first was in the 43rd minute, the next one in the 63rd. He got more goals to help his team atempt qualification, for example, his 10 minute opener against Thailand (where they lost 2 - 1) and two of the eight goals that went past Pakistan (1st goal in the 32nd minute the second one in the 41st minute) He got a late crucial goal against Vietnam for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, along with a goal in the 87th minute against Maldives in the first leg and 75th minute in the second leg. For qualification round for the 2010 FIFA World Cup (currently underway), he only got a goal against India in the 33rd minute (First of four goals against one). He missed the game against Singapore, but will be back for more.

[edit] Personal Life

• Football Hero: Romario
• Hobbies: Billiard and Tennis

[edit] Club career stats

Last update: 2 May 2008

Season	Team	Country	League	Games	Goals
98/99	Tadamon Sour	Lebanon	Lebanese Premier League	??	??
99/00	Tadamon Sour	Lebanon	Lebanese Premier League	??	??
00/01	Tadamon Sour	Lebanon	Lebanese Premier League	??	??
01/02	Hamburger SV	Germany	German Bundesliga	16	1
02/03	Hamburger SV	Germany	German Bundesliga	7	1
03/04	SC Freiburg	Germany	German Bundesliga	17	7
04/05	SC Freiburg	Germany	German Bundesliga	27	3
05/06	SC Freiburg	Germany	German 2. Bundesliga	22	6
06/07	SC Freiburg	Germany	German 2. Bundesliga	32	10
07/08	1. FC Köln	Germany	German 2. Bundesliga	31	7
Total	Four Different Clubs	Two Different Countries	Three Different Leagues	152	35

[edit] Honours

Hamburger SV :

• German League Cup: 2003

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Yahoo Sports
• ESPN Profile
• National Football teams
• Fifa.com interview with Antar on South Africa 2010 and Lebanon's hope of making it there.

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