Jihad Qassab (Arabic: جهاد قصاب) (13 July 1975 – 30 September 2016) was a Syrian professional football defender who played for Al-Karamah and Syria national football team.
Qassab played for his hometown club, Al-Karamah, winning four consecutive league titles and reaching the 2006 AFC Champions League Final, only losing to Jeonbuk Motors 2–3 on aggregate.
Qassab played in Lebanon for Al-Ahed and Shabab Al-Sahel, and in the U.A.E.
[1] Qassab was arrested on 19 August 2014 in Baba Amr, Homs by the Syrian authorities during the Syrian civil war.
[2] Reports claim he was executed in the Saidnaya prison on Friday, 30 September 2016.