Abbas Assi

{{Short description|Lebanese footballer (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date = November 2020}} {{Family name hatnote|Ibrahim|Assi|lang=Lebanese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Abbas Assi | image = 2021-22 Shabab Bourj vs Shabab Sahel 05 (Abbas Assi).jpg | caption = Assi with Shabab Sahel in 2021 | fullname = Abbas Ibrahim Assi<ref name=GSA/> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|07|09|df=yes}} | birth_place = Qaaqaaiyet El Snoubar, Lebanon<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|abbas-assi/193920|access-date=2020-11-08}}</ref> | height = 1.76 m<ref name="FAL"/> | position = Midfielder, right-back | currentclub = Safa | clubnumber = 20 | youthyears1 = 2012–2014 | youthclubs1 = Shabab Sahel | years1 = 2014–2024 | clubs1 = Shabab Sahel | caps1 = 97 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 2022 | clubs2 = → Naft Maysan (loan) | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2024– | clubs3 = Safa | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2017 | nationalteam1 = Lebanon U23 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2014–2022 | nationalteam2 = Lebanon | nationalcaps2 = 13 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 11 February 2024 | nationalteam-update = 24 March 2024 }} '''Abbas Ibrahim Assi''' ({{langx|ar|عباس ابراهيم عاصي}}; born 9 July 1995) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a midfielder or right-back for {{Lebanese football updater|Safa}} club Safa.

== Club career == On 8 January 2022, Assi joined Iraqi Premier League side Naft Maysan on a six-month loan from Shabab Sahel.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-08|title=شباب الساحل يعلن انتقال نجميه للدوري العراقي|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1101659|access-date=2022-01-08|website=كووورة}}</ref> He made his debut on 8 February, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 1–1 draw against Al-Naft.<ref>{{Cite instagram|postid=CZxHfRxjOzl|user=falebanon|title=شارك حسن مهنا أساسيًا بينما دخل عباس عاصي بين الشوطين|date=9 February 2022|author=FA Lebanon}}</ref> Assi suffered a severe injury to his right foot in May that ended his season prematurely, forcing him to return to Lebanon to undergo surgery.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-11 |title=رسميا.. انتهاء موسم نجم نفط ميسان |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1138248 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=كووورة}}</ref> As the initial surgery was not successful, he underwent a second – successful – surgery in October which extended his return a further three months.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-13 |title=عاصي يخضع لعملية جراحية ثانية |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1180103 |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=كووورة}}</ref>

In May 2024, after 10 years at Sahel, Assi moved to Safa on a free transfer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Younes |first=Tarek |date=2024-05-30 |title=إنتقال مجاني |url=https://elmaestrosport.com/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=El Maestro Sport |language=ar}}</ref>

== International career == Assi made his international debut for Lebanon on 6 November 2014,<ref>{{NFT player|79157|access-date=2020-11-08}}</ref> coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 friendly defeat to the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|title=United Arab Emirates vs. Lebanon (3:2)|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/11667/United_Arab_Emirates_Lebanon.html|access-date=2020-11-08|website=www.national-football-teams.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Style of play == Mainly used as a central midfielder, Assi has also been deployed as a right-back.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Afiouni|first=Nadim|date=2020-11-12|title=The National Team is back! Here are 5 things to look out for|url=https://lebfootballreview.com/2020/11/12/the-national-team-is-back-here-are-5-things-to-look-out-for/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Lebanese Football Review|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=عباس عاصي: ظهير عصري وبطل موسم شباب الساحل|url=http://lebanonfg.com/single/2640|access-date=2021-05-02|website=lebanonfg.com|language=en|archive-date=1 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101172513/http://lebanonfg.com/single/2640|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career statistics == === International === {{updated|match played 24 March 2022}}<ref name="FAL">{{FA Lebanon|15372|access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="9" |Lebanon |2014||1||0 |- |2015||0||0 |- |2016||0||0 |- |2017||0||0 |- |2018||0||0 |- |2019||0||0 |- |2020||0||0 |- |2021||9||0 |- |2022||3||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !13!!0 |}

== Honours == '''Shabab Sahel''' * Lebanese Elite Cup: 2019 * Lebanese Challenge Cup: 2014, 2015 * Lebanese Second Division: 2017–18

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commonscat}} * {{FA Lebanon player|15372}} * {{NFT player|79157}} * {{Soccerway|392387}} * {{Goalzz|141807}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Assi, Abbas}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:People from Sidon District Category:Sportspeople from South Governorate Category:Lebanese men's footballers Category:21st-century Lebanese sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Shabab Al Sahel FC players Category:Naft Maysan SC players Category:Safa SC players Category:Lebanese Premier League players Category:Lebanese Second Division players Category:Iraq Stars League players Category:Lebanon men's youth international footballers Category:Lebanon men's international footballers Category:Lebanese expatriate men's footballers Category:Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq