{{Short description|Lebanese footballer (1987–2020)}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Family name hatnote|Ahmad|Atwi|lang=Lebanese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mohamad Atwi | image = 2019-20 Akhaa Ahli Aley vs Ahed 02 (cropped).jpg | caption = Atwi with Akhaa Ahli Aley in 2019 | fullname = Mohamad Ahmad Atwi<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|mohamad-atwi/195571|access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1987|1|10|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mohamad Atwi Stats, Info and Next Game|url=https://www.footballcritic.com/mohamad-atwi/profile/195571|access-date=2020-10-02|website=FootballCritic|language=en}}</ref> | birth_place = Harouf, Lebanon<ref name=GSA/> | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|18|1987|1|10|df=y}} | death_place = Beirut, Lebanon | height = 1.74 m | position = Attacking midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 2004–2006 | clubs1 = Tripoli{{efn|Olympic Beirut changed its name to AC Tripoli in 2005.}} | caps1 = | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2006–2008 | clubs2 = Tadamon Sour | caps2 = | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2008–2018 | clubs3 = Ansar | caps3 = 114+ | goals3 = 24 | years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = → Tadamon Sour (loan) | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2018–2020 | clubs5 = Akhaa Ahli Aley | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 1 | totalcaps = ? | totalgoals = 28 | nationalyears1 = 2011–2014 | nationalteam1 = Lebanon | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 20 April 2019 | ntupdate = }} '''Mohamad Ahmad Atwi''' ({{langx|ar|محمد أحمد عطوي}}; 10 January 1987 – 18 September 2020) was a Lebanese footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Atwi started his career at Olympic Beirut in 2004, remaining there in 2005 when they changed their name to AC Tripoli. He moved to Tadamon Sour in 2006, and then to Ansar in 2008, where he stayed for nine seasons. Atwi returned to Tadamon Sour on loan in 2017, and then moved to Akhaa Ahli Aley in 2018. Atwi also represented the Lebanon national team between 2011 and 2014, playing a game in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
On 21 August 2020, Atwi was hit in the head by a stray bullet. He died on 18 September 2020, after nearly one month in intensive care.
== Club career == Atwi began his career in 2004 at Olympic Beirut in the Lebanese Premier League, staying with the club the next season when they became AC Tripoli.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Mahfoud|first=Maroun|date=2020-09-18|title=Remembering Mohammad Atwi|url=https://www.falebanon.com/remembering-mohammad-atwi/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=FA Lebanon|language=en-GB}}</ref> Atwi then moved to Tadamon Sour in 2006, staying there two seasons, before moving to back-to-back league champions Ansar in 2008.<ref name=":3" /> He stayed at the Beirut-based club for nine seasons, returning Tadamon Sour on a season-long loan in 2017.<ref name=":3" /> In 2018 Atwi moved to Akhaa Ahli Aley, where he remained until his death in 2020.<ref name=":3" />
== International career == Atwi made his debut for the Lebanon national team on 11 June 2013, coming off the bench to replace Mahmoud Kojok in the 67th minute of a 4–0 loss to Iran in a 2014 World Cup qualifier.<ref>FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130623034430/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257777/match=300191837/report.html "Match Report - Iran - Lebanon 4:0 (2:0)"]. 11 June 2013. Retrieved on 25 July 2013.</ref>
== Death == At around 10{{Nbsp}}am on 21 August 2020,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=الرصاص الطائش "يصيب" كرة القدم اللبنانية|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport_Lebanon/292924|access-date=2020-08-22|website=الأخبار|language=ar}}</ref> Atwi was hit by a stray bullet to the head in the Cola area of Beirut, Lebanon,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Baradhi|first=Maria|date=2020-08-22|title=Mohamad Atwi is in critical condition|url=https://www.falebanon.com/mohamad-atwi-is-in-critical-condition/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=FA Lebanon|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Khaled|first=Nasser|date=21 August 2020|title=|script-title=ar:رصاصة مجهولة تصيب رأس عطوي|trans-title=Unidentified bullet hits Atwi's head|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=947443|access-date=21 August 2020|website=كووورة}}</ref> during the funeral of a firefighter who died at the 2020 Beirut explosion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Un joueur libanais tué par une balle perdue à Beyrouth|url=https://www.sofoot.com/un-joueur-libanais-tue-par-une-balle-perdue-a-beyrouth-488677.html|access-date=2020-09-20|website=SOFOOT.com|language=fr}}</ref> He was rushed unconscious to the Makassed General Hospital, where he was given 16 units of blood due to extensive hemorrhaging.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-21|title=احتاج إلى 16 وحدة دم ولا يزال في خطر... ''صلّوا لأجل محمد عطوي''|url=https://www.annahar.com/article/1262077-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-16-%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D9%85-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A|access-date=2020-08-22|website=An-Nahar}}</ref> The medical staff was able to stop the bleeding without being able to extract the bullet,<ref name=":1" /> as it was located in a sensitive area of the brain.<ref name=":2" /> He was put in intensive care,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=محمد عطوي في خطر بسبب رصاصة طائشة|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport_Lebanon/292894|access-date=2020-08-22|website=الأخبار|language=ar}}</ref> in a medically induced coma.<ref name=":2" />
On 24 August, Atwi's brother, Ali, stated that he was looking to sue whoever was behind the stray shot.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mahfoud|first=Maroun|date=2020-08-24|title=The family of Mohammad Atwi will sue the culprit|url=https://www.falebanon.com/the-family-of-mohammad-atwi-will-sue-the-culprit/|access-date=2020-08-24|website=FA Lebanon|language=en-GB}}</ref> On the morning of 18 September 2020, Atwi died from his injuries.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=بعد إصابته برصاصة طائشة الشهر الفائت... محمد عطوي في ذمة الله|url=https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/sports-lebanon/548212/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A5%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B4%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A/ar|access-date=2020-09-18|website=LBCI Lebanon|language=ar}}</ref>
== Honours == '''Ansar''' * Lebanese FA Cup: 2009–10, 2011–12, 2016–17 * Lebanese Super Cup: 2012
'''Individual''' * Lebanese Premier League Best Goal: 2010–11,<ref>{{Cite web|title=معتوق أفضل لاعب لبناني وحيدر يطالب بإصلاحات|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/88593|access-date=14 May 2019|website=الأخبار|date=18 May 2011 |language=ar}}</ref> 2015–16<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 June 2016|title=محمد حيدر والنيجيري كابيروموسى الافضل في مهرجان كرة المنار الـ20|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|url-status=dead|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|archive-date=24 April 2019|access-date=26 February 2019|website=An-Nahar}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{NFT player|44138}} * {{Soccerway|180288}} * {{FA Lebanon player|15348}} * {{LFG player|178}}
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