Born: 13- 8-1957 Country: Kuwait Caps: 85 (W51-D18-L16 – GF163-GA70 – %70.59) Goals: 39 (% 0.46 per match) Age First Cap: 17 yr 20 d 2- 9-1974 vs. Thailand 3-2 Age Last Cap: 30 yr 217 d 18- 3-1988 vs. Saudi Arabia 0-0 National Team Career: 13 yr 197 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 1 1 2- 9-74 Tehran Thailand 3-2 Asian Games
2 1 6- 9-74 Tehran South Korea 4-0 Asian Games
3 1 9- 9-74 Tehran North Korea 0-2 Asian Games
4 1 11- 9-74 Tehran Burma 5-2 Asian Games
5 1 26-12-74 Kuwait City Tunisia 2-0
6 1 14- 1-75 Kuwait City Libya 1-0
7 2 3 27- 3-76 Doha Qatar 4-0 Gulf Cup
8 2 5 29- 3-76 Doha Oman 8-0 Gulf Cup
9 5 1- 4-76 Doha UA Emirates 0-0 Gulf Cup
10 1 6 6- 4-76 Doha Bahrain 5-2 Gulf Cup
11 1 7 8- 4-76 Doha Iraq 2-2 Gulf Cup
12 2 9 11- 4-76 Doha Saudi Arabia 3-1 Gulf Cup
13 9 15- 4-76 Doha Iraq 4-2 Gulf Cup
14 1 10 3- 6-76 Tehran Malaysia 2-0 Asian Nations Cup
15 10 7- 6-76 Tabriz China 1-0 Asian Nations Cup
16 10 10- 6-76 Tehran Iraq 3-2 Asian Nations Cup
17 10 13- 6-76 Tehran Iran 0-1 Asian Nations Cup
18 10 11- 3-77 Doha Bahrain 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 10 15- 3-77 Kuwait City Qatar 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 10 21- 3-77 Doha Qatar 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
21 10 6- 9-77 Wrexham Wales 0-0
22 10 20- 9-77 Kuwait City Wales 0-0
23 1 11 2-10-77 Hongkong Hongkong 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
24 11 9-10-77 Seoul South Korea 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
25 11 16-10-77 Sydney Australia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
26 11 28-10-77 Tehran Iran 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
27 1 12 5-11-77 Kuwait City South Korea 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
28 2 14 12-11-77 Kuwait City Hongkong 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
29 1 15 19-11-77 Kuwait City Australia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
30 1 16 3-12-77 Kuwait City Iran 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
31 1 17 10-12-78 Bangkok Japan 2-0 Asian Games
32 17 12-12-78 Bangkok South Korea 0-2 Asian Games
33 17 14-12-78 Bangkok Bahrain 3-0 Asian Games
34 1 18 16-12-78 Bangkok India 6-1 Asian Games
35 18 18-12-78 Bangkok Iraq 0-3 Asian Games
36 18 20-12-78 Bangkok North Korea 2-2 Asian Games
37 18 24- 3-79 Baghdad Qatar 3-1 Gulf Cup
38 18 29- 3-79 Baghdad Iraq 2-3 Gulf Cup
39 1 19 31- 3-79 Baghdad UA Emirates 7-0 Gulf Cup
40 19 2- 4-79 Baghdad Oman 2-0 Gulf Cup
41 19 5- 4-79 Baghdad Saudi Arabia 0-0 Gulf Cup
42 19 8- 4-79 Baghdad Bahrain 2-0 Gulf Cup
43 19 27-10-79 Kuwait City South Yemen 2-0
44 19 15- 9-80 Kuwait City UA Emirates 1-1 Asian Nations Cup
45 19 18- 9-80 Kuwait City Malaysia 3-1 Asian Nations Cup
46 19 21- 9-80 Kuwait City South Korea 0-3 Asian Nations Cup
47 2 21 25- 9-80 Kuwait City Qatar 4-0 Asian Nations Cup
48 1 22 28- 9-80 Kuwait City Iran 2-1 Asian Nations Cup
49 2 24 30- 9-80 Kuwait City South Korea 3-0 Asian Nations Cup
50 1 25 22- 4-81 Kuwait City Thailand 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
51 1 26 10-10-81 Auckland New Zealand 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
52 26 18-10-81 Beijing China 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
53 26 4-11-81 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
54 26 30-11-81 Kuwait City China 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
