page_title: Roda Antar
section_title: Shandong Luneng Taishan
hierarchical_section_title: Roda Antar / Club career / Shandong Luneng Taishan
caption_attribution_description: English: Shandong Luneng midfielder Roda Antar in Yuexiushan Stadium
context_page_description: Roda Antar is a Lebanese professional football coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Lebanon national under-23 team. Formerly captain of Lebanon, Antar was his country's leading goalscorer with 20 goals, before being surpassed by Hassan Maatouk in 2019.
  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. In 2001, he was loaned to Germany's Hamburger SV for two seasons, before moving to Freiburg in 2003 on a permanent deal. In 2007 he moved to Köln, where he scored a bicycle kick on his debut against FC St. Pauli. Antar helped Köln gain promotion back into the Bundesliga for the 2008–09 season, before moving to Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng Taishan in March 2009, where he remained for five years. In 2014 he moved to Jiangsu Sainty, before moving once again to Hangzhou Greentown the following season. In 2016, he returned to his first club in Lebanon, Tadamon Sour, where he retired after one season.
  Antar represented Lebanon at international level between 1998 and 2016.
context_section_description: 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.
  On 30 November 2012, it was reported that Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan were observing Antar as his contract with Shandong Luneng was soon to expire and his contract was not re-newed. However, he later re-newed his contract with Shandong Luneng which kept him at the club until December 2013.
caption: Roda Antar at Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. in 2009
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