Ad-Diba

Ad-Diba

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Diab Al-Attar
Date of birth	November 17, 1927
Place of birth	Alexandria, Egypt
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1954–1957	Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary	–	(–)
National team
–	Egypt	–	(–)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Mohamed Diab Al-Attar (Arabic: محمد دياب العطار, born Alexandria, November 17, 1927), known as Ad-Diba, is a former footballer who played for the Egypt national football team.

He scored four goals in the final of the 1957 African Cup of Nations, which is still a record.^[1][2][3] He also scored the winning goal in Egypt's semi-final victory over Sudan.^[4]

After retiring as a player, Ad-Diba became a noted referee, officiating at the final of the 1968 Africa Cup of Nations.^[5]

In 2007 he was included in an initial list by the Confederation of African Football of the top 200 African footballers of all time.^[6]

References

1. West Africa magazine, 2000.
2. Peter Alegi, African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game, 2010, p. 67.
3. Focus on Africa BBC magazine: Volumes 16–17, BBC African Service – 2005.
4. African Nations Cup 1957 results and lineups at RSSSF.
5. Scott Murray (17 November 2010). "Has a referee ever won an international cap?". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
6. "Kenya missing out on Africa soccer Elite list". kenyafootball.com. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

External links

• Player's profile with photo – worldreferee.com