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
Place of birth Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Al Jazira
Number 7
Youth career
2004–2008 Al Jazira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Al Jazira 245 (176)
National team‡
2008–2009 United Arab Emirates U20 10 (0)
2012 United Arab Emirates U23 16 (4)
2009– United Arab Emirates 103 (79)
Honours
Representing  United Arab Emirates
Men's Football
AFC Asian Cup
2015 Australia
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou
Gulf Cup
Winner2013 Bahrain
Runner-up2018 Kuwait
2014 Saudi Arabia
GCC U-23 Championship
Winner2010 Qatar
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2022

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.[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 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.[4]

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.[5]

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][note 1]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 18 February 2022[8]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al Jazira 2008–09 UAE Pro League 42003172
2009–10 UAE Pro League 1638360306
2010–11 UAE Pro League 826451197
2011–12 UAE Pro League 1137220205
2012–13 UAE Pro League 241141513313
2013–14 UAE Pro League 19721832911
2014–15 UAE Pro League 241610002617
2015–16 UAE Pro League 232345523230
2016–17 UAE Pro League 253341413335
2017–18 UAE Pro League 161372822619
2018–19 UAE Pro League 192010741920
2019–20 UAE Pro League 191361002514
2020–21 UAE Pro League 262510002725
2021–22 UAE Pro League 1150020135
Career total 24517655195114351209
  1. Includes UAE President's Cup, UAE League Cup
  2. Includes AFC Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup

International
See also: List of international goals scored by Ali Mabkhout
As of match played 24 March 2022[7][9]
National team YearAppsGoals
United Arab Emirates 200910
201010
201265
20131110
2014145
20151413
201683
201796
201862
20191419
202022
20211614
202210
Total10379

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.[7]

Reference
  1. "Ali Mabkhout". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  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.
  7. "Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajeri - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  8. Ali Mabkhout at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  9. "Ali Mabkhout". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. "AC2015 DREAM TEAM". AFC Asian Cup official twitter. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  11. "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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