Ad-Diba

Football player

1927 –

62

Who is Ad-Diba?

Mohamed Diab Al-Attar, known as Ad-Diba, is a former footballer who played for the Egypt national football team.

He scored four goals for them in the final of the 1957 African Cup of Nations, which is still a record number of goals for the final. He also scored the winning goal for Egypt in their semi-final victory over Sudan.

After retiring as a player, Ad-Diba became a noted referee, officiating at the final of the 1968 Africa Cup of Nations.

In 2007 he was included in an initial list by the Confederation of African Football of the top 200 African footballers of all time.

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Born
Nov 17, 1927
Alexandria
Lived in
  • Alexandria

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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