Ahmed Khalil

Ahmed started his career in the Red Fort at the age of eight,[14] and included in the youth teams until he reached the first team, in the middle of the 2006–07 season under French coach Alan Michel[15] On 13 May 2007, (at 16 years) in 89 min and 3 sec, Ahmed scored his first goal for the club and in the league, in a 4–1 victory over Al Wahda.[14][16]

On 18 March 2010, Ahmad scored his first hat-trick of the season against Al-Nasr SC. The match ended a 4–2 win for Al Ahli.[17] On 30 March 2010, against Al-Hilal in the AFC Champions League, Khalil scored a goal in the 42nd minute, before the end of the first half. The game ended 3–2 to Al-Hilal.[18]

On 24 June 2009 news spread that Khalil will move to the Premier League after what Sulaiman Al-Fahim said that Portsmouth is in need the services of Khalil.[19]

On 26 August 2010, Ahmed start the season with a 2–0 defeat against Al Dhafra in his first match.[20][21] On 2 September 2010, Ahmed scored his first goal in this season in a 4–1 victory over arch rivals Al Wasl.[22] His goalscoring run ended after this match. On 24 September 2010, Ahmed assisted teammate Ahmad Khamis against Al Jazira which ended in a 2–2 draw,[23] He once again assisted teammate Ahmad Khamis to score a goal in a 3–1 win against Dubai on 15 October 2010.[24] After his absence from the scoring for a five games he back to score against Al Sharjah with a free kick on a 2–1 win.[25] In the last match in 2010 he assisted teammate Pinga in a 1–0 win against Baniyas.[26][27] His first goal in 2011 came against Al Jazira with a penalty kick on a 5–1 away loss.[28] He continued his goalscoring in the next fixture against Dubai on a 2–1 away loss.[29] After two games without goalscoring, he scored the tie goal 1–1 against Al Sharjah in a 2–3 away victory.[30]

Ahmed started the season with Al Ahli by beating Kazma 1–0 in the first leg of the GCC Champions League Semi-final.[31]

Starting from summer 2017, Ahmed joined Al Jazira Club on a free transfer deal.[32]

On 4 October 2010, Ahmed played against Japan and scored a last-minute draw goal but the match ended in 2–1 loss, In second match was against Jordan ended 0–0, In his third and final Group match, Ahmed scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win against Vietnam. In the quarter-finals, against Australia with the score at 1–0 for Australia, he won a penalty and turned the match to draw 1–1, again he turn the match to a 2–2 draw in the last minutes, the match went to extra times but ended with a 4–2 win. Ahmed scored six of his side's seven tournament goals, an amazing feat that cemented him as the runner-up for the tournament Golden Boot.

On 11 January 2011, Ahmed played his first official match in international competition in UAE 0–0 draw with North Korea, he tried to help the attack to score but couldn't, and Al Kathiri came on as a substitute for Ahmed in the 77th minute.[33] In his second game against Iraq, his form was too bad and the match ended in a 1–0 loss. On the third and last group stage match UAE were eliminated from the Asian Cup with a 3–0 loss against Iran.[34] Ahmed failed to make an impact in the Asian Cup; his performance was so disappointing and did not score any goal.[35][36][37]

He was included in Mahdi Ali's squad to participate in 2012 Summer Olympics in the country's first appearance. He played his first match against Uruguay; however, the match ended 1–2 in favor of Uruguay. He also played UAE's next matches against Great Britain and Senegal which ended 1–3 and 1–1. UAE finished at the bottom of the group and Khalil failed to score in the tournament.

Khalil was named in United Arab Emirates' final squad for 2015 AFC Asian Cup, held in Australia. He started in UAE's opener match against Qatar and scored two goals at their 4–1 win. He scored the first goal when Qatar was led the game 1–0 and scored the second 20 minutes later. At the end, he was named as man of the match and is the second top scorer of the tournament behind his teammate Ali Mabkhout.

On 3 September 2015, Khalil scored four goals, in a 10–0 defeat of Malaysia in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[38]

As of 17 May 2017.[39][40]

¹Other tournaments include the President Cup and Etisalat Cup, Etisalat Super Cup

As of 29 November 2019[41]

As of 29 January 2019

Scores and results list the United Arab Emirates' goal tally first.[41]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 January 2009	KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	5–0	5–0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	5 January 2010	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai	Malaysia	1–0	1–0
3.	29 May 2010	Sportzentrum Wurgl, Anif	Moldova	3–2	3–2	Friendly
4.	7 September 2010	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Kuwait	1–0	3–0
5.	17 July 2011	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain	Lebanon	1–0	6–2
6.				2–0
7.				5–1
8.	25 August 2011	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain	Qatar	2–0	3–1
9.				3–0
10.	2 September 2011	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain	Kuwait	2–3	2–3	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
—	29 December 2012	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha	Yemen	1–0	3–1	Unofficial friendly
11.	11 January 2013	Khalifa Sports Stadium, Isa Town	Oman	1–0	2–0	21st Arabian Gulf Cup
12.	11 January 2013	Khalifa Sports Stadium, Isa Town	Oman	2–0	2–0	21st Arabian Gulf Cup
13.	15 January 2013	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Kuwait	1–0	1–0
14.	6 February 2013	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi	Vietnam	1–0	2–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
15.	22 March 2013	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Uzbekistan	1–1	2–1
16.	5 September 2013	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	3–3	2013 OSN Cup
17.	9 September 2013	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	New Zealand	1–0	2–0
—	9 October 2013	Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen	Malaysia	1–0	3–1	Unofficial friendly
—				2–0
18.	19 November 2013	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Vietnam	5–0	5–0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
19.	6 November 2014	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar	Lebanon	1–0	3–2	Friendly
20.				2–0
21.				3–1
22.	23 November 2014	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	1–2	2–3	22nd Arabian Gulf Cup
23.				2–2
24.	11 January 2015	Canberra Stadium, Canberra	Qatar	1–1	4–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup
25.				4–1
26.	30 January 2015	Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle	Iraq	1–0	3–2	2015 AFC Asian Cup
27.				2–2
28.	3 September 2015	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Malaysia	3–0	10–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.				5–0
30.				8–0
31.				10–0
32.	8 October 2015	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	1–0	1–2
33.	12 November 2015	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Timor-Leste	3–0	8–0
34.				4–0
35.				6–0
36.				7–0
37.	17 November 2015	Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor	Malaysia	2–0	2–1
38.	18 March 2016	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Bangladesh	2–1	6–1	Friendly
39.	24 March 2016	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Palestine	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
40.	1 September 2016	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	Japan	1–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
41.				2–1
42.	6 October 2016	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Thailand	3–1	3–1
43.	15 November 2016	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Iraq	1–0	2–0
44.	7 June 2017	Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor	Laos	2–0	4–0	Friendly
45.	29 August 2017	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain	Saudi Arabia	2–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
46.	22 March 2018	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok	Slovakia	1–2	1–2	2018 King's Cup
47.	5 January 2019	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Bahrain	1–1	1–1	2019 AFC Asian Cup
48.	21 January 2019	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Kyrgyzstan	3–2	3–2 (a.e.t.)	2019 AFC Asian Cup