Ahmed Ben Soueid

Ahmed Ben Soueid
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Ben Soueid
Date of birth 1946 (age 79–80)
Place of birth Benghazi, Libya
Position Forward
Youth career
1958–1961 Al-Ahly Benghazi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1978 Al-Ahly Benghazi (128)
International career
1964–1977 Libya (50)
Managerial career
1989 Libya
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmed Ben Soueid (born 1946) is a Libyan professional football player and manager.

Club career

A native of Benghazi, Ben Soueid is one of the best players in the history of Libyan football. Having played his entire career with the team Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi), it is famous for the club in the 1960s, with whom he became the top scorer in its history. During the 1963–64 and 1964–65 seasons, he was elected best scorer of the national championship with 19 and 18 goals.

International career

Ben Soueid represented Libya between 1964 and 1977, and he scored 50 goals for the national team. He also holds the Libyan record for the most goals in a single match when he scored nine goals against Oman in the 1966 Arab Cup.[n 1][1]

Managerial career

In 1989, he coached the Libya national football team.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Oman withdrew the tournament after its first match against Libya, protesting a penalty free-kick decision of the referee at 80'. The match and results were not counted.

References

  1. ↑ "Discover 10 facts about the most prominent player in the history of Libyan football". AfrigateNews.net.
  2. ↑ "Libya National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.


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