Bandar Al-Ahbabi
Bandar Mohammed Saleh Al-Ahbabi (Arabic:بندر محمد صالح الأحبابي) (born 9 July 1990), is an Emirati professional association footballer who plays for Al Ain.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bandar Mohammed Saleh Al-Ahbabi | ||
Date of birth | 9 July 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al Ain | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Al Ain | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | Al Ain | 11 | (0) |
2012–2014 | → Al-Dhafra (loan) | 41 | (6) |
2014–2016 | Baniyas | 45 | (4) |
2016– | Al Ain | 57 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | United Arab Emirates | 15 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 August 2019 |
Early life
Bandar Mohammed Saleh Al Ahbabi was born on 9 July 1990 in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi. He began playing football when he was ten years old in school where he was coached by his physical education teacher Ismail who helped him to enrolled to the Al Ain club's youth academy. His future as a professional player was gone to end, at age 12, when his father get him out of the academy because of its influences on his grade in school. He kept playing in the youth academy without his father knowledge for a year encouraged by his mother.[1]
International career
On 23 February 2014, Al Ahbabi was called up the first time to the UAE senior team for a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Uzbekistan.[2][3] He was left out of the starting line-up.[4] On 11 June 2015 he made his debut with the national team in a 3–0 defeat to South Korea, starting the match and wearing the number 21 jersey.[5][6]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Super Cup | UPC | ACL | Other | Total | ||||||||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
Al Ain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | 26 | 3 | 4 | |||||
2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | 29 | 3 | 4 | |||
Al Dhafra (loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–13 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
2013–14 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | — | 30 | 5 | 13 | |||||||
Total | 41 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | — | — | 56 | 10 | 20 | |||||
Baniyas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–15 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 6 | 6 | |||||
2015–16 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 45 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 64 | 6 | 9 | |||
Al Ain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–17 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | 23 | 0 | 6 | |||||
2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | — | 22 | 0 | 4 | |||||
2018–19 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 1 | |
2019–20 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | 8 | |||||
Total | 57 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 4 | 19 | |
Career total | 154 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 236 | 23 | 52 |
- Notes
- Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
Honours
Club
- Al Ain
- Arabian Gulf League (2): 2011–12, 2017–18
- UAE President's Cup (1): 2017–18
- AFC Champions League Runners-up: 2016
- Arabian Gulf Super Cup Runners-up: 2018
- FIFA Club World Cup Runners-up: 2018
External links
- Bandar Al-Ahbabi on Instagram
- Bandar Al-Ahbabi on Twitter
- Bandar Al-Ahbabi at Soccerway
References
- "الأحبابي: أمضيت عاماً ألعب للعين دون علم والدي". Emarat Al Youm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- "Eisa Ahmed among new faces emerging for UAE national team". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- "Chance for Mahdi Ali 'to experiment a few things' with UAE football". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- "Uzbekistan – UAE". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- "South Korea – UAE" friendly match". Dubai Sports. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- "UAE given a reality check ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifiers". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- "Bandar Career Stats". AGLeague.ae. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- "Career Stats". SoccerWay.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- "AL AIN DUO AND ITTIHAD KALBA KEEPER WIN OCTOBER AWARDS". AGLeague. Retrieved 6 November 2019.