Ali Mabkhout

Ali Mabkhout
Mabkhout with the United Arab Emirates in 2021
Personal information
Full name Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Imran Al Hajeri[1]
Date of birth (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990[2]
Place of birth Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position Forward
Youth career
2004–2008 Al Jazira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2024 Al Jazira 300 (218)
2024–2026 Al-Nasr 20 (10)
International career
2008–2009 United Arab Emirates U20 10 (6)
2012 United Arab Emirates U23 16 (9)
2009–2024 United Arab Emirates 115 (85)
Medal record
Representing  United Arab Emirates
Men's Football
AFC Asian Cup
Third place2015 Australia
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2010 Guangzhou
Gulf Cup
Winner2013 Bahrain
Runner-up2018 Kuwait
Third place2014 Saudi Arabia
GCC U-23 Championship
Winner2010 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 April 2025

Ali Ahmed Mabkhout (Arabic: عَلِيّ أَحْمَد مَبْخُوت مُحْسِن عِمْرَان الْهَاجِرِيّ; born 5 October 1990) is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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][note 1]

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.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 April 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League UAE President's Cup UAE League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al Jazira 2008–09[12] UAE Pro League 4200003[a]1–73
2009–10[12] UAE Pro League 16383006[a]0–306
2010–11[12] UAE Pro League 8264005[a]1–197
2011–12[12] UAE Pro League 12342302[a]0–215
2012–13[12] UAE Pro League 241120215[a]1–3313
2013–14[12] UAE Pro League 19700218[a]3–2911
2014–15[12] UAE Pro League 241610001[a]1–2617
2015–16[12] UAE Pro League 232345005[a]2–3230
2016–17[12] UAE Pro League 253321104[a]11[b]03335
2017–18[12] UAE Pro League 161341217[a]55[c]13421
2018–19[12] UAE Pro League 19201000––2020
2019–20[12] UAE Pro League 19132140––2514
2020–21[12] UAE Pro League 26251000––2725
2021–22[12] UAE Pro League 201000105[a]12[d]02811
2022–23[12] UAE Pro League 25272152––3230
2023–24[12] UAE Pro League 20101041––2511
Total 3002185618246511681439259
Al-Nasr 2024–25[12] UAE Pro League 20101042–7[e]63218
Career total 32022857182885116157461277
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Appearances in AFC Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance in UAE Super Cup
  3. ↑ One appearance in UAE Super Cup, four appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. ↑ Four appearances and four goals in AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League, one appearance and two goals in Emirati-Qatari Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[10][13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
United Arab Emirates 200911
201011
201100
201265
20131111
2014155
20151413
201683
201796
201862
20191519
202025
20211614
202251
202354
202410
Total11585

Honours

Al Jazira

United Arab Emirates U23

United Arab Emirates

Individual

See also

Notes

  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.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ali Mabkhout". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Al Jazira" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ali Mabkhout". UAE Pro League. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Match Summary - Al Ittihad 1–1 Al Jazira" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Match Summary - Al Jazira 2–2 Esteghlal" (PDF). The AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2012.
  6. ↑ Paul Oberjuerge (22 January 2014). "Oliveira has made a name for himself in Arabian Gulf League". The National. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Australia out of Asian Cup as UAE pounce on Milos Degenek error". The Guardian. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ali Mabkhout: words cannot tell you how happy or how proud I am". The National. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original on 15 November 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajeri - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "UAE Asian Cup talking points: Mabkhout's role, midfield balance and offensive options". The National News. 28 January 2024. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ali Mabkhout at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Ali Mabkhout". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "AC2015 DREAM TEAM". AFC Asian Cup official twitter. 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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