Walid Dahrouj

{{Short description|Lebanese footballer (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date = November 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Walid Dahrouj | fullname = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}} | birth_place = [[Shheem]], Lebanon | height = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = {{0|0000}}–1984 | clubs1 = [[Al Ahli Saida SC|Ahli Saida]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1984–2002 | clubs2 = [[Safa SC|Safa]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1988–1998 | nationalteam1 = [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Walid Dahrouj''' ({{langx|ar|وليد دحروج}}; born 1965) is a Lebanese former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as [[Forward (association football)|striker]]. He played nearly 20 years for [[Safa SC|Safa]], and represented [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] internationally.

==Club career== Dahrouj started his career at [[Al Ahli Saida SC|Ahli Saida]], before moving to [[Safa SC|Safa]] in 1984.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=وينن؟ {{!}} وليد دحروج: بطل التسعينيات غير المتوّج|url=https://al-akhbar.com/sport/18264|access-date=2020-11-03|website=الأخبار|language=ar}}</ref> In [[1991–92 Lebanese Premier League|1991–92]] he was [[List of Lebanese Premier League top scorers|Lebanese Premier League top goalscorer]] with 20 goals.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Mubarak|first=Hassanin|last2=Nehme|first2=Ale|date=|title=Lebanon – List of Topscorers|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebtops.html|access-date=29 April 2019|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref> Dahrouj remained at Safa until his retirement in 2002.<ref name=":0" />

== International career == Dahrouj represented [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] internationally during the 1990s, playing at the [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers]] and the [[1998 Arab Nations Cup]].<ref>{{NFT player|76726|access-date=3 November 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life== Born in 1965, Dahrouj has two daughters: Majida (born 2002), named after his mother, and May (born 2006/2007).<ref name=":0" /> He is a supporter of Spanish club [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]].<ref name=":0" />

As of 2015, Dahrouj was working at the [[duty-free shop]] of the [[Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport]] and living in his hometown [[Shheem]].<ref name=":0" />

== Honours == '''Safa''' * [[Lebanese FA Cup]]: 1986–87; runner-up: 1970–71, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1999–2000

'''Individual''' * [[List of Lebanese Premier League top scorers|Lebanese Premier League top goalscorer]]: [[1991–92 Lebanese Premier League|1991–92]]<ref name=":1" />

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{FA Lebanon|23809}} * {{NFT player|76726}}

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