Ahmed Otaif
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-04-14) 14 April 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Al-Shabab
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2018 Al-Shabab 176 (23)
International career‡
2004–2006 Saudi Arabia U23
2006–2013 Saudi Arabia 59 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2008 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 Jan 2011

Ahmed Otaif (Arabic: أحمد عطيف; born 14 April 1983) is a retired Saudi professional footballer who played for Al-Shabab and the Saudi Arabia national team.[1] He spent his entire playing career at Al-Shabab and captained the side from 2008 until his retirement in 2018.[2] He won nine titles with Al-Shabab and captained the side to the 2011–12 Saudi Professional League title. Otaif earned 59 caps with the Saudi Arabia national team and represented them at three different tournaments including the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.[3]

Ahmed Otaif is the older brother of current Al-Hilal player Abdullah Otayf and former Al-Shabab players Abdoh Otaif, Ali Otayf and Saqer Otaif.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 April 2018[5]
Club Season League King Cup Crown Prince Cup Asia Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Shabab 2001–02 ? ? — 0 0 — ? ? ? ?
2002–03 ? ? — 2 0 — ? ? ? ?
2003–04 ? ? — 0 0 — ? ? ? ?
2004–05 ? ? — 2 1 5 0 ? ? ? ?
2005–06 ? ? — 4 0 8 0 ? ? ? ?
2006–07 ? ? — 2 0 6 1 ? ? ? ?
2007–08 ? ? 4 0 4 0 — ? ? ? ?
2008–09 19 3 5 0 4 0 4 0 1[a] 0 33 3
2009–10 20 1 4 0 3 0 10 0 2[a] 0 39 1
2010–11 17 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 — 24 1
2011–12 25 3 2 0 2 0 — — 29 3
2012–13 26 0 5 0 1 0 10 0 — 42 0
2013–14 16 0 6 0 3 0 8 2 — 33 2
2014–15 22 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 1[b] 0 31 0
2015–16 4 0 0 0 2 0 — — 6 0
2016–17 14 1 1 0 1 0 — — 16 1
2017–18 11 0 3 0 0 0 — — 14 0
Total 174+ 9+ 33 0 29 1 62 3 4+ 0+ 302+ 10+
Career totals 174+ 9+ 33 0 29 1 62 3 4+ 0+ 302+ 10+
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Saudi Super Cup

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 September 2013.[6]
Saudi Arabia
Year Apps Goals
2006 1 0
2007 0 0
2008 13 0
2009 17 1
2010 6 0
2011 13 0
2012 5 0
2013 4 0
Total 59 1

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 January 2009 Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat  Yemen 4–0 6–0 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations

Honours

Al-Shabab

Individual

References

  1. ^ "أحمد عطيف - Ahmad Otaif".
  2. ^ "انتهاء مسيرة أحمد عطيف مع الشباب .. و النادي يعرض عليه منصبًا فنيًا أو إداريًا".
  3. ^ "الشبابيون: #شكراً_أحمد_عطيف".
  4. ^ "أبناء (عطيف) ظاهرة فريدة في الملاعب السعودية".
  5. ^ "AHMED ATEEF".
  6. ^ "( Ahmed Ateef ) Matches Played".
  7. ^ "أحمد عطيف أفضل لاعب والحمد أفضل لاعب واعد والسبع أفضل رياضي في نتائج جوائز الموسم السعودي".

External links


Saudi Arabia squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup
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