Yussef Suleiman

Yussef Suleiman

Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-09-17)September 17, 1986
Place of birth	Homs, Syria
Date of death
Place of death	Damascus, Syria
Height
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
	Al-Karamah
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2013	Al-Karamah
2013	Al-Wathba SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yussef Suleiman (Arabic: يوسف سليمان‎‎, also transcribed as Sleman) (September 17, 1986 – February 20, 2013) was a Syrian football player.

Suleiman was born in Homs and last played for Al-Wathba SC. He was killed by a mortar shell fired by the armed opposition during the Syrian civil war, while preparing for training practice inside a hotel in the Baramkeh neighbourhood. The attack occurred a few hours before the team was to play a league game against the Hama-based Al-Mawaair club at the Tishreen Stadium in Damascus. His teammates reported that he was the father of a six-month-old baby. FIFA president Sepp Blatter expressed his condolences in an open letter to the Syrian Football Association over the matter.

He played for Al Karamah in the 2008 AFC Champions League knockout stages.

External links

• Suleiman's Photo

Notes

According to some sources Suleiman was 19 years old at the time of his death.