Ali Afif
Appearance
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![]() Afif with Qatar at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ali Hassan Afif Yahya[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 January 1988 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Doha, Qatar | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back, midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Umm Salal | |||||||||||||
Number | 20 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Al Markhiya | ||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Al Sadd | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2004–2012 | Al Sadd | 101 | (28) | |||||||||||
2012 | → Lekhwiya (loan) | 4 | (2) | |||||||||||
2012–2023 | Al-Duhail | 161 | (20) | |||||||||||
2023– | Umm Salal | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Qatar U17 | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||
2006–2019 | Qatar | 54 | (8) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024 |
Ali Hassan Afif Yahya (Arabic: علي حسن عفيف يحيى; born 20 January 1988) is a Qatari footballer. He currently plays for Umm Salal and the Qatar national team as a left-back.
Personal
[edit]Afif has six siblings.[2] His father, Hassan Afif, is of Somali descent and was born in Moshi, Tanzania.[3] His father previously played for Simba in Tanzania and Horseed in Somalia before relocating to Qatar and playing for Al Ittihad. He was later naturalized. After retiring, he managed Al Gharafa from 1986 till 1987 and Al Markhiya from 2001 till 2003 and 2006 till 2007.[4][5] His mother, Fayza, comes from Yemen.[2]
He has a brother, Akram Afif, who is also a member of Qatar's football team. He currently plays for Al Sadd.
International career
[edit]International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.[6]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 20 August 2008 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
2. | 30 December 2008 | Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
5–2 | 5–2 | Friendly |
3. | 26 May 2009 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
4. | 10 June 2009 | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
5. | 9 September 2009 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
6. | 14 October 2009 | Parc des Sports Michel Hidalgo, Paris, France | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
7. | 28 December 2009 | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
8. | 5 September 2013 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
9. | 13 October 2013 | Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
6–0 | 6–0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
10. | 25 December 2018 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Al-Sadd
- Qatar Stars League: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07
- Qatar Emir Cup: 2005, 2007
- Qatar Cup: 2006, 2007, 2008
- Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2006
- Qatari Stars Cup: 2010
- AFC Champions League: 2011
- FIFA Club World Cup bronze medalist: 2011
- Al-Duhail
- Qatar Stars League: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2022–23
- Qatar Emir Cup: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022
- Qatar Cup: 2013, 2015, 2018, 2023
- Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2015, 2016
International
[edit]- Qatar
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Akram Afif bleibt bescheiden: "Es ist nicht wichtig, dass Akram gewinnt, sondern, dass die AS Eupen gewinnt"". KAS Eupen. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "من أجل عيون "الغرافة يونايتد"..عفيف يروي قصة الهروب من الهورسيد عبر كلمنجارو إلى الدوحة (Interview with Hassan Afif)" (in Arabic). Kooora.com. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Kooora Archive" (in Arabic). Kooora.com. 21 November 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ السد يهزم الاتفاق ويستعيد صدارة الدوري القطري (in Arabic). Al Jazeera. 8 February 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Afif, Ali Hassan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
External links
[edit]- Ali Afif at Soccerway
- Ali Afif at National-Football-Teams.com
- كــــووورة قطـــريــــة تلتقي بالنجــمـ الواعــد علي حســن العــفيــفــ (Interview) (in Arabic)
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Qatari men's footballers
- Naturalized citizens of Qatar
- Qatar men's international footballers
- Al-Markhiya SC players
- Al Sadd SC players
- Al-Duhail SC players
- Umm Salal SC players
- 2007 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2011 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2019 Copa América players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Qatari people of Yemeni descent
- Qatari people of Tanzanian descent
- Qatari people of Somali descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football forwards
- AFC Asian Cup-winning players
- Qatar men's youth international footballers
- Footballers from Doha
- AFC Champions League Elite winning players