Sanharib Malki Sabah (Syriac: ܣܢܚܪܝܒ ܡܠܟܝ; Arabic: سنحاريب ملكي صباح; born 1 March 1984) is a retired Syrian footballer of Aramean ethnicity [1] who played as a striker. Besides his Syrian nationality, he also holds Belgian and Turkish passports.

Sanharib Malki
Personal information
Full name Sanharib Malki Sabah
Date of birth (1984-03-01) 1 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Qamishli, Syria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1999–2002 RSD Jette
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Union St.-Gilloise 100 (45)
2006–2007 Roeselare 28 (7)
2007–2009 Germinal Beerschot 69 (23)
2009–2011 Lokeren 31 (3)
2011Panthrakikos (loan) 13 (1)
2011–2013 Roda JC 65 (42)
2013–2016 Kasımpaşa 61 (11)
2017 Al-Wakrah 3 (0)
2018 Fatih Karagümrük 6 (0)
2020 RSD Jette
International career
2008–2016 Syria 28 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

For K.S.V. Roeselare, his previous club, he scored their first European goal in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2006-07 against FK Vardar from Macedonia.

International career edit

He received his first cap in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament for Syria against Kuwait on June 8, 2008, thereby eliminating the possibility of playing for Belgium ever again although just one month earlier he was on a training camp with the Belgium national football team under 23s.[2]

International goals edit

Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first:[3]
Sanharib Malki: International goals
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 June 2008 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al-Ain, UAE   United Arab Emirates 3–1 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 15 November 2013 Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran, Iran   Singapore 1–0 4–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3 12 November 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Malaysia 2–0 3–0 International Friendly
4 15 November 2014 Jakarta, Indonesia   Indonesia 1–0 2-0 International Friendly
5 11 June 2015 Mashhad, Iran   Afghanistan 5–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 8 September 2015 Phnom Penh, Cambodia   Cambodia 2–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 24 March 2016 Seeb, Oman   Cambodia 6–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References edit

  1. ^ Saman Javadi. "The Syrian pride and their 2018 Russian World Cup attempt". Mondo Futbol.
  2. ^ "Malki: "In Syria they respect me"" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-05-26. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27.
  3. ^ "Malki, Sanharib Salem". National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

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