Ali Mabkhout

Ali Mabkhout
	Mabkhout at 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name	Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omaran Alhajeri
Date of birth	5 October 1990
Place of birth	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Al Jazira Club
Number	7
Youth career
2004–2008	Al Jazira
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 January 2021

Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omaran Alhajeri (Arabic: علي أحمد مبخوت محسن عمران الهاجري; born 5 October 1990) is an Emirati professional association football player who plays for Al Jazira. He progressed through Al Jazira's youth team and made his way through to the first team in 2009.

Ali Mabkhout is the brother of the player Sultan Mabkhout.

Club career

Al Jazira

He made his senior and league debut on 17 April 2009 in a 4–1 home win against Al Sharjah Club. His second match was against Al Dhafra on 26 April when he scored his first senior goal for Al Jazira. He started next match against rivals Al Ain in the Dubai derby. He scored his second senior goal in the 90th minute and match ended 2–0 to Al Jazira.

He made his AFC Champions League debut against Al Ittihad on 22 April 2009 after coming on as a late substitute.[2] On 19 May 2009, he scored his first Asian Champions League goal in the 49th minute against Esteghlal in a 2–2 draw.[3]

Mabkhout gained momentum after his first season, receiving a reputation for creating goal scoring opportunities. He formed a prolific partnership with Ricardo Oliveira, who was his teammate from 2009 to 2014. This partnership contributed towards the development of Mabkhout's talents in his formative years.[4]

International career

2012 Summer Olympics

He was part of the UAE Olympic team that qualified for the Olympic Games in London. At the Olympics, he played in 3 games, against Uruguay, Great Britain and Senegal.

Senior

Mabkhout made his senior national team debut on 16 October 2012 at Za'abeel Stadium in Dubai against Gulf Rival Bahrain in a friendly match, Ali Mabkhout has scored his first ever hat-trick and led UAE to a 6–2 win.

21st Arabian Gulf Cup

Ali Mabkhout played in his first major senior international tournament at the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup in 2013. He was selected by UAE international team coach Mahdi Ali. In the group stage, against Qatar he scored in the 28th minte, in a match which ended 3–1 to UAE. He also scoredic goal against Bahrain in the second group match. After qualifying from their group, UAE faced Kuwait in the semifinal, winning 1–0, before beating Iraq 2–1 in the final. This trophy was his first as a first team player.

2015 AFC Asian Cup

Mabkhout was named in UAE's 23-man squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. He started the opening match of the tournament against Qatar and scored twice in 4–1 win. In the following match against Bahrain, Mabkhout scored the fastest goal ever scored in AFC Asian Cup history in the fourteenth second. UAE won the match 2–1 and qualified to the knockout stage. In the quarter-final, 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 Emiratis defeated the defending champions 5–4 in a penalty shootout.[5] He also scored the winning goal in UAE's 3–2 win over Iraq in third-place match. He then won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top goalscorer with 5 goals.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

On 10 October 2019, Mabkhout scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in a 5–0 win, to become UAE's all-time leading goalscorer.[6][lower-alpha 1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 March 2020.

Club	Season	League				Cup²			Asia¹			Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Al-Jazira	2009–10	UAE Pro League	16	3	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	23	6	0
	2010–11		8	2	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	14	6	0
	2011–12		12	3	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	18	4	0
	2012–13		24	11	0	2	1	0	4	1	0	30	13	0
	2013–14		19	7	1	0	0	0	8	3	0	27	10	1
	2014–15		24	16	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	25	17	4
	2015–16		23	23	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	29	25	1
	2016–17		25	33	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	30	35	0
	2017–18		16	13	0	3	1	0	7	5	0	23	15	0
	2018–19		19	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	20	0
	2019–20		19	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	19	13	0
	Total		205	144	6	23	9	0	33	11	0	258	164	6
Career Totals			205	144	6	23	9	0	33	11	0	258	164	6

¹ Continental competitions include the AFC Champions League
² Other tournaments include the UAE President Cup and Etisalat Emirates Cup,

International matches

As of 12 January 2021.[7]

United Arab Emirates
Year	Apps	Goals
2009	1	0
2010	1	0
2012	6	5
2013	11	10
2014	14	5
2015	14	13
2016	8	3
2017	9	6
2018	6	2
2019	13	19
2020	2	2
2021	1	0
Total	86	65

International goals

Scores and results list United Arab Emirates's goal tally first.[8][7]

Honours

Club

Al Jazira

UAE Pro-League:

Winners: 2010–11, 2016–17

Etisalat Emirates Cup:

Winners: 2010

UAE President's Cup:

Winners: 2011, 2012

International

UAE

GCC U-23 Championship: 1

2010

Asian Games Silver Medal: 1

2010 London 2012 UAE football game

Arabian Gulf Cup: First place: 1

2013

AFC Asian Cup Third place: 1

2015

Individual

Arabian Gulf Cup top scorer: 2014, 2019
AFC Asian Cup top scorer: 2015
AFC Asian Cup Dream Team: 2015 top start cup Asia 2015 go top goal

Notes

Mabkhout's three goals against Sri Lanka on 31 August 2019 were initially considered in an unofficial friendly; hence, he become UAE's all-time leading goalscorer when he scored two goals against Malaysia on 10 September 2019.[7]

References

Ali Mabkhout at national-football-teams.com
"Match Summary - Al Ittihad 1–1 Al Jazira" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2012.
"Match Summary - Al Jazira 2–2 Esteghlal" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2012.
Paul Oberjuerge (22 January 2014). "Oliveira has made a name for himself in Arabian Gulf League". The National. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
"Asian Cup 2015: UAE complete shock win over Japan to reach semi-final after penalty shootout dramatics". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 January 2015.
"Ali Mabkhout: words cannot tell you how happy or how proud I am". The National. 11 October 2019.
"Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajeri - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
"Al-Hajeri, Ali Mabkhout". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

External links

Ali Mabkhout – FIFA competition record
Ali Mabkhout – AFC competition record
Ali Ahmed Mabkhout at Soccerway
Ali Mabkhout at Goalzz.com (available in Arabic at Kooora.com)

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[8] Mabkhout's three goals against Sri Lanka on 31 August 2019 were initially considered in an unofficial friendly; hence, he become UAE's all-time leading goalscorer when he scored two goals against Malaysia on 10 September 2019.[7]

[1] Ali Mabkhout at national-football-teams.com

[2] "Match Summary - Al Ittihad 1–1 Al Jazira" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2012.

[3] "Match Summary - Al Jazira 2–2 Esteghlal" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2012.

[4] Paul Oberjuerge (22 January 2014). "Oliveira has made a name for himself in Arabian Gulf League". The National. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

[5] "Asian Cup 2015: UAE complete shock win over Japan to reach semi-final after penalty shootout dramatics". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 January 2015.

[6] "Ali Mabkhout: words cannot tell you how happy or how proud I am". The National. 11 October 2019.

[rsssf-7] "Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajeri - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

[NFT-9] "Al-Hajeri, Ali Mabkhout". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 August 2017.