Jiab Bashafaay
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jiab Abd Rabbuh Bashafaay | ||
| Date of birth | 1974 (age 51–52) | ||
| Place of birth | Al Kawd, Yemen | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1998 | Hassan | ||
| 1998–2003 | Al-Hilal | ||
| International career | |||
| Yemen | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| Hassan Abyan | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jiab Abd Rabbuh Bashafaay (Arabic: جياب باشافعي) is a Yemeni former footballer and manager who played as a forward.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Bashafaay was born in 1974 in Al Kawd, Yemen. He has four siblings. He is the younger brother of Yemeni footballer Ali Bashafaay. He has been nicknamed "Ghost".[1] He has been married. He started his career with Hassan. He wore the number seven jersey while playing for the club. He was the top scorer of the 1994–95 Yemeni League with twenty-five goals. After that, he signed for Al-Hilal. He wore the number seven and number fifteen jerseys while playing for the club.[2]
He is a Yemen international. He played for the Yemen national football team at the 1994 Qatar Independence Cup. He also played for the Yemen national football team at 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification and 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification. He was described as "considered one of the brightest and most prominent stars that the young governorate produced in the early nineties". He obtained the AFC B License. He managed Al-Hilal. He helped the club win the 2005 Yemeni President Cup.[3]
References
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