Ismail Ahmed

Ismail with United Arab Emirates at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Mohammed[1]
Date of birth	(1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth	Temara, Morocco
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
2005–2008	FUS de Rabat
2008–2009	Al Ain
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2021	Al Ain	192	(19)
International career‡
2012–2019	United Arab Emirates	45	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2023

Ismail Ahmed Ismail Mohammed (Arabic: إسماعيل أحمد إسماعيل محمد; born 7 July 1983), known by his patronymic Ismail Ahmed, is a former footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in Morocco, he represented the United Arab Emirates at international level.^[2][3][4]

Personal life

Ismail Ahmed was born in Temara, Morocco, but moved to Yemen and Bahrain as a teenager to venture for his football passion. He was persuaded to play for the Bahraini national team, but rejected the offer to return to Morocco in order to play for his country's national side and league giants Raja Casablanca so he could head to Europe, but an injury ruined his career while the likes of Nordin Amrabat, Ayoub El Kaabi and Achraf Bencharki flourished. He soon accepted the offer to join Al Ain from his former club, FUS de Rabat, where he was granted Emirati citizenship.^[5] He retired in 2021.

Honours

Club

Al Ain

• UAE Pro League: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18
• UAE League Cup: 2008–09
• UAE President's Cup: 2008–09, 2013–14, 2017–18
• UAE Super Cup: 2009, 2012, 2015
• Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup: 2015
• AFC Champions League runner-up: 2016
• FIFA Club World Cup runner-up: 2018

International

UAE

• AFC Asian Cup third-place (1): 2015

Individual

• AFC Champions League All-Star Squad: 2016