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{{Short description|Lebanese footballer (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Family name hatnote|Abdelhassan|Antar|lang=Lebanese}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Faisal Antar
| fullname = Faisal Abdelhassan Antar<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|faissal-antar/248904|access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|12|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Freetown]], Sierra Leone<ref name=GSA/>
| height = 1.85 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| years1 = 1998–2002
| clubs1 = [[Tadamon Sour SC|Tadamon Sour]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 13
| years2 = 2002–2005
| clubs2 = [[Olympic Beirut]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 9+
| years3 = 2005–2007
| clubs3 = [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2007–2009
| clubs4 = [[Al Mabarra Club|Mabarra]]
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 9
| years5 = 2009–2010
| clubs5 = [[Tadamon Sour SC|Tadamon Sour]]
| caps5 = 
| goals5 = 6
| years6 = 2011–2012
| clubs6 = [[Tadamon Sour SC|Tadamon Sour]]
| caps6 = 2
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = ?
| totalgoals = 40+
| nationalyears1 = 1999
| nationalteam1  = [[Lebanon national under-21 football team|Lebanon U21]]
| nationalcaps1  = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| nationalyears2 = 2002
| nationalteam2 = [[Lebanon national under-23 football team|Lebanon U23]]
| nationalcaps2 = 
| nationalgoals2 = 
| nationalyears3 = 1998–2007
| nationalteam3 = [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]]
| nationalcaps3 = 53
| nationalgoals3 = 5
}}
'''Faisal Abdelhassan Antar''' ({{langx|ar|فَيْصَل عَبْد الْحَسَن عَنْتَر }}; born 20 December 1978) is a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] former [[Association football|football]]er who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. He played his entire career in the [[Lebanese Premier League]], for [[Tadamon Sour SC|Tadamon Sour]], [[Olympic Beirut]], [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]], and [[Al Mabarra Club|Mabarra]].

Antar also represented the [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanese national team]] at the [[2000 AFC Asian Cup]], where he had been present for the national team from 1998 to 2007. Faisal is the brother of former footballer [[Roda Antar]]. In June 2010, Antar announced his retirement and became a Hall of Famer in the [[Lebanese Football Association]].

==Club career==
Antar started his senior career at [[Lebanese Premier League]] side [[Tadamon Sour SC|Tadamon Sour]] during the [[1998–99 Lebanese Premier League|1998–99 season]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Faisal Antar|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3761/Faisal_Antar.html|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|website=national-football-teams.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=فيصل عنتر لـ"جول" : رحيل رفيق الحريري قضى على الكرة اللبنانية..! {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/ar/news/2093/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9/2012/12/15/3605285/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B5%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%80%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%B6%D9%89-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9|website=goal.com|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> Antar helped Tadamon win their first [[Lebanese FA Cup]], in 2000–01, after beating [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]] 2–1 in the final.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Lebanon - List of Cup Winners|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebcuphist.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> In 2002 Antar moved to [[Olympic Beirut]],<ref name=":1" /> winning the [[Double (association football)|domestic double]] (league and cup) in his first season at the club ([[2002–03 Lebanese Premier League|2002–03]]).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

After three seasons at Tadamon, Antar moved to [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] in summer of 2005,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> following a week-long trial in January 2005 at Scottish club [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/4187147.stm Rangers pass on Lebanon captain] BBC Sport, 21 January 2005</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rangers give trial to Lebanon captain|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/soccer:scottish/rangers-give-trial-to-lebanon-captain-185358.html|date=2005-01-19|website=Irish Examiner|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> In his first season at Nejmeh, Antar won the 2005 [[Lebanese Elite Cup]].<ref name=":2" />

In 2007, Antar moved to [[Al Mabarra Club|Mabarra]],<ref name=":1" /> with whom he won the club's first FA Cup title ([[2007–08 Lebanese FA Cup|2007–08]]).<ref name=":2" /> In 2009 Antar returned to Tadamon Sour, where he remained until 2010, after which he decided to retire from football.<ref name=":1" /> In 2011 he withdrew his decision to retire, and played two games for Tadamon during the [[2011–12 Lebanese Premier League|2011–12 season]].<ref name=":1" />

