Abdoh Otaif
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Saudi Arabia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2011 Al-Shabab (26)
2011–2012 Ittihad FC 3 (0)
2012–2014 Al-Nassr 35 (2)
2014–2015 Al-Shabab 15 (0)
2019 Al-Anwar
International career
2004–2011 Saudi Arabia 63 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdoh Ibrahim Otaif (born 2 April 1984) is a Saudi Arabia former professional footballer who played as an Attacking midfielder for Al-Shabab in Riyadh and the Saudi Arabia national team. In 2010 he was called up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Singapore and Uzbekistan.

His beginning with Al-Shabab

Otaif began his career with Al-Shabab during the 2003–04 season. He was 20 years old at that time, but was able to win the Saudi Premier League with his club that year, even though him and many other Al-Shabab players were very young.

Personal life

Otaif is only one of the many Otaif family players in Al-Shabab. Also he has a brother, Ahmed Otaif, who is one year younger than him, and Ali Otaif, both with Abdoh in Al-Shabab's first team. There is also Saqr and Abdullah Otaif, both are in the U-19 Al-Shabab and U-16 Al-Shabab team. All five siblings have gone through the youth teams of Saudi Arabia.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[1]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 30 January 2008 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Luxembourg 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2. 14 June 2008 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore  Singapore 3–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 22 June 2008 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Uzbekistan 1–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 30 August 2008 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Qatar 1–1 2–1 Friendly
5. 10 September 2008 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 1–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 1 April 2009 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates 1–0 3–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club and national team

Runner-up

Winner

Al-Nassr

References

  1. ^ "Otaif, Abdoh". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

External links


Saudi Arabia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup runners-up
Saudi Arabia squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup
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