Bandar Al-Ahbabi

Bandar Mohammed Saleh Al-Ahbabi (Arabic:بندر محمد صالح الأحبابي) (born 9 July 1990 in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi) is an Emirati professional association footballer who plays for Al Ain.

Bandar Al-Ahbabi
Al-Ahbabi with the United Arab Emirates in 2021
Personal information
Full name Bandar Mohammed Saleh Al-Ahbabi
Date of birth (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990
Place of birth Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger / Right-back
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 94 (5)
National team‡
2015– United Arab Emirates 33 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2021

Academic career

Bandar Al Ahbabi began playing association football when he was ten years old in school where he was coached by his physical education teacher Ismail who helped him enroll for Al Ain club's youth academy. His future as a professional player was going to end, at age 12, when his father withdrew him from the academy because of its influences on his grades 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 statistic

Club
As of 25 February 2022[7][8]
Club Season League League Cup Super Cup UPC ACL Other Total
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 000100000000000—100
2010–11 11011032—000501—2634
2011–12 000200—000000—200
Total 11011332000000501—2934
Al Dhafra (loan)
2012–13 2034523—100——2657
2013–14 2145625—303——30613
Total 41791148000403——561120
Baniyas
2014–15 2143622—201000—2966
2015–16 2202500—301——3003
2016–17 200300————500
Total 45451422000502000—6469
Al Ain
2016–17 1505100—200501—2306
2017–18 1301202—000701—2204
2018–19 21100001000006016[lower-alpha 1]103421
2019–20 17312301—200700—29313
2020–21 2014000—100100—2214
2021–22 1403200—100——1703
Total 1005258031006002603610147631
Career total 197164046915100150531046102962664
Notes
  1. Four Appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup, two appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

Honours

Club
Al Ain

Individual

References
  1. "الأحبابي: أمضيت عاماً ألعب للعين دون علم والدي". Emarat Al Youm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. "Eisa Ahmed among new faces emerging for UAE national team". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. "Chance for Mahdi Ali 'to experiment a few things' with UAE football". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. "Uzbekistan – UAE". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. "South Korea – UAE" friendly match". Dubai Sports. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. "UAE given a reality check ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifiers". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. "Bandar Career Stats". AGLeague.ae. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  8. "Career Stats". SoccerWay.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  9. "AL AIN DUO AND ITTIHAD KALBA KEEPER WIN OCTOBER AWARDS". AGLeague. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  10. "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.


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