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Place of birth
  
Homs, Syria

Name
  
Yussef Suleiman

Place of death
  
Damascus, Syria

Role
  
Football player


Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.77 m

2008-2013
  
Al-Karamah

Playing position
  
Forward

Date of birth
  
(1986-09-17)September 17, 1986

Date of death
  
February 20, 2013(2013-02-20) (aged 26)

Died
  
February 20, 2013, Damascus, Syria

Yussef Suleiman (Arabic: يوسف سليمان‎‎, also transcribed as Sleman) (17 September 1986 – 20 February 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 Baramkeh, Damascus. The attack occurred a few hours before the team was to play a league game against the Hama-based Nawair club at 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.

References

Yussef Suleiman Wikipedia