Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig known as Ali Gagarin (born 1 April 1949 in Omdurman) is a Sudanese former 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.

Honours

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.2	11 May 1969	Khartoum, Sudan	Ethiopia	3-1	Won	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	6 February 1970	Khartoum, Sudan	Ethiopia	3-0	Won	1970 Africa Cup of Nations
4.5.6	28 September 1974	Damascus, Syria	North Yemen	6-0	won	1974 Kuneitra Cup
7.	30 September 1974	Damascus, Syria	Palestine	3-1	won	1974 Kuneitra Cup
8.	23 March 1975	Khartoum, Sudan	Kenya	1-0	Won	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
9.10	6 April 1975	Nairobi, Kenya	Kenya	2-0	Won	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
11.	30 May 1975	Khartoum, Sudan	Egypt	1-0	Won	Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification
12.	6 July 1975	Tunis, Tunisia	Tunisia	2-3	Lost	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
13.	15 August 1975	Khartoum, Sudan	Tunisia	2-1	Won	1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
14.15.	1 March 1976	Dire Dawa, Ethiopia	Morocco	2-2	Draw	1976 Africa Cup of Nations
16	6 March 1976	Dire Dawa, Ethiopia	Zaire	1-1	Draw	1976 Africa Cup of Nations
17.18.	28 March 1976	Lusaka Zambia	Zambia	2-2	Draw	Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification

References

Ali Gagarin at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Player profile - Home of football statistics & history
• Haydar Hassan Al-Sidig the ambassador Archived 2013-01-29 at the Wayback Machine - Sudan Tribune