Al-Saadi Qadhafi

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Al-Saadi Qadhafi
Date of birth	May 28, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Tripoli, Libya
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2005 2005-2006 2007-	Perugia Udinese Sampdoria	1 (0) 1 (0)
National team
	Libya
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Al-Saadi Qadhafi (Arabic: الساعدي معمر القذافي) (born May 28, 1973, in Tripoli) is the son of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi.

[edit] Football career

A professional "by claim" football (soccer) player, he signed for Italian Serie A team Perugia in 2003, playing only one match before failing a drug test. He was also captain of the Libya national football team, captain of his home club in Tripoli, and president of the Libyan Football Federation. He was formerly on the board of the Italian team Juventus, of which 7.5 % is owned by a Libyan consortium (which is considered by many Libyans as one of many misplaced investments instead of taking care of the country's crippled infrastructure), but stepped down to join Perugia. He is also president of World Navigator Entertainment, a movie production company, which is seeking to invest in the Western film industry.

Al-Saadi joined UEFA Champions League qualifiers Udinese Calcio in 2005-2006, playing only ten minutes in an end-season league match against Cagliari Calcio. In 2006-07 season, he didn't even have a shirt number.

He joined U.C. Sampdoria in mid season.

He is married to the daughter of a military commander.

[edit] Outside the field

Over the years he has made many controversial comments. Al-Saadi has a reputation for being a wannabe fair bit more liberal than his father. In 2002 he openly stated his belief that Israel does not threaten Libya's security and "Instead of shouting and criticizing the American initiative, you have to bring democracy to your countries, and then there will be no need to fear America or your people...The Arabs should either change or change will be imposed on them from outside." Later it was noted that his liberal comments were merely an act to print a pro-western image for the west.

Al-Saadi has been touted as a possible successor for ruler of Libya. However he has denied reports that he is interested in his father's job, saying, "Many Arab countries are now following the policy of inheriting the leadership, but there are hundreds of Libyans who are better [suited] than I."

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