Ali Mabkhout

Ali Mabkhout

Mabkhout with the United Arab Emirates in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Al Hajeri
Date of birth	(1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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	227	(165)
National team^‡
2008–2009	United Arab Emirates U20	10	(0)
2012	United Arab Emirates U23	16	(4)
2009–	United Arab Emirates	100	(79)
Honours Representing  United Arab Emirates Men's Football AFC Asian Cup 2015 Australia Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Gulf Cup Winner 2013 Bahrain Runner-up 2018 Kuwait 2014 Saudi Arabia GCC U-23 Championship Winner 2010 Qatar
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 March 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 December 2021

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

He used to play in the youth system, and played his first game out of the youth system for Al Jazira in 2009.

Club career

Mabkhout played in the AFC Champions League for the first time against Al Ittihad on 22 April 2009, after coming on as a substitute.^[1] On 19 May 2009, he scored his first Asian Champions League goal in the 49th minute against Esteghlal. The game ended in a 2–2 draw.^[2]

International career

In the 2015 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals, Mabkhout scored the first goal against Japan to make it 1–0 and it was played at Stadium Australia in Sydney. He also scored in the penalty shootout against Japan. UAE ended up winning 5–4 in penalties.^[3]

On 10 October 2019, Mabkhout scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in a 5–0 win. He then became the highest goalscorer on the national team.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 March 2021^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Continental[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al Jazira	2009–10	UAE Pro League	16	3	6	2	1	1	23	6
	2010–11	UAE Pro League	8	2	6	4	0	0	14	6
	2011–12	UAE Pro League	12	3	3	0	3	1	18	4
	2012–13	UAE Pro League	24	11	2	1	4	1	30	13
	2013–14	UAE Pro League	19	7	0	0	8	3	27	10
	2014–15	UAE Pro League	24	16	0	0	1	1	25	17
	2015–16	UAE Pro League	23	23	1	0	5	2	29	25
	2016–17	UAE Pro League	25	33	1	0	4	1	30	34
	2017–18	UAE Pro League	16	13	3	1	7	5	26	19
	2018–19	UAE Pro League	19	20	0	0	0	0	19	20
	2019–20	UAE Pro League	19	13	1	1	0	0	20	14
	2020–21	UAE Pro League	22	21	0	0	0	0	22	21
Career total			227	165	23	9	33	11	283	185

1. Includes UAE President's Cup, UAE League Cup
2. Includes AFC Champions League

International

See also: List of international goals scored by Ali Mabkhout

As of match played 3 December 2021^[6][7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
United Arab Emirates	2009	1	0
	2010	1	0
	2012	6	5
	2013	11	10
	2014	14	5
	2015	13	13
	2016	8	3
	2017	9	6
	2018	6	2
	2019	14	19
	2020	2	2
	2021	15	14
Total		100	79

Honours

Al Jazira

• UAE Pro League: 2010–11, 2016–17, 2020–21
• UAE President's Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12
• Etisalat Emirates Cup: 2009–10

United Arab Emirates U23

• GCC U-23 Championship: 2010
• Asian Games silver medal: 2010

United Arab Emirates

• Arabian Gulf Cup: 2013
• AFC Asian Cup third place: 2015

Individual

• UAE Pro League top scorer: 2016–17, 2020–21
• Arabian Gulf Cup top scorer: 2014, 2019
• AFC Asian Cup top scorer: 2015
• AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2015,^[8] 2019^[9]

References

1. "Match Summary - Al Ittihad 1–1 Al Jazira" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2012.
2. "Match Summary - Al Jazira 2–2 Esteghlal" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2012.
3. "Asian Cup 2015: UAE complete shock win over Japan to reach semi-final after penalty shootout dramatics". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 January 2015.
4. "Ali Mabkhout: words cannot tell you how happy or how proud I am". The National. 11 October 2019.
5. Ali Mabkhout at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
6. "Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajeri - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
7. Ali Mabkhout at National-Football-Teams.com
8. "AC2015 DREAM TEAM". AFC Asian Cup official twitter. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
9. "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

Other websites

• Ali Mabkhout – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Ali Mabkhout at Soccerway