Faisal Agab

Faisal Al Agab
Personal information
Full name Faisal Al Agab Sido Tia
Date of birth (1978-08-24) 24 August 1978
Place of birth Khartoum North, Sudan
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Kober SC (Bahri) 86 (23)
1998–2013 Al-Merreikh SC 555 (216)
2014–2015 Al-Merreikh SC (Al-Fasher)
2016 Al Nil SC (Shendi)
Total 641 (239)
International career
1998–2012 Sudan 47 (18)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24/6/2015
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1/2/2024

Faisal Agab Sido (Arabic: فيصل العجب; born 24 August 1978) is a Sudanese former professional football player who played as an attacking midfielder and striker for the Sudan national team and the Sudanese club Al-Merreikh. He was the captain at Al Merreikh SC[1][2] where he wore the numbers 17 and 24, respectively.

Sido is the Sudanese all-time top goal scorer at the Africa Cup of Nations with 21 goals, and 7 goals at the Arabian tournaments. Agab is also the all-time top scorer in the Sudanese League, with 119 total goals since 1998, when he scored his first against Al-Nile (match ended 3–0). He has scored 111 goals for Al-Merreikh and 8 for Merreikh El Fasher. In the CECAFA Cup, Sido also scored four goals for Al-Merreikh.

Honors

Al-Merrikh SC

References

  1. ^ "allAfrica.com: Sudan: We Want to Top the Table - Al-Merreikh's Captain Fiasal Al-Ajab". allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  2. ^ filgoal.com (24 September 2007). "End of the road for Ismaili in Confederation Cup - Dailynewsegypt". Retrieved 11 December 2025.