Roda Antar

In the 79th minute of the match, Antar was deliberately kicked in the Face by Hoffenheim midfielder Carlos Eduardo Marques, as confirmed by TV pictures.

Roda Abdelhassan Antar (رضا عبد الحسن عنتر; born 12 September 1980) is a Lebanese professional football manager and former player.

Formerly captain of Lebanon, Antar scored 20 goals for his country as a midfielder.

Antar started his career with Tadamon Sour, progressing through their youth system to the first-team squad where he made his debut at the age of 17.

He represented Lebanon at international level between 1998 and 2016, playing in the 2000 AFC Asian Cup, the 2000 and 2012 WAFF Championship, and the 1998 and 2002 Arab Nations Cup.

He debuted at the age of 17 during the 1998–99 season, scoring his first goal in April in the 27th minute of a 3–1 home win against Safa.

Antar scored his first goal of the 1999–00 season in round 4 in a 2–2 draw against Sagesse in October.

He scored four league goals for the season, as Tadaman Sour went onto claim a runners-up position in the Lebanese Federation Cup.

Antar scored his first goals for the 2000–01 season, a brace, in a 4–1 away win against Al-Ansar on 10 January.

Antar finished the 2000–01 season having scored six league goals.

In 2001, he was loaned to Germany's Hamburger SV for two seasons, winning the DFB-Ligapokal in 2003, before moving to SC Freiburg in 2003 on a permanent deal.

Antar made his first appearance in the 2001–02 Bundesliga season in a 1–1 away draw against 1860 Munich on 11 August, where Antar was substituted onto the field for Erik Meijer in the 86th minute.

Antar scored his first goal in the Bundesliga in a 3–1 home win against 1. FC Nürnberg on 2 March.

Antar also participated in the qualifiers for the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 FIFA World Cup tournaments.

Antar, along with his older brother Faisal Antar, started his career with Lebanese Premier League side Tadamon Sour, progressing through their youth system to the first-team squad.

Due to Antar's performances during the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 2001, Lebanon's national team coach, Theo Bücker, had assisted him in a transfer to Bundesliga outfit Hamburger SV, on loan from Lebanese Premier League club Tadamon Sour.

During his two-year stay with the club, Hamburg would claim the 2003 German League Cup, however, after failing to establish himself with the north German side (after he played in the Regionalliga Nord for Hamburg's reserve side for the 2002–03 season), he opted for a free-transfer to SC Freiburg.

Antar was brought to Freiburg by its first-team coach Volker Finke for the 2003–04 season.

After a serious injury Antar eventually debuted in December 2003 when he scored a hat-trick in a 4–2 win against VfL Bochum.

He was consequently referred to as a "Football God" by Freiburg supporters.

During his time at Freiburg Youssef Mohamad, who was Roda's international teammate, was transferred to the club.

In 2007, he moved to 1. FC Köln, helping them gain promotion back into the Bundesliga for the 2008–09 season.

In 2007, both Antar and Mohamad were transferred to 2.

Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln for the 2007–08 season.

He debuted for Köln in a 2–0 away win against FC St. Pauli on 10 August.

Antar scored his first goal for Köln, a bicycle kick, in a 2–1 home victory against SV Wehen Wiesbaden on 23 March, the goal was voted as goal of the month.

The referee, Peter Gagelmann, did not see the incident occur, however, the German FA made subsequent investigations before bringing in a charge which resulted in issuing Marques with a multi-game suspension which restricted him from playing in any competitive fixtures for the duration of the 2007–08 season.

In the second last game of the 2007–08 season, Antar helped Köln gain promotion back into the Bundesliga, scoring a double in the decisive 2–0 home victory against Mainz 05 on 11 May.

On 4 May 2008, Antar scored Köln's second goal in their 3–1 home victory against 1899 Hoffenheim.

Antar finished the season having scored seven goals in 31 league appearances, Köln finished in third spot of the table on 60 points and were promoted to the Bundesliga for the 2008–09 Bundesliga season.

In 2009, Antar moved to Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng Taishan, where he remained for five years and won a league title in 2010; he then played for Jiangsu Sainty in 2014, and Hangzhou Greentown in 2015.

In February 2009, he left Köln after disagreements with club sporting director Michael Meier and manager Christoph Daum.

The issue was subject to Antar's commitment to the first-team where which they had spoken to Antar and his adviser.

The club's board of directions offered him support and individual training sessions as they felt obliged to fulfill the contractual agreement which initially ran until 30 June 2009, but no contact to him could be made after he did not turn up to the club's training sessions.

Antar's agent stated that he had offers from Japan, Russia and China.

On 16 March 2009 Antar signed to China's Shandong Luneng Taishan for a transfer fee of £630,000 (€700,000).

Antar featured in the 2010 AFC Champions League, where which Shandong were eliminated in the group stage.

On the opening day of the 2012 Chinese Super League season, Antar scored in the 32nd minute of the first half to give Shandong the lead in a 2–1 away loss against Guizhou Renhe on 10 March.

Antar returned to Tadamon Sour in 2016, where he retired after one season.

Born in Sierra Leone, Antar is of Lebanese descent through his father.