Ahmed Al-Rawahi
Al-Rawahi with Al-Nasr in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Faraj Abdullah Al-Rawahi[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Muscat, Oman
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Al-Nasr
Number 1
Youth career
2009–2011 Samail
2011–2014 Al-Seeb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Al-Nasr
2021– Al-Seeb
International career
2018– Oman 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmed Faraj Abdullah Al-Rawahi (Arabic: احمد فرج عبدالله الرواحي; born 5 May 1994), commonly known as Ahmed Al-Rawahi, is an Omani footballer who plays for Al-Seeb in the Oman Professional League.[2]

Club career

Al-Nasr

On 3 June 2017, Al-Rawahi extended his contract with Al-Nasr for another two seasons as the Salalah-based club showed faith in one of the country's finest keepers.[3] Soon after the transfer of the club's and Oman national team's first choice keeper, Faiz Al-Rushaidi to Al-Suwaiq Club, Ahmed was promoted as the first choice keeper at Al-Nasr. The young keeper from Muscat did not disappoint and helped The King club win its 5th Sultan Qaboos Cup title defeating Sohar SC 6-5 on penalties after the match had ended 2-2 after extra time.[4][5]

Before the beginning of the 2018-19 season, he also helped his side clinch their maiden Oman Super Cup title winning 4-2 on penalties against Al-Suwaiq after the match had ended 0-0 after normal time.[6][7]

Al-Seeb

At the end of 2021, Al-Rawahi moved to Al-Seeb.[8] As the first choice goalkeeper wearing the #1, he proceeded to win the 2021-22 Oman Professional League. Al-Seeb also won the Sultan Qaboos Cup and the AFC Cup in 2022, becoming the first Omani club to win a continental title.[9][10][11]

Al-Seeb finished runners-up for the Sultan Qaboos Cup, and third in the league for the 2022-23 season, but the team succeeded in winning the Oman Super Cup.[12]

International career

Photograph of a man in a blue jersey and shorts with a black long-sleeve beneath it. He is wearing white goalie gloves.
Al-Rawahi with Oman in 2023.

Ahmed is part of the first team squad of the Oman national football team. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2018. He made his first appearance for Oman on 13 December 2018 in a friendly match against Tajikistan.[13]

He was part of the Sultanate's squad for the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup and helped his side win the title for only the second time in early 2018 defeating the United Arab Emirates in the final on penalties following a goalless draw.[14][15][16][17][18][19]

Personal life

Al-Rawahi's brother Mohammed Al-Rawahi has also capped for Oman.[20]

Honours

Al-Seeb U-21
Al-Nasr

Oman

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Oman" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 9. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. ^ Ahmed Al-Rawahi at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "الحارس أحمد الرواحي ثاني صفقات النصر". omandaily.om. Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  4. ^ "للمرة الخامسة: النصر بطلاً للكأس الغالية". atheer.om.
  5. ^ "النصر يفوز بالكأس الغالية للمرة الخامسة في تاريخه". alroya.om.
  6. ^ "AL NASR EDGES SUWAIQ TO LIFT SUPER CUP FOR FIRST TIME". Muscat Daily.
  7. ^ "Al Nasr clinch maiden Super Cup crown". Oman Observer.
  8. ^ "Ahmed Al Rawahi". Soccerway (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Al Seeb Club power past Kuala Lumpur City to lift historic title". AFC Cup. 22 October 2022. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  10. ^ "When Omani club Al-Seeb Club won a historic continental treble". FIFA. 15 February 2023. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Al-Rawahi". The AFC. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Oman 2022/23". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Oman vs. Tajikistan (2:1)". NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAMS.
  14. ^ "Oman win Gulf Cup final, beat UAE 5-4 in penalties". GULF NEWS.
  15. ^ "Gulf Cup heroes: The pride of Oman". Times of Oman.
  16. ^ "Oman 0-0 UAE 2017 Gulf Cup final: Oman win it on penalties". as.
  17. ^ "Oman win 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup – UAE pay the penalty • Fans hurt as railing collapses". Kuwait Times.
  18. ^ "Oman win Gulf Cup for second time – Al-Rashidi breaks UAE hearts with 2 saves". Arab Times.
  19. ^ "Oman outlast UAE to emerge champions". Arab Times.
  20. ^ "نادي سمائل يحتفي بثنائي المنتخب محمد وأحمد فرج". Oman Daily (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

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