55 2 28 7-12-81 Kuwait City Saudi Arabia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
56 28 14-12-81 Kuwait City New Zealand 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
57 1 29 2- 6-82 Casablanca Morocco 3-3
58 1 30 17- 6-82 Valladolid Czechoslovakia 1-1 World Cup
59 30 21- 6-82 Valladolid France 1-4 World Cup
60 30 25- 6-82 Bilbao England 0-1 World Cup
61 30 9- 3-84 Kuwait City Finland 1-0
62 30 2- 4-84 Kuwait City Bulgaria 1-0
63 30 3-12-84 Singapore Qatar 1-0 Asian Nations Cup
64 30 5-12-84 Singapore South Korea 0-0 Asian Nations Cup
65 1 31 9-12-84 Singapore Syria 3-1 Asian Nations Cup
66 31 11-12-84 Singapore Saudi Arabia 0-1 Asian Nations Cup
67 31 13-12-84 Singapore China 0-1 Asian Nations Cup
68 31 16-12-84 Singapore Iran 1-1 [1] Asian Nations Cup
69 31 22- 3-85 Damascus Syria 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
70 1 32 31- 3-85 Kuwait City Iceland 1-1
71 1 33 5- 4-85 Kuwait City North Yemen 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
72 33 12- 4-85 Kuwait City Syria 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
73 33 26- 4-85 Sana'a North Yemen 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
74 33 25-10-85 Kuwait City Mexico 0-0
75 1 34 19- 3-86 Kuwait City Iceland 1-0
76 1 35 23- 3-86 Manama Saudi Arabia 3-1 Gulf Cup
77 1 36 25- 3-86 Manama Oman 2-0 Gulf Cup
78 36 28- 3-86 Manama UA Emirates 1-0 Gulf Cup
79 2 38 1- 4-86 Manama Qatar 2-1 Gulf Cup
80 38 3- 4-86 Manama Iraq 2-1 Gulf Cup
81 1 39 7- 4-86 Manama Bahrain 1-1 Gulf Cup
82 39 16- 2-87 Kuwait City Algeria 2-0
83 39 21- 2-87 Kuwait City Iraq 2-0
84 39 8- 3-88 Riyadh Iraq 0-1 Gulf Cup
85 39 18- 3-88 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-0 Gulf Cup
[1] Kuwait won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
Note: the following matches were not full A international matches and are
therefore not included here:
25- 8-74 Kuwait City China XI 2-1
28- 8-74 Kuwait City Japan Youth 4-3
24- 2-76 Kaifan Poland U-20 3-1
28- 2-76 Kaifan Hungary U-20 1-1
23- 2-77 Kuwait City Somalia Team 1-1
28- 2-79 Kuwait City Sweden League 0-2
9- 3-79 Kuwait City Bulgaria Team 0-1
15- 3-79 Kuwait City N. Korea Univ. 3-0
19- 3-79 Kuwait City N. Korea League 1-2
(3 goals) 21- 7-80 Moskva Nigeria 3-1 Olympic Games
23- 7-80 Moskva Colombia Ol. 1-1 Olympic Games
25- 7-80 Leningrad Czechoslovakia 0-0 Olympic Games
27- 7-80 Moskva Soviet Union 1-2 Olympic Games
28- 3-84 Kuwait City Romania League 0-0
4- 4-84 Kuwait City Bulgaria League 1-1
26-11-84 Kuwait City Indonesia Team 1-1
5- 3-85 Kuwait City S. Korea U-23 1-0
27- 2-87 Doha Iran 1-2 Olympic G. Qualifier
(1 goal) 7- 3-87 Doha Iran 1-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
4-12-87 Doha Qatar 0-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
11-12-87 Kuwait City Saudi Arabia 1-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
18-12-87 Kuwait City Iraq 2-1 Olympic G. Qualifier
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
85 51 18 16 163- 70 120 70.59
Types of Goals and Matches
Matches Goals
World Cup Qualifier 22 11
Gulf Cup 21 14
Asian Nations Cup 16 7
Friendly 13 3
Asian Games 10 3
World Cup 3 1
Total 85 39
With thanks to Jarek Owsianski (jarek-o@go2.pl) and Jean-Jacques Tissier (jjacquestissier@aol.com) for earlier version of this file
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