Camille Cordahi

Camille Rouhana Cordahi (Arabic: كميل روحانا قرداحي; 11 September 1919 – 11 May 2011) was a Lebanese footballer who played as a forward.

He is the Lebanon national team's first official goalscorer, scoring his side's lone goal in a friendly game against Mandatory Palestine in 1940.

Cordahi began his senior club career in 1935 at DPHB, winning three Lebanese Premier League titles.

Following his retirement as a player, Cordahi assumed various managerial roles at his former clubs Sagesse and Racing Beirut, and was the treasurer of the Lebanese Football Association in 1979.

[4] Nicknamed "the Golden Foot" (Arabic: القدم الذهبية), in 1940 Cordahi took part in Lebanon's first international match, in a friendly against Mandatory Palestine.

[5] He scored Lebanon's lone goal of the match,[5] assisted by Muhieddine Jaroudi of Hilmi Sports,[6] becoming his country's first international goalscorer.

[1][13] On 15 December 1962, Cordahi married his wife Sonia Farid Rizk;[1] the couple had three children: a son, Rouhana, and two daughters, Catherine and Zeina.

Cordahi ( top row, third from right ) with DPHB in 1939