{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{short description|Lebanese football player and coach}} {{Family name hatnote|Reda|Fakih|lang=Lebanese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ali Fakih | image = | caption = | fullname = Ali Reda Fakih<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|ali-fakih/253831|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|04|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Kafr Kila, Lebanon<ref name=GSA/> | height = 1.80 m | currentclub = Shabab Sahel (goalkeeper coach) | clubnumber = | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = 1983–1986 | youthclubs1 = Racing Beirut | years1 = 1986–1989 | clubs1 = Racing Beirut | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1989–1992 | clubs2 = Shabab Sahel | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1992–1999 | clubs3 = Ansar | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1999–2001 | clubs4 = Sagesse | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2001–2006 | clubs5 = Shabab Sahel | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 1990–1992 | nationalteam1 = Lebanon U23 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 1993–2001 | nationalteam2 = Lebanon | nationalcaps2 = 37 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = Ansar (goalkeeper) | manageryears2 = | managerclubs2 = Shabab Sahel (goalkeeper) | manageryears3 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs3 = Al Raya | manageryears4 = 2020– | managerclubs4 = Shabab Sahel (goalkeeper) }} '''Ali Reda Fakih''' ({{langx|ar|علي رضا فقيه}}; born 12 April 1967) is a Lebanese football coach and former player who is the goalkeeper coach of {{Lebanese football updater|Sahel}} club Shabab Sahel.

As a player, Fakih played as a goalkeeper. During the 1996–97 season, Fakih set a world record for most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal, at 1,511 minutes. At international level, Fakih represented Lebanon at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.

== Club career == Coming through the youth system, Fakih started his senior club career with Racing Beirut.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-01-04|title=علي الفقيه الحارس الذي دخل موسوعة "غينيس"|url=https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/12132-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B3-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3|access-date=2020-08-30|website=نداء الوطن|language=en}}</ref> In 1989 Fakih left Racing to join Shabab Sahel, where he played two seasons.<ref name=":0" />

He played for Ansar between 1992 and 1999, winning seven Lebanese Premier League titles and five Lebanese FA Cups.<ref name=":0" /> Fakih is the Guinness World Record holder for most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal.<ref name=":0" /> He didn't concede a goal for 1,511 minutes, while keeping 16 clean sheets in the 1996–97 season, beating the record previously set by Chris Woods of Rangers.<ref name=":0" />

Fakih joined Sagesse in 1999 for two years, before returning to Shabab Sahel, where he retired after playing for five seasons.<ref name=":0" />

== International career == Fakih played for the Lebanon national under-23 team between 1990 and 1992.<ref name=":0" /> He was first called up to the senior national team in 1992, remaining a regular until 2002.<ref name=":0" /> He was Lebanon's first-choice goalkeeper at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=International Matches 2000 - Asia|url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/2000as.html|access-date=10 June 2019|website=RSSSF}}</ref>

== Managerial career == After his retirement, Fakih became a goalkeeper coach, working at Ansar and Shabab Sahel.<ref name=":0" /> In 2020, Fakih is the first team manager of Third Division side Al Raya.<ref name=":0" /> In 2020 he was re-appointed goalkeeper coach of Shabab Sahel.

== Honours == '''Individual''' * Lebanese Premier League Best Save: 1996–97<ref name=":1997">{{Cite news|date=31 March 1997|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=166|pages=3|work=Shoot}}</ref> * Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 1996–97,<ref name=":1997">{{Cite news|date=31 March 1997|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=166|pages=3|work=Shoot}}</ref> 1997–98,<ref name=":1998">{{Cite news|date=8 June 1998|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=232|pages=4|work=Shoot}}</ref> 2000–01,<ref name=":2001">{{Cite news|date=30 April 2001|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=383|pages=15|work=Shoot}}</ref> 2001–02<ref name=":2002">{{Cite news|date=3 June 2002|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=440|pages=23|work=Shoot}}</ref>

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{NFT player|32238}} * {{GSA player|ali-fakih/253831}} * {{Goalzz|115902}}

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