{{short description|Lebanese footballer (born 1984)}} {{Distinguish|Abbas Ahmad Atwi}} {{Family name hatnote|Ali|Atwi|lang=Lebanese}} {{Use dmy dates|date = January 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Abbas Atwi | image = Abbas Ali Atwi, 2019.jpg | caption = Atwi with [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]] in 2019 | fullname = Abbas Ali Atwi<ref name=GSA/> | height = 1.80 m | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Qabrikha]], Lebanon<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|abbas-ali-atwi/65003|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref> | position = [[Attacking midfielder]] | currentclub = [[Bourj FC|Bourj]] (team manager) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1998–2000 | youthclubs1 = [[Bourj FC|Bourj]] | years1 = 2000–2002 | clubs1 = [[Bourj FC|Bourj]] | caps1 = | goals1 = 8 | years2 = 2002–2005 | clubs2 = [[Olympic Beirut]] | caps2 = | goals2 = 11 | years3 = 2005–2017 | clubs3 = [[Al Ahed FC|Ahed]] | caps3 = 114+ | goals3 = 58 | years4 = 2017–2021 | clubs4 = [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]] | caps4 = 55 | goals4 = 8 | years5 = 2021–2022 | clubs5 = [[Bourj FC|Bourj]] | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 2 | totalcaps = 187+ | totalgoals = 87 | nationalyears1 = 2005 | nationalteam1 = [[Lebanon national under-23 football team|Lebanon U23]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 2002–2016 | nationalteam2 = [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] | nationalcaps2 = 53 | nationalgoals2 = 4 | manageryears1 = 2022– | managerclubs1 = [[Bourj FC|Bourj]] (team manager) }} '''Abbas Ali Atwi''' ({{langx|ar|عباس علي عطوي}}; born 15 December 1984), also known as '''Onika''' ({{langx|ar|أونيكا|links=no}}, also spelled '''Unica'''), is a Lebanese [[Association football|football]] coach and former player who is team manager of {{Lebanese football updater|Bourj}} club [[Bourj FC|Bourj]].

== Club career == Atwi joined Bourj's youth team aged 14; he made his senior debut in the [[Lebanese Second Division]] in 2000, in a 4–3 defeat against [[Al Ahed FC|Ahed]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=ABBAS ATWI |url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/abbas_atwi.html |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=www.abdogedeon.com |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003234920/https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/abbas_atwi.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Atwi moved to [[Lebanese Premier League]] side [[Olympic Beirut]] in 2002,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title="اونيكا" يضع حدّاً لمسيرته الكروية |url=http://lebanonfg.com/single/2250 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=lebanonfg.com |language=en |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003235438/http://lebanonfg.com/single/2250 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with whom he won the [[Double (association football)|domestic double]] (league and cup) in his first season.<ref name=":1" />

In 2005 Atwi signed for [[Al Ahed FC|Ahed]].<ref name=":0" /> He scored 58 league goals and won five league titles in 12 years at the club.<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|3773|access-date=18 June 2021}}</ref>

Atwi joined [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]] in 2017,<ref name=":0" /> helping them win their first league title in 14 years in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=لقب 14 قياسي للأنصار على حساب النجمة بعد انتظار 14 سنة في بطولة كرة القدم |url=https://bintjbeil.org/post.php?id=40039 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Bintjbeil.org | date=24 April 2021 |language=ar}}</ref>

On 18 June 2021, Atwi moved back to [[Bourj FC|Bourj]], where he had begun his career.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mahfoud|first=Maroun|date=2021-06-18|title=Two players join Bourj|url=https://www.falebanon.com/28323/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=FA Lebanon|language=en-GB}}</ref> He announced his retirement on 20 May 2022, following the [[2021–22 Lebanese Premier League|2021–22 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-21 |title=Abbas Atwi "Onika" brings down the curtain… A Lebanese star's career is full of achievements |url=https://news.middleeast-24.com/news/213162.html |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Middle East 24 News English |language=en-us}}</ref>

== International career == [[File:Iran v Lebanon, 11 June 2013 34 (Abbas Ali Atwi).jpg|right|thumb|Atwi captaining the [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon national team]] in 2013.]] In 2005, Atwi played for the [[Lebanon national under-23 football team|Lebanon national under-23 team]]; he scored from the [[half-way line]] in a game against [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U23]], which Lebanon lost 2–1.<ref name=":1" />

Atwi has played for the [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon national team]] between 2002 and 2016, scoring four goals in over 50 appearances.<ref name="FAL">{{FA Lebanon|15185|access-date=18 June 2021}}</ref> He has played at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006]], [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2010]], [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2014]], and [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers]], and the [[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2004]] and [[2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers]], as well as at the [[2002 WAFF Championship|2002]] and [[2004 WAFF Championship]]s and at the [[2002 Arab Cup]].<ref name="NFT" />

== Personal life == Atwi earned his nickname "Onika" in reference to the Lebanese chocolate bar [[Gandour|Unica]] as, after being involved in a non-fatal car accident as a kid, the first thing he asked his mother was the chocolate bar that he was holding in his hand during the accident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=1029708|title=منتديات كووورة|website=forum.kooora.com|date=13 November 2005 |access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref>

He is not related to fellow Lebanese footballer [[Abbas Ahmad Atwi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/leb-onika-intl.html|title=Abbas Ali "Onika" Atwi - International Appearances|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===International=== :''Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Atwi goal''.<ref name="NFT" />

