Abdulwasea Al-Matari
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdulwasea Al-Matari | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | 63 | (11) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 December 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 June 2024 [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
[edit]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
[edit]- Scores and results list Yemen's goal tally first.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Abdulwasea Al-Matari – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Abdulwasea Al Matari Statistics". Yemen-team.com. 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Bahrain v Yemen Match Report". AFC. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "World's worst team Bhutan kick off 2018 World Cup qualifying with victory". The Guardian. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Al-Matari, Abdulwasea". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
External links
[edit]- Abdulwasea Al-Matari at Soccerway
- Abdulwasea Al-Matari at Yemen-team.com
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Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Yemeni men's footballers
- 21st-century Yemeni sportsmen
- Yemen men's international footballers
- Yemeni expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Yemeni League players
- Oman Professional League players
- UAE First Division League players
- Al Yarmuk Al Rawda players
- Al-Orouba SC players
- Al-Nahda Club (Oman) players
- Dibba Al-Hisn SC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Oman
- Yemeni expatriate sportspeople in Oman
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Yemeni expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- People from Sanaa
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players