Zuhair Bakheet

Zuhair Bakheet

Personal information
Full name	Zuhair Saeed Bakheet-Bilal
Date of birth	(1967-07-13) 13 July 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–2004	Al Wasl
International career
1988–2002	United Arab Emirates	112	(27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Arabic name, the surname is Bakheet-Bilal.

Zuhair Saeed Bakheet-Bilal^[1] (Arabic: زهير بخيت, also spelled as Bakhit;^[2][3] born 13 July 1967) is a retired Emirati footballer who played as a striker for the United Arab Emirates national football team and Al Wasl in Dubai. He started playing for the national team in 1988 and retired from international football in 2001. He played in 5 Arabian Gulf Cup, 3 AFC Asian Cup of nations, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

Personal life

Bakheet is the older brother of the UAE's football legend Mohammad Omar.^[4]

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

References

1. FIFA Player Statistics: ZUHAIR BAKHEET. FIFA.com. Retrieved on 8 March 2011. ^{[dead link]}
2. "Zuhair Bakhit Bilal". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
3. Zuhair Bakhit Bilal – Century of International Appearances Archived 8 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Rsssf.com (15 August 2005). Retrieved on 8 March 2011.
4. 🖉"Omar finds fulfillment after football". gulfnews.com. 21 June 2016.