Bandar Al-Ahbabi
Al-Ahbabi with the United Arab Emirates in 2021
Personal information
Full name Bandar Mohammed Mohammed Saeed Al-Ahbabi[1]
Date of birth (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back, right winger
Team information
Current team
 Al Ain
Number 11
Youth career
Al Ain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Al Ain 11 (0)
2012–2014 → Al-Dhafra (loan) 41 (6)
2014–2016 Baniyas 45 (4)
2016– Al Ain 132 (8)
International career‡
2015– United Arab Emirates 33 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2021

Bandar Mohammed Mohammed Saeed Al-Ahbabi (Arabic:بندر محمد محمد سعيد الأحبابي) (born 9 July 1990) is an Emirati professional association footballer who plays for Al Ain.

Academic career

Bandar began playing football when he was ten years old, where his physical education teacher Ismail helped him enroll for Al Ain FC's youth academy. His future as a professional player was about to end at age 12, when his father withdrew him from the academy because of its influences on his grades. Despite this, his mother persuaded him to play again.[3]

International career

On 23 February 2014, Al Ahbabi was called up the first time to the UAE senior team for a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Uzbekistan.[4][5] He was left out of the starting line-up.[6] On 11 June 2015, he made his debut with the national team in a 3–0 defeat to South Korea, starting the match and wearing the number 21 jersey.[7][8]

Career statistic

Club

As of 28 September 2023[9][10]
Club Season League League Cup Super Cup UPC ACL Other Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Al Ain
2009–10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0 0
2010–11 11 0 1 10 3 2 — 0 0 0 5 0 1 — 26 3 4
2011–12 0 0 0 2 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0 0
Total 11 0 1 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 — 29 3 4
Al Dhafra (loan)
2012–13 20 3 4 5 2 3 — 1 0 0 — — 26 5 7
2013–14 21 4 5 6 2 5 — 3 0 3 — — 30 6 13
Total 41 7 9 11 4 8 0 0 0 4 0 3 — — 56 11 20
Baniyas
2014–15 21 4 3 6 2 2 — 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 29 6 6
2015–16 22 0 2 5 0 0 — 3 0 1 — — 30 0 3
2016–17 2 0 0 3 0 0 — — — — 5 0 0
Total 45 4 5 14 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 — 64 6 9
Al Ain
2016–17 15 0 5 1 0 0 — 2 0 0 5 0 1 — 23 0 6
2017–18 13 0 1 2 0 2 — 0 0 0 7 0 1 — 22 0 4
2018–19 21 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 6[a] 1 0 34 2 1
2019–20 17 3 12 3 0 1 — 2 0 0 7 0 0 — 29 3 13
2020–21 20 1 4 0 0 0 — 1 0 0 1 0 0 — 22 1 4
2021–22 21 0 5 5 0 2 — 1 0 0 — — 27 0 7
2022–23 23 3 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 — 0 0 0 29 3 8
2023–24 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2
Total 133 8 34 14 0 7 2 0 0 9 0 0 27 0 4 6 1 0 188 9 45
Career total 230 19 48 52 9 21 2 0 0 18 0 5 32 0 5 6 1 0 337 29 78
Notes
  1. ^ Four Appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup, two appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

International goals

Scores and results list the United Arab Emirates' goal tally first.[11]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 March 2019 Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Saudi Arabia 1–1 2–1 Friendly
2. 30 August 2019 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain  Dominican Republic 4–0 4–0 Friendly

Honours

Club

Al Ain

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Bandar Al-Ahbabi". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. ^ "الأحبابي: أمضيت عاماً ألعب للعين دون علم والدي". Emarat Al Youm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Eisa Ahmed among new faces emerging for UAE national team". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Chance for Mahdi Ali 'to experiment a few things' with UAE football". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Uzbekistan – UAE". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. ^ "South Korea – UAE" friendly match". Dubai Sports. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. ^ "UAE given a reality check ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifiers". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Bandar Career Stats". AGLeague.ae. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Career Stats". SoccerWay.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Bandar Al-Ahbabi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  12. ^ "AL AIN DUO AND ITTIHAD KALBA KEEPER WIN OCTOBER AWARDS". AGLeague. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  13. ^ "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics". AFC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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Al Ain FC – current squad
2019 AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament
United Arab Emirates squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup semi-finalists
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