Antoine Al Douaihy

Antoine Kabalan Knaier Al Douaihy (Arabic: انطوان قبلان قنيعر الدويهي; born 18 March 1999) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lebanese Second Division club Salam Zgharta and the Lebanon national team.

For the Lebanese novelist and poet, see Antoine Douaihy.
In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Kabalan and the family name is Knaier Al Douaihy.
Antoine Al Douaihy
Al Douaihy with Salam Zgharta in 2020
Personal information
Full name Antoine Kabalan Knaier Al Douaihy[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-18) 18 March 1999
Place of birth Zgharta, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Salam Zgharta
Number 99
Youth career
Salam Zgharta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Salam Zgharta 36 (0)
2016–2017 → Amal Salam Zgharta (loan) 6 (0)
2023 → Bourj (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Lebanon U19 2 (0)
2021 Lebanon U23 2 (0)
2023– Lebanon 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2023

Club career

Growing up a Salam Zgharta fan, Al Douaihy signed for their youth academy and progressed through the ranks.[3] In July 2016 he moved to Amal Salam Zgharta, Salam's reserve team in the Lebanese Third Division;[3] he played six league games.[4]

The following season, in 2017–18, Al Douaihy was made part of Salam's first team in the Lebanese Premier League as the third-choice goalkeeper.[3] He made his debut in the 2018–19 season, coming on as a substitute to replace an injured Mostafa Matar in a 5–2 defeat to Ansar.[3] Al Douaihy became a starter for Salam Zgharta during the 2022–23 season, in which he played 19 games.[1]

Following the end of the season, in which Salam finished 11th and were relegated,[5] Al Douaihy was loaned out to Bourj to participate in the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup in April. He played against Emirati club Al Wahda in the second leg of the first qualifying round in which, despite the 1–0 defeat, he was praised for his performance.[6]

International career

Al Douaihy represented Lebanon internationally at under-19 and under-23 levels,[1] captaining the U19 team at the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification in Qatar.[3]

Al Douaihy was included in Lebanon's 23-man list for the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup in Qatar following Ali Daher's injury;[2] he did not make an appearance.[7] On 25 June 2023, he made his international senior debut in a 4–1 win against Bhutan in the 2023 SAFF Championship.[8]

Style of play

Al Douaihy was noted as a promising goalkeeper in his youth.[7]

Career statistics

International
As of match played 25 June 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Lebanon 202310
Total 10

References
  1. "Antoine Al Douaihy". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Lebanon" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 9. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. Mahfoud, Maroun (12 July 2019). انطوان دويهي : احلم بان امثل لبنان في كاس العالم [Antoine Douaihy: I dream of representing Lebanon in the World Cup]. FA Lebanon (in Arabic). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  4. "Antoine Al Douaihy". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. "اتحاد كرة القدم اللبناني يصدر قرارات حاسمة". كووورة. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  6. Younes, Tarek (9 April 2023). "انطوان الدويهي حارس المستقبل للمنتخب اللبناني". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. https://al-akhbar.com/Sport_Lebanon/326029
  8. "Lebanon thrash Bhutan, put one foot in semis". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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