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Full name
  
Chadi Cheick Merai

1991–1995
  
Teshrin

Position
  
Midfielder

Current team
  
Pietrasanta Marina

Height
  
1.79 m

Playing position
  
Midfielder

Role
  
Football player

Place of birth
  
Latakia, Syria

Name
  
Chadi Merai


Chadi Cheikh Merai

Date of birth
  
(1976-01-20) 20 January 1976 (age 39)

Chadi Cheikh Merai, also known as Chadi, (Arabic: شادي مرعي‎‎) (born 20 January 1976 in Latakia, Syria) is a Syrian football player who is currently playing for Pietrasanta Marina in the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Tuscany, Italy. He is currently the manager of the same team.

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He played for Massese and Lucchese in the third highest football league in Italy. He has an Italian passport, too.

Club

  • Cheick Merai started his career at Teshrin club in Latakia, Syria.
  • He went to Italy on 1999 and he started his Italian senior career on Serie D, the top level of the Italian non-professional football association.
  • In the season 2001–2002 he played his first match on Serie C2, the fourth highest football league in Italy, the first with a professional status. Chadi so is the first Syrian footballer playing in an Italian professional team.
  • In the season 2002–2003 Chadi scored two goals against Fiorentina.
  • In the season 2005–2006 he reached Serie C1, the third highest Italian football league.
  • As a player for Carrarese he played the last professional championship in the season 2011–2012.

    • Syrian national team

    Chadi was part of the Syrian national team between 1996 and 1998. He holds 7 caps.

    Club

    On August 2012 Pietrasanta Marina announced on their official website that Chadi signed a deal with the club.

    Club

  • Teshrin
  • Syrian Premier League: 1996/97
  • U.S. Poggibonsi
  • Serie D winner: 2000/01
  • Massese
  • Serie D winner: 2003/04
  • Serie C2 winner: 2004/05
  • Lucchese
  • Serie D winner: 2008/09
  • Lega Pro Seconda Divisione winner: 2009/10
  • Carrarese
  • Lega Pro Seconda Divisione winner: 2010/11

    • Syrian national team

  • AFC Youth Championship: Runners-up 1996

    • References

    Chadi Cheikh Merai Wikipedia
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