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In this Arabic name, the surname is Al-Mahaijri.

Ahmed Kano
Al-Mahaijri playing for Oman in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-23) 23 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Sur, Oman[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Al-Orouba 30 (7)
2004 → Al-Wahda (loan) 11 (0)
2005 → Al-Ain (loan) 7 (0)
2005–2007 Al-Rayyan 44 (1)
2007–2009 Al-Sailiya 44 (4)
2009–2010 Al-Ahli 10 (0)
2010–2011 Al-Fateh 21 (0)
2011 → Dubai (loan) 5 (0)
2011–2012 Al-Nasr 19 (3)
2012–2013 Al-Ettifaq 29 (2)
2013–2014 Fanja 25 (1)
2014–2015 Al-Oruba (6)
2015–2016 Muaither 17 (6)
2016–2017 Al-Markhiya 15 (10)
2017–2019 Mesaimeer 26 (4)
2019–2021 Al-Markhiya 31 (6)
2021–2022 Suwaiq 19 (1)
2022–2023 Al-Orouba 4 (0)
International career‡
2003–2019 Oman 183 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2022

Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri (Arabic: أحمد مبارك أحمد عبيد المحيجري; born 23 February 1985), commonly known as Ahmed Mubarak or Ahmed Kano, is an Omani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

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Kano has previously played for various clubs in GCC countries with clubs like Al-Wehda Club, Al-Ahli SC, Al-Fateh SC and Ettifaq FC of KSA, Al Ain S.C.C. and Dubai C.S.C. of the UAE, Al-Wakra, Al Rayyan Sports Club and Al-Sailiya Sport Club of Qatar and Al Naser Sporting Club of Kuwait. On 5 September 2013, he signed a one-year contract with 2012–13 Oman Elite League runners-up Fanja SC.[2] On 13 July 2014, he signed a one-year contract with his first professional club Al-Oruba SC.[3]

International career

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Kano was a part of the first team squad of the Oman national football team. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2003, along with Ahmed Hadid, Badar Al-Maimani and Ali Al-Habsi.

Arabian Gulf Cup

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Kano has made appearances in the 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, and the 2017 editions of the Arabian Gulf Cup. In the 2003 edition of the tournament, he scored one goal in an important 2−0 win against the United Arab Emirates. In the 2014 edition, he scored one goal in a close 1−1 draw against Iraq. And in the 2017 edition, he managed to score a critical penalty kick in a difficult 1−0 win against the hosts Kuwait.[4]

Kano won the most valuable player award of the 2017 Gulf Cup for his role in the success of the Omani team tournament campaign.

AFC Asian Cup

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Kano has made appearances in the 2004 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2004 Asian Cup, the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2007 Asian Cup, the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2015 Asian Cup, and the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers.

FIFA World Cup qualification

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Kano has made a total of four appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, six in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and fourteen in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, he scored one goal in a 1−1 draw against Japan.[5] He scored three goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The first one came in the second round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in a 2−0 win over Myanmar,[6] and the other two goals were scored in the fourth round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, one in a 2−1 win over Jordan[7] and another in a 1−2 loss against Japan.[8] Oman entered the last game of group play with a chance to qualify for at least the playoff-round, but a 1−0 loss to Jordan eliminated them from the competition.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental[a] Other[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Oruba 2003–04 Omani League 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
2004–05 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Al Ain (loan) 2004–05 UAE Pro League 7 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1
Al-Rayyan 2005–06 Qatar Stars League 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al-Sailiya 2007–08 Qatar Stars League 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
2008–09 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al-Ahli 2009–10 Saudi Professional League 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Al-Fateh 2010–11 Saudi Professional League 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Al-Nasr 2011–12 Kuwaiti Premier League 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Al-Ettifaq 2012–13 Saudi Professional League 23 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 28 1
2013–14 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 11 2
Total 29 2 2 0 8 1 0 0 39 3
Fanja 2013–14 Oman Professional League 28 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1
Al-Oruba 2014–15 Oman Professional League 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Suwaiq 2021–22 Oman Professional League 19 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 22 3
Al-Oruba 2022–23 Oman Professional League 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
Career total 0 25 0 3 22 2 0 3 0 33
  1. ^ Includes AFC Champions League and AFC Cup
  2. ^ Includes GCC Champions League and Sheikh Jassim Cup

International

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As of match played 2 December 2019[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Oman 2003 6 1
2004 17 3
2005 0 0
2006 6 0
2007 14 1
2008 14 1
2009 12 0
2010 10 0
2011 11 3
2012 8 2
2013 13 0
2014 13 2
2015 14 2
2016 5 1
2017 9 4
2018 12 0
2019 16 3
Total 180 23
Scores and results list Oman's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kano goal.[10]
List of international goals scored by Ahmed Kano
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 31 December 2003 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Adiliya, Kuwait City, Kuwait  United Arab Emirates 1–0 2–0 16th Arabian Gulf Cup
2 31 March 2004 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, India  India 2–1 5–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 3–1
4 1 December 2004 Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain  Latvia 1–0 3–2 Friendly
5 28 June 2007 Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre, Singapore, Singapore  North Korea 1–2 2–2 Friendly
6 7 June 2008 Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman  Japan 1–0 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 29 March 2011 Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman  Tunisia 1–0 2–1 Friendly
8 2–1
9 28 July 2011 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar  Myanmar 2–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 16 October 2012 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman  Jordan 1–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 14 November 2012 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman  Japan 1–1 1–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 27 May 2014 Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan  Uzbekistan 1–0 1–0 Friendly
13 17 November 2014 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Iraq 1–1 1–1 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup
14 2 October 2015 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman  Syria 2–0 2–1 Friendly
15 13 October 2015 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman  India 1–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
16 24 March 2016 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman  Guam 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
17 28 March 2017 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman  Bhutan 2–0 14–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
18 13 June 2017 Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine  Palestine 1–2 1–2 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
19 10 October 2017 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Maldives 3–1 3–1 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
20 25 December 2017 Jaber International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait  Kuwait 1–0 1–0 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup
21[a] 2 January 2019 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Thailand 1–0 2–0 Friendly
22 17 January 2019 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Turkmenistan 1–0 3–1 2019 AFC Asian Cup
23 20 March 2019 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Afghanistan 1–0 5–0 2019 Airmarine Cup
24 28 August 2019 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman  Yemen 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Notes:

  1. ^ This goal is not recognized by FIFA, as the match this goal was scored is not recognized by FIFA.

Honours

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Al-Oruba

Al-Ain

Al-Rayyan

Al-Sailiya

  • Sheikh Jassem Cup runner-up: 2007

Al-Ahli

Al-Ettifaq

  • Saudi Crown Prince Cup runner-up: 2012

Fanja

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Ahmed Kano". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ^ "فنجاء يتعاقد مع أحمد مبارك كانو نجم المنتخب العماني". Koora.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ^ "العروبة يتعاقد مع كانو وسعد سهيل وهاشم صالح الي نادي صلالة". Lo3btna.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Kuwait vs Oman 0-1". soccerway.com. 25 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Oman vs Japan 1-1". soccerway.com. 7 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Myanmar vs Oman 0-2". soccerway.com. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Oman vs Jordan 2-1 Match Report". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Oman vs Japan 1-2 Match Report". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012.
  9. ^ "Jordan vs Oman 1-0 Match Report". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013.
  10. ^ a b Mamrud, Roberto (9 June 2021). "Ahmed Mubarak Obaid Al-Mahaijri - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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