Ali Mabkhout

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

Ali Mabkhout
Mabkhout with the United Arab Emirates in 2021
Personal information
Full name Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Al Hajeri[1]
Date of birth (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990[2]
Place of birth Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker, winger
Team information
Current team
 Al Jazira
Number 7
Youth career
2004–2008 Al Jazira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Al Jazira 283 (211)
International career‡
2008–2009 United Arab Emirates U20 10 (6)
2012 United Arab Emirates U23 16 (9)
2009– United Arab Emirates 111 (88)
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 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2023

Coming through the youth system, Mabkhout made his debut for Al Jazira's first team in 2009.

Club career

Mabkhout made his AFC Champions League debut against Al Ittihad on 22 April 2009, after coming on as a substitute.[4] On 19 May 2009, he scored his first Asian Champions League goal in the 49th minute against Esteghlal in a 2–2 draw.[5]

Mabkhout formed a partnership with Ricardo Oliveira, his teammate from 2009 to 2014; this partnership was said to contribute towards the development of Mabkhout's talents in his formative years.[6]

International career

In the quarter-final of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, 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 UAE defeated the defending champions 5–4 in a penalty shootout.[7]

On 10 October 2019, Mabkhout scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in a 5–0 win to become UAE's all-time leading goalscorer.[8][note 1]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 October 2023[10]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al Jazira 2008–09 UPL 42003179
2009–10 16383603013
2010–11 8264511910
2011–12 1137220208
2012–13 241141513316
2013–14 19721832914
2014–15 241610002620
2015–16 232345523232
2016–17 253341413337
2017–18 161372822622
2018–19 192010741920
2019–20 191361002514
2020–21 262510002725
2021–22 201000512513
2022–23 252773003230
2023–24 43310075
Career total 28321179245416416251
  1. Includes UAE President's Cup(42 games), UAE League Cup(35 games),UAE Super Cup(2 games)
  2. Includes AFC Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup
  • Assist Goals
SeasonTeamAssists
2011–12Al-Jazira3
2012–138
2013–143
2014–158
2015–166
2017–184
2017–183
2018–1912
2019–204
2020–2110
2021–226
2022–236
2023–246

International
See also: List of international goals scored by Ali Mabkhout
As of match played 17 October 2023[9][11]
National teamYearAppsGoals
United Arab Emirates 200911
201011
201265
20131111
2014155
20151413
201683
201796
201862
20191519
202025
20211614
202243
202340
Total11088

Honours

Al Jazira

United Arab Emirates U23

United Arab Emirates

Individual

Notes
  1. Mabkhout's three goals against Sri Lanka on 31 August 2019 were initially considered in an unofficial friendly; hence he become the UAE's all-time leading goalscorer when he scored two goals against Malaysia on 10 September 2019.[9]

References
  1. "Ali Mabkhout". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Al Jazira" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  3. "Ali Mabkhout". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  4. "Match Summary - Al Ittihad 1–1 Al Jazira" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2012.
  5. "Match Summary - Al Jazira 2–2 Esteghlal" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2012.
  6. Paul Oberjuerge (22 January 2014). "Oliveira has made a name for himself in Arabian Gulf League". The National. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. "Asian Cup 2015: UAE complete shock win over Japan to reach semi-final after penalty shootout dramatics". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 January 2015.
  8. "Ali Mabkhout: words cannot tell you how happy or how proud I am". The National. 11 October 2019.
  9. "Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajeri - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  10. Ali Mabkhout at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  11. "Ali Mabkhout". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  12. "AC2015 DREAM TEAM". AFC Asian Cup official twitter. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  13. "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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