==International career==
Antar featured for [[Lebanon national under-23 football team|Lebanon U21]] in 1999, in a fixture against the [[Czech Republic national under-21 football team|Czech Republic]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.11v11.com/matches/lebanon-v-czech-republic-10-february-1999-269263/ | title=Lebanon v Czech Republic, 10 February 1999}}</ref> Antar made his senior international debut for [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] on 27 September 1998,<ref name=":1" /> at the [[1998 Arab Nations Cup]]; Lebanon lost 4–1 to [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]].<ref name=":0" /> Antar's first international goal came on 25 April 2001, in a [[Exhibition game|friendly]] against the [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]]; he helped Lebanon win 3–0.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lebanon - Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/leb-recintlp.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Faisal Antar is the brother of former [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon national team]] captain [[Roda Antar]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rangers give trial to Lebanon captain|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/soccer:scottish/rangers-give-trial-to-lebanon-captain-185358.html|date=2005-01-19|website=Irish Examiner|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==

===International===
:''Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first.''<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/2001as.html | title = International Matches 2001 | author = Barrie Courtney | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) | accessdate =8 January 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=36453/report.html |title=Maldives – Lebanon |work=International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) |date=8 September 2004 |access-date=8 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121160846/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7861/matches/match%3D36453/report.html |archive-date=21 November 2011 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 25 April 2001 || [[Tripoli Municipal Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] || {{fb|PHL}} || '''2'''–0 || 3–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || 26 May 2001 || [[Suphachalasai Stadium]], [[Bangkok]] || {{fb|PAK}} || '''1'''–0 || 8–1 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Group 5|2002 World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 3. || 28 May 2001 || Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok || {{fb|LKA}} || '''2'''–0 || 5–0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Group 5|2002 World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 4. || 8 September 2004 || [[Rasmee Dhandu Stadium]], [[Malé]] || {{fb|MDV}} || '''2'''–0 || 5–2 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|}

== Honours ==
'''Tadamon Sour'''
* [[Lebanese FA Cup]]: 2000–01

'''Olympic Beirut'''
* [[Lebanese Premier League]]: [[2002–03 Lebanese Premier League|2002–03]]
* [[Lebanese FA Cup]]: 2002–03

'''Mabarra'''
* [[Lebanese FA Cup]]: [[2007–08 Lebanese FA Cup|2007–08]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season]]: [[1998–99 Lebanese Premier League|1998–99]],<ref name=":1999">{{Cite news|date=5 July 1999|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=288|pages=8|work=Shoot}}</ref> [[1999–2000 Lebanese Premier League|1999–2000]],<ref name=":2000">{{Cite news|date=10 April 2000|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=328|pages=13|work=Shoot}}</ref> [[2000–01 Lebanese Premier League|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 Lebanese Premier League|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> [[2004–05 Lebanese Premier League|2004–05]],<ref name=":2005">{{Cite news|date=20 June 2005|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=599|pages=13|work=Shoot}}</ref> [[2005–06 Lebanese Premier League|2005–06]]<ref name=":2006">{{Cite web|date=17 May 2006|title=|script-title=ar:تقرير مفصل مع الصورعباس عطوي أفضل لاعب في الدوري اللبناني|url=https://www.alqabas.com/article/201682-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A|access-date=10 February 2022|website=alqabas.com|language=ar}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Lebanon international footballers]]
* [[List of Lebanon international footballers born outside Lebanon]]
* [[List of association football families]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FA Lebanon|16812}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/leb-fantar-intl.html Faisal Antar] at [[RSSSF]]
* {{NFT player|3761}}

{{Lebanon squad 2000 AFC Asian Cup}}
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{{2005–06 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Year}}
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