Hussein Ali Dokmak (; 13 December 1981 – 13 June 2007) was a Lebanese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender. He was killed by a car bomb, alongside other victims, in an assassination attempt on Lebanese politician

Walid Eido Walid Eido (; 2 April 1942 – 13 June 2007) was a member of the Current for the Future, Future Movement, Lebanese List of political parties in Lebanon, political movement and a member of the Lebanese Parliament. He was also a member of the March ...

Career

Dokmak joined Nejmeh on 21 May 1997, playing for them until his death in 2007. He was also called up to represent

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

internationally at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, but didn't make an appearance.

Death

On 13 June 2007, Dokmak died in the same car bomb which killed politician

and teammate Hussein Naeem outside the

Rafic El-Hariri Stadium Rafic Hariri Stadium (), also known as Al Manara Stadium () or Nejmeh Stadium (), is a multi-use stadium in the Manara district of Beirut, Lebanon. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home for Nejmeh. The stadium ...

References

Lebanese men's footballers 1981 births 2007 deaths Men's association football defenders Lebanese Premier League players Nejmeh SC players People from Bint Jbeil District Sportspeople from Nabatieh Governorate Deaths by car bomb in Lebanon Lebanese murder victims {{Lebanon-footy-bio-stub