Ismail Ahmed (footballer, born 1983)

Mohamed Ismail Ahmed Ismail (Arabic: محمد اسماعيل أحمد اسماعيل; born 7 July 1983), known as Ismail Ahmed (his patronymic), is an Emirati footballer who plays for United Arab Emirates national football team as a Defender. He is of Moroccan descent, but was naturalized as an Emirati citizen. He played 3 matches at 2010 AFC Champions League.[1][2][3] As of 2010 season, he wore no.5 shirt.

Ismail Ahmed
Personal information
Full name Ismail Ahmed Ismail
Date of birth (1983-07-07) 7 July 1983
Place of birth Temara, Morocco
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2005–2008 FUS de Rabat
2008–2009 Al Ain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2021 Al Ain 192 (21)
National team‡
2012–2019 United Arab Emirates 48 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2019

In 2008, he joined the UAE side from FUS de Rabat.

Personal life

Ismail Ahmed himself was born in Temara, Morocco, but moved to Yemen and Bahrain as a teenager to venture for his football passion. He was courted to play for Bahrain, but rejected the offer to return to Morocco in order to play for the Atlas Lions and big Moroccan clubs like Raja Casablanca so he could head to Europe, but fractured with an injury and languished behind the likes of new talents like Nordin Amrabat, Ayoub El Kaabi and Achraf Bencharki. He soon accepted the offer to join Al-Ain where he was granted citizenship and had to change his name in order to play for the UAE.[4]

Honours

Club
Al Ain

International
UAE

Individual

References
  1. "Official Home of Asian Football". The-afc.com. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  2. "Official Home of Asian Football". The-afc.com. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  3. "Official Home of Asian Football". The-afc.com. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  4. "From Morocco to UAE: Ismail Ahmed's unsual [sic] journey to the Asian Cup".
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