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Ali Diab (Arabic: عَلِيّ دِيَاب; born 23 May 1982) is a Syrian former professional association footballer who played as a centre back. With 97 appearances he is the second most-capped player on the Syria national team.

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International career

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Diab was a regular for the Syria national team from 2004. He made 10 appearances for Syria during the qualifying rounds of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[1]

In the 2009 Nehru Cup, Diab scored one goal in Syria's 1–0 victory over India.

Diab was selected to Valeriu Tiţa's 23-man final squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.[2] He played in all of Syria's three group games against Saudi Arabia, Japan and Jordan. In the match against Jordan, Diab scored an own goal.

Diab is Syria's second most-capped player with 97 caps.[3]

Career statistics

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Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first:
Ali Diab: International goals[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 January 2009 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait  Turkmenistan 1–1 5–1 International Friendly
2 29 August 2009 Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India  India 1–0 1–0 2009 Nehru Cup
3 31 August 2009 Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India  India 1–1 1–1 2009 Nehru Cup

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Ali Diab

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Ali Diab is an American entrepreneur and technology executive known for co-founding and serving as chief executive officer of Collective Health, a healthcare technology platform that streamlines employer-sponsored health benefits administration to reduce costs and improve outcomes for employees. Born in Palo Alto, California, to Syrian refugee parents, Diab grew up influenced by his mother's groundbreaking career as one of Syria's earliest female surgeons and the family's encounters with sexism, discrimination, and hardship after fleeing political persecution in Syria. These experiences shaped his commitment to dismantling sexism and promoting gender equality, informing his broader worldview and approach to leadership. A personal health crisis during his time in the technology sector highlighted inefficiencies in traditional healthcare systems, motivating him to co-found Collective Health in 2013 to empower employers with better tools for managing benefits without relying on outdated insurance intermediaries. Before Collective Health, Diab held executive and product management roles at AdMob (acquired by Google), Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and Yahoo!, bringing more than 15 years of experience in technology startups and operations. A graduate of Stanford University and Oxford University, he has guided Collective Health through significant growth, including major funding rounds and expansion to serve hundreds of thousands of individuals across prominent clients in technology and other industries. Ali Diab was born in Palo Alto, California, to Syrian political refugees. His father was a student activist in Syria during the early 1960s who held pro-democracy views. Imprisoned multiple times and sentenced to death by the ruling military elite, he escaped after a judge (a former kindergarten friend) staged an altercation allowing him to flee through a window and eventually reach the UK for political asylum. His mother, from an upper middle-class Syrian background, trained as a surgeon in Damascus and became one of the country's youngest surgeons and earliest female graduates in the field. Facing societal pressure to prioritize marriage and family over her career, she was later smuggled out of Syria. In the United States, she worked as a surgeon and professor of medicine but continued to face sexism and discrimination in male-dominated operating rooms. Diab's mother served as the family's primary breadwinner during his childhood and adolescence, supporting his father's graduate studies. Both parents became professors (his father in law, his mother in medicine), as did his brother, emphasizing knowledge and learning as means to overcome poverty and conflict. These experiences profoundly shaped Diab's worldview, instilling a commitment to dismantling racism and sexism and highlighting the importance of empowering women through education and equal opportunities.

Career in Egypt

Career in Lebanon

Acting in film and television

Ali Diab returned to Lebanon after his unsuccessful attempts to break into Egyptian cinema and became an active participant in the country's emerging film and television industries, particularly following the establishment of Lebanese television in the late 1950s. He appeared in numerous Lebanese films and television series spanning from the 1950s through the mid-2000s, contributing to a long career in acting that reflected the development of local production during this period. Sources differ on the exact number of his acting credits, with IMDb listing approximately 23 while elcinema records around 72, a discrepancy likely attributable to variations in how productions are cataloged and credited. His notable film roles include appearances in The Marital Dwelling (1953), Beirut Sifr 11 (1966), Bint El-Hares (1967), Nar Al-Shouq (1970), and Mr. Ayub (1975). In television, he performed in series such as Al Qinaa El Abyad (1974), Samra (1977, 20 episodes), Al Amana (1982, 4 episodes), Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1999), and Saaemon wa Laken (2005). On certain productions, such as Samra, his involvement extended to makeup artistry in addition to his on-screen role. No content — this section pertains to a different individual with the same name and has been removed for accuracy.

Writing and Producing

Credits as writer and producer

Ali Diab has a small number of credits as a writer and producer in Lebanese television and cinema, primarily during the 1970s and 1980s. He co-wrote the television series The Fake Millionaire (1973) alongside Salah Tizani. Diab also served as the writer for the 1985 television series The Third Man. Additionally, he received a producer credit on the 1985 feature film Ghazl El Banat. These behind-the-scenes roles highlight his occasional involvement in creative production aspects of Lebanese media during his career.

Death

No death section is applicable, as Ali Diab, the co-founder and CEO of Collective Health, is currently alive and active in his role.
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