Yanal Abaza () (born 1 May 1976) is a retired
Syria
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footballer who played as a
defender.
He represented the
Syria national team between 2000 and 2002, earning 12
caps.
He made four appearances in the
2002 West Asian Championship that was hosted in Syria. As well as having three separate spells with
Syrian Premier League club
Al-Wahda, Abaza played in the
Jordan League
The Jordanian Pro League () is a Jordanian professional league for men's football clubs and represents the top flight of Jordanian football. The championship consists of twelve competing teams in a home and away league system.
The league was not ...
for
Al-Wahdat and the Syrian First Division for Al-Nidhal.
[ Yanal is an ethnic Circassian. He retired in August 2010.]
References
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1976 births
Living people
Syrian men's footballers
Syrian expatriate men's footballers
Syrian people of Circassian descent
Syrian people of Abkhazian descent
Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan
Men's association football defenders
Syrian Premier League players
Syria men's international footballers
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