Abdulwasea Al-Matari

Abdulwasea Al-Matari
عبد الواسع المطري
Personal information
Full name Abdulwasea Al-Matari
Date of birth (1994-07-04) 4 July 1994[1]
Place of birth Sana'a, Yemen
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sitra
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Al Yarmuk Al Rawda
2015–2018 Al-Orouba (9)
2018–2019 Dibba Al-Hisn 18 (4)
2019–2020 Al-Nahda
2020–2021 Al-Nasr
2021-2022 Al-Ittihad 20 (3)
2023– Sitra
International career‡
2013– Yemen 72 (14)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 December 2018
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 November 2025 [2]

Abdulwasea Al-Matari (Arabic: عبد الواسع المطري; born 4 July 1994) is a Yemeni football midfielder who plays for Bahraini Premier League club Sitra and captains the Yemen national team.

International career

Al-Matari made his international debut in 2013 in a 2–0 defeat to Bahrain in the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers.[3]

His first international goal came against Pakistan in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, a match which Yemen won 3–1.[4]

On 12 October 2023, Al Matari scored his 10th international goal against Sri Lanka, scoring a free kick in the dying minute of the match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

International goals

Scores and results list Yemen's goal tally first.[5]
List of international goals scored by Abdulwasea Al-Matari
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1.13 March 2015Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Pakistan1–03–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.7 June 2016 Maldives1–02–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3.5 September 2017Panaad Park and Stadium, Bacolod, Philippines Philippines2–12–22019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4.27 March 2018Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar   Nepal1–02–1
5.2–1
6.8 August 2019Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq Lebanon2019 WAFF Championship
7.11 August 2019 Iraq1–21–2
8.5 September 2019National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Singapore1–12–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.9 January 2023Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq Oman2–32023 Arabian Gulf Cup
10.12 October 2023Damac Club Stadium, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka3–03–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.17 October 2023Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka1–01–1
12.9 October 2025Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Brunei2–02027 AFC Asian Cup qualification
13.26 November 2025Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Comoros3–14–4
(2–4 p)		2025 FIFA Arab Cup qualification
14.4–2

References

  1. ↑ Abdulwasea Al-Matari – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ↑ "Abdulwasea Al Matari Statistics". Yemen-team.com. 13 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Bahrain v Yemen Match Report". AFC. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "World's worst team Bhutan kick off 2018 World Cup qualifying with victory". The Guardian. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Al-Matari, Abdulwasea". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
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