Mohammad Taan Reda ( ar, محمد طعان رضا; born 30 December 1972), commonly known as Michael Reda, is a former professional
association football
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player who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. Born in Australia, Reda represented
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
at the
2000 AFC Asian Cup
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.
Club career
In 2000, Reda moved to
Fairfield Bulls on loan.
International career
Reda has played for
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
internationally, most notably making appearance for Lebanon at the
2000 AFC Asian Cup
The 2000 AFC Asian Cup was the 12th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Lebanon between 12 and 29 October 2000. Japan def ...
. He played for the School Sport Australia Football team in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei in January 1991.
SCHOOL SPORT AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLBOYS FOOTBALL TEAMS
Honours
Parramatta
* NSL Cup: 1993–94; runner-up: 1992–93
* NSL Challenge Cup: 1994
Adelaide City
* National Soccer League
The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its d ...
: 1993–94
Wollongong Wolves
* Waratah Cup
The Waratah Cup is a knockout cup competition in New South Wales, run by the governing body of football in NSW, Football NSW. Teams competing in the Waratah Cup come from the National Premier Leagues NSW, National Premier Leagues NSW 2, Nati ...
: 1997
Melbourne Knights
* Tynan Eyre Cup runner-up: 1998, 1999
Olympic Beirut
* Lebanese Premier League
The Lebanese First Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. There are 12 teams competing in the league, ...
: 2002–03
* Lebanese FA Cup
The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is a Lebanese football annual cup competition. The first edition, held in 1937, was won by Nahda. The most successful club in the competition is Ansar with 15 titles, followed by Nejme ...
: 2002–03
See also
* List of Lebanon international footballers born outside Lebanon
The Lebanon national football team has used footballers born outside Lebanon throughout its history with varying success.
As a result of the dominance of clubs founded by the Armenian diaspora in Lebanon, between the 1940s and 1960s the nation ...
References
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1972 births
Living people
Australian people of Lebanese descent
Lebanese men's footballers
Soccer players from Melbourne
Men's association football midfielders
National Soccer League (Australia) players
APIA Leichhardt FC players
Parramatta FC players
Rockdale Ilinden FC players
Adelaide City FC players
Falcons 2000 SC players
Wollongong Wolves FC players
Melbourne Knights FC players
Lebanese Premier League players
Homenetmen Beirut (football) players
Olympic Beirut players
Lebanon men's international footballers
2000 AFC Asian Cup players
Australian men's soccer players
Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
International sportspeople born abroad
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