Ali Gagarin

Sudanese footballer
Ali Gagarin
Personal information
Full name Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig Eltoum
Date of birth 1 April 1949
Place of birth Omdurman, Sudan
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1965–1966 Al-Merrikh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1975 Al-Hilal - (330)
1975–1976 Al-Nassr - (-)
1976–1978 Al-Hilal - (10)
1978–1979 Stade d'Abidjan - (-)
1979 Al-Hilal - (10)
International career
1967–1977 Sudan 33 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig known as Ali Gagarin (born 1 April 1949 in Omdurman) is a Sudanese former 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

Clubs

Al-Hilal Club
  • Sudan Premier League
Champions (3): 1966, 1969, 1973
Al Nassr FC
  • Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia)
Winners (1): 1976

National

Sudan National Football Team
Champions (1) :1970

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1.2 11 May 1969 Khartoum, Sudan  Ethiopia 3-1 Won 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 6 February 1970 Khartoum, Sudan  Ethiopia 3-0 Won 1970 Africa Cup of Nations
4.5.6 28 September 1974 Damascus, Syria  North Yemen 6-0 won 1974 Kuneitra Cup
7. 30 September 1974 Damascus, Syria  Palestine 3-1 won 1974 Kuneitra Cup
8. 23 March 1975 Khartoum, Sudan  Kenya 1-0 Won 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
9.10 6 April 1975 Nairobi, Kenya  Kenya 2-0 Won 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
11. 30 May 1975 Khartoum, Sudan  Egypt 1-0 Won Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification
12. 6 July 1975 Tunis, Tunisia  Tunisia 2-3 Lost 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
13. 15 August 1975 Khartoum, Sudan  Tunisia 2-1 Won 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
14.15. 1 March 1976 Dire Dawa, Ethiopia  Morocco 2-2 Draw 1976 Africa Cup of Nations
16 6 March 1976 Dire Dawa, Ethiopia  Zaire 1-1 Draw 1976 Africa Cup of Nations
17.18. 28 March 1976 Lusaka Zambia  Zambia 2-2 Draw Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification

References

Ali Gagarin at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

  • Player profile - Home of football statistics & history
  • Haydar Hassan Al-Sidig the ambassador Archived 2013-01-29 at the Wayback Machine - Sudan Tribune


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