Abdoh Otaif

Abdoh Ibrahim Otaif (born April 2, 1984, in Saudi Arabia) is a former football player who played for Al-Shabab in Riyadh and Saudi Arabia national team. In 2010 he was called up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Singapore and Uzbekistan.

Abdoh Otaif
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-04-02) April 2, 1984
Place of birth Saudi Arabia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Side Midfielder, Second Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2011 Al-Shabab (26)
2011–2012 Ittihad FC 3 (0)
2012–2014 Al-Nassr 26 (3)
2014–2015 Al-Shabab 15 (0)
2019 Al-Anwar
National team‡
2004–2011 Saudi Arabia 58 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2008 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 11, 2008

His beginning with Al-Shabab

Otaif began his career with Al-Shabab during the 2003–2004 season. He was 20 years old at that time, but was able to win the Saudi Premier League with his club that year, even though him and many other Al-Shabab players were very young.

International goals
Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[1]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 January 2008King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Luxembourg1–02–1Friendly
2.14 June 2008National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Singapore3–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.22 June 2008King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan1–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.30 August 2008King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Qatar1–12–1Friendly
5.10 September 2008Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates1–12–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.1 April 2009King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates1–03–22010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Brothers

Otaif is only one of the many Otaif family players in Al-Shabab. Also he has a brother, Ahmed Otaif, who is one year younger than him, and Ali Otaif, both with Abdoh in Al-Shabab's first team. There is also Saqr and Abdullah Otaif, both are in the U-19 Al-Shabab and U-16 Al-Shabab team. All five siblings have gone through the youth teams of Saudi Arabia.

Honours

Club and national team

Runner-up

Winner

Al-Nassr

References
  1. "Otaif, Abdoh". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 May 2017.


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