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Abbas Ali Atwi |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- |align="center"|1 |26 May 2004 |[[Beirut]], Lebanon |{{fb|BHR}} |align="center"| |align="center"|2–2 |[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |- |align="center"| 2 |2 February 2005 |[[Doha]], Qatar |{{fb|BHR}} |align="center"| |align="center"|1–2 |Friendly |- |align="center"| 3 |22 March 2013 |[[Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium]], Beirut, Lebanon |{{fb|THA}} |align="center"|5–2 | style="text-align:center" |5–2 |[[2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] |- | align="center" | 4 |24 May 2015 |[[Saida Municipal Stadium]], [[Sidon]], Lebanon |{{fb|SYR}} | align="center" |1–2 | align="center" |2–2 |Friendly |}

== Honours == '''Bourj''' * [[Lebanese Challenge Cup]]: [[2021 Lebanese Challenge Cup|2021]] * [[Lebanese Second Division]]: 2000–01

'''Olympic Beirut''' * [[Lebanese Premier League]]: [[2002–03 Lebanese Premier League|2002–03]] * [[Lebanese FA Cup]]: 2002–03

'''Ahed''' * Lebanese Premier League: [[2007–08 Lebanese Premier League|2007–08]], [[2009–10 Lebanese Premier League|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Lebanese Premier League|2010–11]], [[2014–15 Lebanese Premier League|2014–15]], [[2016–17 Lebanese Premier League|2016–17]] * Lebanese FA Cup: [[2008–09 Lebanese FA Cup|2008–09]], [[2010–11 Lebanese FA Cup|2010–11]] * [[Lebanese Elite Cup]]: [[2008 Lebanese Elite Cup|2008]], [[2010 Lebanese Elite Cup|2010]], [[2011 Lebanese Elite Cup|2011]], [[2013 Lebanese Elite Cup|2013]], [[2015 Lebanese Elite Cup|2015]] * [[Lebanese Super Cup]]: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015 '''Ansar''' * Lebanese Premier League: [[2020–21 Lebanese Premier League|2020–21]] * Lebanese FA Cup: [[2020–21 Lebanese FA Cup|2020–21]]

'''Individual''' * [[Lebanese Premier League Best Player]]: 2002–03<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 July 2003|title=مهرجان كرة المنار|edition=498|pages=16|work=Shoot}}</ref> * [[Lebanese Premier League Best Young Player]]: [[2001–02 Lebanese Premier League|2001–02]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 June 2002|title=مهرجان كرة المنار|edition=440|pages=23|work=Shoot}}</ref> * [[Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season]]: [[2002–03 Lebanese Premier League|2002–03]],<ref name=":2003">{{Cite news|date=4 July 2003|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=498|pages=16|work=Shoot}}</ref> [[2005–06 Lebanese Premier League|2005–06]],<ref name=":2006">{{Cite web|date=17 May 2006|title=|script-title=ar:تقرير مفصل مع الصورعباس عطوي أفضل لاعب في الدوري اللبناني|url=https://www.alqabas.com/article/201682-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A|access-date=10 February 2022|website=alqabas.com|language=ar}}</ref> [[2007–08 Lebanese Premier League|2007–08]],<ref name=":2008">{{Cite web|date=10 July 2008|title=|script-title=ar:العراقي سدير أفضل لاعب في استفتاء "المنار"|url=https://www.alkhaleej.ae/2008-07-10/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9|access-date=13 February 2022|website=alkhaleej.ae|language=ar}}</ref> 2009–10,<ref name=":2010">{{Cite web|date=22 May 2010|title=|script-title=ar:حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في مهرجان المنار|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/112777|access-date=14 May 2019|website=al-akhbar|language=ar}}</ref> 2010–11,<ref name=":2011">{{Cite web|date=18 May 2011|title=|script-title=ar:معتوق أفضل لاعب لبناني وحيدر يطالب بإصلاحات|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/88593|access-date=14 May 2019|website=al-akhbar|language=ar}}</ref> [[2012–13 Lebanese Premier League|2012–13]],<ref name=":2013a">{{Cite web|date=18 June 2013|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار الـ17 : محمد حيدر افضل لاعب في لبنان|url=https://archive.alahednews.com.lb/details.php?id=78113|access-date=13 May 2019|website=Al Ahed News Archive|language=ar}}</ref><ref name=":2013b">{{Cite web|date=18 June 2013|title=|script-title=ar:محمد حيدر أفضل لاعب..ولا حذاء ذهبي|url=http://www.malaeeb.com/pages/article/5777|access-date=26 February 2019|website=Malaeeb|language=ar}}</ref> 2014–15,<ref name=":2015">{{Cite web|date=10 June 2015|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار الـ19|url=https://www.annahar.com/article/243764-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%8419|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510223601/https://www.annahar.com/article/243764-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%8419|archive-date=10 May 2019|access-date=26 February 2019|website=An-Nahar|language=ar}}</ref> [[2015–16 Lebanese Premier League|2015–16]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annahar.com/article/400091-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%8420|title=محمد حيدر والنيجيري كابيروموسى الافضل في مهرج��ن كرة المنار الـ20|date=6 June 2016|website=An-Nahar|access-date=26 February 2019|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424104115/https://www.annahar.com/article/400091-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%8420|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[2018–19 Lebanese Premier League|2018–19]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mulhak.com/%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%82-%d9%88%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%85%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%81%d8%b6%d9%84-%d9%87%d8%b0%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%85-%d8%a8%d8%ad%d8%b3%d8%a8-%d9%85%d9%87%d8%b1/|title=معتوق ومرمر الأفضل هذا الموسم بحسب مهرجان المنار الـ 23|website=Mulhak|language=ar|access-date=12 June 2019}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * [[Lebanese Premier League top assist provider]]: 2007–08, 2009–10

== See also == * [[List of Lebanon international footballers]]

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} * {{FA Lebanon player|15185}} * [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/leb-onika-intl.html Abbas Ali Atwi] at [[RSSSF]] * {{NFT player|3773}} * {{Soccerway|85873}} * {{LFG player|81}}

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