Ali Mabkhout
Full nameAli Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Imran Al Hajeri[1]
Birth date5 October 1990 (age 36)[2]
Birth placeAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[1]
Height1.80 m[3]
PositionForward
CurrentclubAl-Nasr
Clubnumber7
Youthyears 12004–2008
Youthclubs 1Al Jazira
Years 12008–2024
Clubs 1Al Jazira
Caps 1300
Goals 1218
Years 22024–
Clubs 2Al-Nasr
Caps 220
Goals 210
Nationalyears 12008–2009
Nationalteam 1United Arab Emirates U20
Nationalcaps 110
Nationalgoals 16
Nationalyears 22012
Nationalteam 2United Arab Emirates U23
Nationalcaps 216
Nationalgoals 29
Nationalyears 32009–2024
Nationalteam 3United Arab Emirates
Nationalcaps 3114
Nationalgoals 385
Pcupdate4 April 2025

Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Imran Al Hajeri (Arabic: عَلِيّ أَحْمَد مَبْخُوت مُحْسِن عِمْرَان الْهَاجِرِيّ; born 5 October 1990) is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Pro League club Al-Nasr.

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.[4] On 19 May 2009, he scored his first Asian Champions League goal in the 49th minute against Esteghlal in a 2–2 draw.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

During the 2019 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals hosted by the United Arab Emirates, Mabkhout netted the only goal in a 1–0 victory over defending champions Australia, which qualified his country to the semi-finals.[8]

On 10 October 2019, Mabkhout scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in a 5–0 win to become UAE's all-time leading goalscorer.[9][a]

Mabkhout was called up for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar, yet he surprisingly was not able to feature in any match during the competition under coach Paulo Bento.[10]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueUAE President's CupUAE League CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al Jazira2008–09[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League4200003[b]1–73
2009–10[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League16383006[b]0–306
2010–11[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League8264005[b]1–197
2011–12[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League12342302[b]0–215
2012–13[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League241120215[b]1–3313
2013–14[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League19700218[b]3–2911
2014–15[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League241610001[b]1–2617
2015–16[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League232345005[b]2–3230
2016–17[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League253321104[b]11[c]03335
2017–18[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League161341217[b]55[d]13421
2018–19[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League19201000––2020
2019–20[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League19132140––2514
2020–21[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League26251000––2725
2021–22[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League201000105[b]12[e]02811
2022–23[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League25272152––3230
2023–24[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League20101041––2511
Total3002185618246511681439259
Al-Nasr2024–25[11][citation needed]UAE Pro League20101042–7[f]63218
Career total32022857182885116157461277
  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.[12]
  2. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in UAE Super Cup
  4. ^ One appearance in UAE Super Cup, four appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  6. ^ Four appearances and four goals in AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League, one appearance and two goals in Emirati-Qatari Super Cup

International

See also: List of international goals scored by Ali Mabkhout

[12][13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United Arab Emirates200911
201011
201100
201265
20131111
2014155
20151413
201683
201796
201862
20191519
202025
20211614
202251
202354
Total11485

Honours

Al Jazira

United Arab Emirates U23

United Arab Emirates

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^
  2. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Al Jazira". FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 1. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Ali Mabkhout". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Match Summary - Al Ittihad 1–1 Al Jazira". The AFC. Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ "Match Summary - Al Jazira 2–2 Esteghlal". The AFC. Archived 7 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ Paul Oberjuerge (22 January 2014). "Oliveira has made a name for himself in Arabian Gulf League". The National. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Asian Cup 2015: UAE complete shock win over Japan to reach semi-final after penalty shootout dramatics". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Australia out of Asian Cup as UAE pounce on Milos Degenek error". The Guardian. 25 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Ali Mabkhout: words cannot tell you how happy or how proud I am". The National. 11 October 2019.
  10. ^ "UAE Asian Cup talking points: Mabkhout's role, midfield balance and offensive options". The National News. 28 January 2024.
  11. ^
  12. ^ "Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajeri - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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  14. ^ "AC2015 DREAM TEAM". AFC Asian Cup official twitter. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  15. ^ "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.