Hesham Shaban (born August 8, 1980) is a Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

n football defender currently playing for Al-Ittihad. Shaban has been a member of the Libya national football team

Libya national football team

The Libya national football team is the national association football team of Libya and is controlled by the Libyan Football Federation. The team has never qualified for the senior FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for three Africa Cup of Nations, one in 1982 where they finished runners-up and...

. In 2008, Shaban appeared five times for the Libya national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

The qualification competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC , CAF , CONCACAF , CONMEBOL , OFC , and UEFA — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament...

, scoring in a 4–0 win over Lesotho. He played in the 2009 African Championship of Nations

2009 African Championship of Nations

The 2009 African Nations Championship was the first edition of the African Nations Championship in football. The tournament took place in Côte d’Ivoire from February 22 to March 8, 2009...

 and scored for the winning team in the final of the Libyan Cup 2008–09

Libyan Cup 2008–09

The 2008-09 Libyan Cup is the 19th edition of the competition since its inception in 1976.-Rules:45 teams will be entering the competition, composed of 5 sides from the Libyan Third Division, and 40 sides from the Libyan Second Division. 26 were drawn into the First Round, while the other 18 were...

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