Ali Alrida Mohamad Ismail (Arabic: علي الرضا محمد اسماعيل; born 8 July 2003) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a right-back for Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh and the Lebanon national under-23 team.
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| Full name | Ali Alrida Mohamad Ismail[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 July 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mais al-Jabal, Lebanon[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Nejmeh | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2022 | Nejmeh[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Nejmeh | 53 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → AC Sporting (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Lebanon U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lebanon U23 | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 January 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
editIsmail was born on 8 July 2003 in Mais al-Jabal, Lebanon.[1] He developed an interest in football at a young age and progressed through local youth setups before joining Nejmeh, one of the most prominent clubs in the Lebanese Premier League. His early involvement in the sport led to his selection for Lebanon's youth national teams, where he gained experience in competitive international football.[4]
Club career
editInternational career
editIsmail represented Lebanon at various youth levels. In 2021, he was part of Lebanon's squad for the WAFF U-18 Championship, where the team reached the final before finishing as runners-up to Iraq.[7] Ismail was called up to the under-23 team for the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification,[8] where he contributed to the team's first-ever qualification for the final tournament.[9] He was called up for the final tournament, held in Saudi Arabia in January 2026.[10]
Ismail received call-ups to the senior national team.[11][12]
Playing style
editHonours
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 "Ali Alrida Ismail". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "AFC U23 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 - Squad Lists" (PDF). the-afc.com. AFC. 4 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ "Ali Alrida Ismail". Nejmeh SC Profile. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "علي الرضا إسماعيل نجماً للأسبوع". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "وجوه جديدة في تشكيلة جولة الدوري اللبناني". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "إصابة علي الرضا إسماعيل تغيبه ثلاثة أسابيع". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "بالصور.. ركلات الترجيح تحفظ لقب غرب آسيا لشباب العراق". Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Instagram".
- ↑ الأولمبي اللبناني يسجل اسمه بين كبار آسيا [The Lebanon Olympic team registers its name among the top Asian teams] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ طه يعلن قائمة المنتخب الأولمبي المشاركة في نهائيات كأس آسيا 2026 ويستعد للانطلاق إلى الرياض [Taha announces the squad for the Olympic team participating in the 2026 AFC U-23 Championship and prepares to depart for Riyadh] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ↑ "إعلي الرضا اسماعيل المركز الثاني في بطولة غرب آسيا". itihadjabalamel (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ ضربة معنوية لمنتخب لبنان: إصابة حسين الزين [A blow to the Lebanon national team: Hussein Zein is injured]. Al Akhbar (in Arabic). 22 May 2026. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ "عودة علي إسماعيل إلى صفوف النجمة". Lebanon Files (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 September 2025.
External links
edit- Ali Alrida Ismail at Soccerway
- Ali Alrida Ismail at ESPN FC