Bandar Al-Ahbabi

Bandar Al-Ahbabi
Al-Ahbabi with the United Arab Emirates in 2021
Personal information
Full name Bandar Mohammed Saeed Saleh Al-Ahbabi[1]
Date of birth (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990
Place of birth Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 United FC (Dubai)
Youth career
Al Ain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Al Ain 11 (0)
2012–2014 → Al-Dhafra (loan) 41 (6)
2014–2016 Baniyas 45 (4)
2016–2025 Al Ain 157 (11)
2026- United FC (Dubai) 0 (0)
International career‡
2015–2023 United Arab Emirates 44 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 March 2021

Bandar Mohammed Al-Ahbabi (Arabic: بندر محمد سعيد صالح الأحبابي; born 9 July 1990) is an Emirati professional association footballer who plays for United FC in the UAE Pro League.

Al-Ahbabi in 2019

Academic career

Bandar began playing football when he was ten years old, where his physical education teacher Ismail helped him enroll for Al Ain FC's youth academy. His future as a professional player was about to end at age 12, when his father withdrew him from the academy because of its influences on his grades. Despite this, his mother persuaded him to play again.[3]

International career

On 23 February 2014, Al Ahbabi was called up the first time to the UAE senior team for a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Uzbekistan.[4][5] He was left out of the starting line-up.[6] On 11 June 2015, he made his debut with the national team in a 3–0 defeat to South Korea, starting the match and wearing the number 21 jersey.[7][8]

Career statistic

Club

As of 28 September 2023[9][10]
Club Season League League Cup Super Cup UPC ACL Other Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Al Ain
2009–10 000100000000000—100
2010–11 11011032—000501—2634
2011–12 000200—000000—200
Total 11011332000000501—2934
Al Dhafra (loan)
2012–13 2034523—100——2657
2013–14 2145625—303——30613
Total 41791148000403——561120
Baniyas
2014–15 2143622—201000—2966
2015–16 2202500—301——3003
2016–17 200300————500
Total 45451422000502000—6469
Al Ain
2016–17 1505100—200501—2306
2017–18 1301202—000701—2204
2018–19 21100001000006016[a]103421
2019–20 17312301—200700—29313
2020–21 2014000—100100—2214
2021–22 2105502—100——2707
2022–23 2336202100300—0002938
2023–24 301100000000101000502
Total 13383414072009002704610188945
Career total 230194852921200180532056103372978
Notes
  1. ↑ Four Appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup, two appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

International goals

Scores and results list the United Arab Emirates' goal tally first.[11]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 March 2019Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia1–12–1Friendly
2.30 August 2019Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Dominican Republic4–04–0Friendly

Honours

Al Ain

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bandar Al-Ahbabi". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "الأحبابي: أمضيت عاماً ألعب للعين دون علم والدي". Emarat Al Youm. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Eisa Ahmed among new faces emerging for UAE national team". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Chance for Mahdi Ali 'to experiment a few things' with UAE football". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Uzbekistan – UAE". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "South Korea – UAE" friendly match". Dubai Sports. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "UAE given a reality check ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifiers". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Bandar Career Stats". AGLeague.ae. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Career Stats". SoccerWay.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Bandar Al-Ahbabi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "AL AIN DUO AND ITTIHAD KALBA KEEPER WIN OCTOBER AWARDS". AGLeague. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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