Ali Mabkhout

Ali Mabkhout
Mabkhout with the United Arab Emirates in 2021
Personal information
Full name Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Al Hajeri
Date of birth (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 36)
Place of birth Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Al Jazira
Number 7
Youth career
2004–2008 Al Jazira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Al Jazira 227 (165)
International career‡
2008–2009 United Arab Emirates U20 10 (0)
2012 United Arab Emirates U23 16 (4)
2009– United Arab Emirates 100 (79)
Medal record
Representing  United Arab Emirates
Men's Football
AFC Asian Cup
Third place2015 Australia
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2010 Guangzhou
Gulf Cup
Winner2013 Bahrain
Runner-up2018 Kuwait
Third place2014 Saudi Arabia
GCC U-23 Championship
Winner2010 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 December 2021

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

He used to play in the youth system, and played his first game out of the youth system for Al Jazira in 2009.

Club career

Mabkhout played in the AFC Champions League for the first time against Al Ittihad on 22 April 2009, after coming on as a substitute. On 19 May 2009, he scored his first Asian Champions League goal in the 49th minute against Esteghlal. The game ended in a 2–2 draw.

International career

In the 2015 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals, Mabkhout scored the first goal against Japan to make it 1–0 and it was played at Stadium Australia in Sydney. He also scored in the penalty shootout against Japan. UAE ended up winning 5–4 in penalties.

On 10 October 2019, Mabkhout scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in a 5–0 win. He then became the highest goalscorer on the national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 March 2021
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al Jazira 2009–10 UAE Pro League 1636211236
2010–11 UAE Pro League 826400146
2011–12 UAE Pro League 1233031184
2012–13 UAE Pro League 241121413013
2013–14 UAE Pro League 19700832710
2014–15 UAE Pro League 241600112517
2015–16 UAE Pro League 232310522925
2016–17 UAE Pro League 253310413034
2017–18 UAE Pro League 161331752619
2018–19 UAE Pro League 192000001920
2019–20 UAE Pro League 191311002014
2020–21 UAE Pro League 222100002221
Career total 2271652393311283185

International

As of match played 3 December 2021
National team YearAppsGoals
United Arab Emirates 200910
201010
201265
20131110
2014145
20151313
201683
201796
201862
20191419
202022
20211514
Total10079

Honours

Al Jazira

United Arab Emirates U23

United Arab Emirates

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Match Summary - Al Ittihad 1–1 Al Jazira" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Match Summary - Al Jazira 2–2 Esteghlal" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Asian Cup 2015: UAE complete shock win over Japan to reach semi-final after penalty shootout dramatics". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ali Mabkhout: words cannot tell you how happy or how proud I am". The National. 11 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Ali Mabkhout at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajeri - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  7. ↑ Ali Mabkhout at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ "AC2015 DREAM TEAM". AFC Asian Cup official twitter. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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