fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place nationalteam article_title position nationalcaps nationalyears clubnumber currentclub name nationalgoals
haydar hassan haj al-sidig 1975 1979 -- 1980 -- 1976 1976 -- 1978 1978 -- 1979 al nassr fc al-hilal club stade d'abidjan al-hilal club - - - - - - - - - - omdurman , sudan sudan ali gagarin
 forward - 1966 -- 1980 9 retired ali gagarin -
ali gagarin

haydar hassan haj al-sidig known as ali gagarin -lrb- born in omdurman -rrb- is a former sudanese footballer who played with al-hilal club .
he participated in the africa cup of nations 1970 and 1976 .
he earned his nickname of ali gagarin when he played professional football for al-hilal , one sudan 's biggest teams , his meteoric rise in the sport was likened to that of the famous soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin .
having retired from playing sport , he became an administrator , who has held posts , such as vice-president at al-hilal and also in politics , as a director general at the ministry of foreign affairs ambassador .
