The Most Famous

SOCCER PLAYERS from Sudan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Sudanese Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 1 of which were born in Sudan. This makes Sudan the birth place of the 156th most number of Soccer Players behind Greenland, and Guernsey.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Sudanese Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Sudanese Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Almoez Ali (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 42.78, Almoez Ali is the most famous Sudanese Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 34 different languages on wikipedia.

Almoez Ali Zainalabedeen Mohamed Abdulla (Arabic: المعز علي زين العابدين محمد عبد الله; born 19 August 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains the Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail. Born in Sudan, he plays for the Qatar national team, and is currently the nation's all-time top goalscorer. Ali was a member of the Qatar squads which won back-to-back AFC Asian Cup titles in 2019 and 2023; at the 2019 Asian Cup, he scored a single-edition record nine goals, and was named the tournament's best player. He is also the only footballer to score in three different intercontinental championships — those being the AFC Asian Cup, the Copa América and the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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2. Musab Kheder (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 28.75, Musab Kheder is the 2nd most famous Sudanese Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Musab Kheder (Arabic: مصعب خضر; born 26 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Sadd. Born in Sudan, he plays for the Qatar national team.

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3. Mohamed Ahmed Bashir (b. 1983)

With an HPI of 26.65, Mohamed Ahmed Bashir is the 3rd most famous Sudanese Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Mohamed Ahmed Bashir (born 22 July 1983), also known as Muhamed Besha, is a Sudanese football coach and former player. He played as an attacking midfielder .

People

Pantheon has 3 people classified as Sudanese soccer players born between 1983 and 1996. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Sudanese soccer players include Almoez Ali, Musab Kheder, and Mohamed Ahmed Bashir. As of April 2024, 2 new Sudanese soccer players have been added to Pantheon including Musab Kheder, and Mohamed Ahmed Bashir.

Living Sudanese Soccer Players

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Newly Added Sudanese Soccer Players (2024)

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