Chadi Cheikh Merai
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Full name
Chadi Cheick Merai
Date of birth
20 January 1976
Place of birth
Latakia, Syria
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
 Chadi Cheick Merai in 1997 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chadi Cheick Merai | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Latakia, Syria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1995 | Teshrin | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Teshrin | ||
| 1999–2000 | San Gimignano | 25 | (4) |
| 2000–2002 | U.S. Poggibonsi | 43 | (8) |
| 2002–2003 | Grosseto | 9 | (3) |
| Jan. 2003 | Montevarchi | 13 | (2) |
| 2003–2006 | Massese | 90 | (7) |
| 2006–2008 | SPAL | 41 | (3) |
| 2008–2011 | Lucchese | 62 | (2) |
| 2011 | Carrarese | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Pietrasanta Marina | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1995–1997 | Syria U-19 | ||
| 1996–1998 | Syria | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–? | Pietrasanta Marina | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 April 2010 | |||
Chadi Cheikh Merai (Arabic: شَادِي شَيْخ مَرْعِيّ; born 20 January 1976), also known as Chadi, is a Syrian footballer who last played for and managed Pietrasanta Marina in the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Tuscany, Italy.[1]
He played for Massese and Lucchese in the third-highest football league in Italy.[2] He has an Italian passport, too.[citation needed]
Cheick Merai was born in Latakia, Syria and started his career at local club Teshrin.
- He went to Italy in 1999[3] and he started his Italian senior career on Serie D, the top level of the Italian non-professional football association.
- In the season 2001–2002 he played his first match on Serie C2, the fourth highest football league in Italy, the first with a professional status. Chadi so is the first Syrian footballer[4] playing in an Italian professional team.
- In the season 2002–2003 Chadi scored two goals[5] against Fiorentina.[6]
- In the season 2005–2006 he reached Serie C1, the third highest Italian football league.
- As a player for Carrarese[7] he played the last professional championship in the season 2011–2012.
International career
Chadi was part of the Syria national team between 1996 and 1998, featuring in 7 caps.
Coaching career
In August 2012, Pietrasanta Marina announced on their official website that Chadi signed a deal with the club as their new manager.[8]