After leading Ansar to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time as a player-coach, Al Sharqi coached the club between 1967 and 2000, and during the 2004–05 season.

Born on 15 November 1941 in Beirut, Lebanon,[1][2] Al Sharqi grew up in the Tariq El Jdideh district.

[3] A winger, in 1957 he played his first senior match for Ansar aged 15 against Massis in the Lebanese Second Division,[2] and became a first-team player the following year.

[3] In 1965, Al Sharqi moved to Cairo, Egypt to study physical education at the Helwan University;[4] he was forced to return to Beirut one year later following the death of his father.

[4] Al Sharqi returned to Ansar in the Second Division as a player-coach prior to the end of the season,[8] leading them to promotion to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time.

[14] Al Sharqi's brother Mounir helped Ansar obtain their official license in 1954, working as an administrator for the club.