Ali_Mabkhout

Ali Mabkhout

Ali Mabkhout

Emirati footballer (born 1990)

Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Al Hajeri (Arabic: علي أحمد مبخوت محسن الهاجري; born 5 October 1990) is an Emirati professional association football player who plays as a forward for UAE Pro League club Al Jazira and the United Arab Emirates national team.

Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...

Coming through the youth system, Mabkhout made his debut for Al Jazira's first team in 2009.

Club career

Mabkhout made his AFC Champions League debut against Al Ittihad on 22 April 2009, after coming on as a substitute.[4] On 19 May 2009, he scored his first Asian Champions League goal in the 49th minute against Esteghlal in a 2–2 draw.[5]

Mabkhout formed a partnership with Ricardo Oliveira, his teammate from 2009 to 2014; this partnership was said to contribute towards the development of Mabkhout's talents in his formative years.[6]

International career

In the quarter-final of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Mabkhout scored the opening goal of a 1–1 draw with Japan at Stadium Australia in Sydney; he went on to convert his penalty kick as the UAE defeated the defending champions 5–4 in a penalty shootout.[7]

During the 2019 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals hosted by the United Arab Emirates, Mabkhout netted the only goal in a 1–0 victory over defending champions Australia, which qualified his country to the semi-finals.[8]

On 10 October 2019, Mabkhout scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in a 5–0 win to become UAE's all-time leading goalscorer.[9][note 1]

Mabkhout was called up for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar, yet he surprisingly was not able to feature in any match during the competition under coach Paulo Bento.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 April 2024[12]
More information Club, Season ...
  1. Includes UAE President's Cup (42 appearances), UAE League Cup (36 appearances),UAE Super Cup (two appearances)
  2. Includes AFC Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup

International

See also: List of international goals scored by Ali Mabkhout
As of match played 31 December 2023[10][13]
More information National team, Year ...

Honours

Al Jazira

United Arab Emirates U23

United Arab Emirates

Individual

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Mabkhout's three goals against Sri Lanka on 31 August 2019 were initially considered in an unofficial friendly; hence he become the UAE's all-time leading goalscorer when he scored two goals against Malaysia on 10 September 2019.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ali Mabkhout". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Al Jazira" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Ali Mabkhout". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Match Summary - Al Ittihad 1–1 Al Jazira" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Match Summary - Al Jazira 2–2 Esteghlal" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2012.
  6. [6]
    Paul Oberjuerge (22 January 2014). "Oliveira has made a name for himself in Arabian Gulf League". The National. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Asian Cup 2015: UAE complete shock win over Japan to reach semi-final after penalty shootout dramatics". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 January 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Australia out of Asian Cup as UAE pounce on Milos Degenek error". The Guardian. 25 January 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Ali Mabkhout: words cannot tell you how happy or how proud I am". The National. 11 October 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajeri - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  11. [11]
    "UAE Asian Cup talking points: Mabkhout's role, midfield balance and offensive options". The National News. 28 January 2024.
  12. [12]
    Ali Mabkhout at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  13. [13]
    "Ali Mabkhout". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  14. [14]
    "AC2015 DREAM TEAM". AFC Asian Cup official twitter. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  15. [15]
    "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ali_Mabkhout, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.