Alexander Michel Melki

Club

Al Ansar FC

Position

Centre-Back

Nationality

Lebanon

Date of birth

1992-11-14

Birthplace

Västertälje, Södertälje, Sweden

Height

183 cm

Weight

83 kg

Shirt number

22

Robert Alexander Robert Michel Melki (Arabic: روبير الكساندر روبير ميشيل ملكي, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: ; born 14 November 1992), known as Alexander Michel Melki, is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Lebanese Premier League club Ansar and the Lebanon national team. A centre-back at the club level, Michel Melki is mainly deployed as a right-back at the international level.

Swedish by birth, Michel Melki represented them at youth level before also acquiring Lebanese nationality through his grandfather on his father's side. He decided to switch allegiance to Lebanon and made his senior international debut in 2018. After following his father's tracks playing at Syrianska for six years, Michel Melki moved to AFC Eskilstuna in 2017, helping them gain promotion back to the Allsvenskan the following season. In 2019 he moved to Qatar, joining Al-Khor before moving to Al-Shahania in 2021. Michel Melki returned to Sweden, playing for AFC Eskilstuna in 2022 and Nordic United in 2023. He joined Ansar in Lebanon ahead of the 2023–24 season.

Born in Sweden, Michel Melki represented his native country at under-19 and under-21 levels before switching allegiance to Lebanon in 2018. He took part in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Lebanon's first participation in 19 years.