Mahmood Al Ajmi
Personal information
Full name Mahmood Merza Mahdi Ahmed Al Ajmi
Date of birth (1987-05-08) 8 May 1987 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Bahrain
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Al-Shabab 44 (11)
2010–2011 Bahrain Riffa Club 33 (22)
2011–2012 KF Tirana 3 (0)
2012 Manama Club 55 (12)
2012–2013 Hidd SCC 22 (4)
2014 Al-Shabab 29 (1)
2014–2015 Al-Safa 32 (3)
2015–2018 Manama Club 88 (29)
2018 Gokulam Kerala 10 (3)
2019–2020 Al-Safa 26
International career‡
2007–2013 Bahrain 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 January 2018

Mahmood Merza Mahdi Ahmed Al Ajmi (born 8 May 1987)[2] is a Bahraini professional football player who last played for Al-Safa.[3] He also represented the Bahrain national team from 2007 to 2013.

Club career

Al-Shabab

Al-Ajmi began his professional club career with Al-Shabab Manama in 2006 and appeared in 44 league matches, scoring 11 goals until his move to Bahrain Riffa in 2009.

Al-Riffa

In 2010, he signed with Al-Riffa and scored 22 goals in 33 league matches till 2011. He was also in Riffa's Bahraini King's Cup winning squad in 2010.[4] With Riffa, he played in the 2010 AFC Cup continental tournament where Riffa emerged as semi-finalist.[citation needed]

KF Tirana

He was presented to the media on 12 July 2011 along with the other new signings by the club president Refik Halili, where KF Tirana's new kit was unveiled with Al Ajmi chosen to wear the number 10 shirt.[5][6][7]

With Tirana between 2011 and 2012, he lifted tournaments like 2010–11 Albanian Cup and 2011 Albanian Supercup.[8]

Manama Club

After his stint with Tirana in Albania, he returned to Bahraini Premier League with Manama and appeared in 55 league and cup matches, scoring 12 goals.

Hidd SCC

In the 2012–2013 season, he appeared with Hidd SCC in 22 matches in the Premier League before his second stint with Al-Shabab.

Al Safa

In 2014, he moved to Saudi Arabia and joined Saudi Second Division side Al Safa FC.

Back to Manama

Al-Ajmi came back with his previous side Manama Club in 2015. It was his one of the most successful stints in his club career, appearing in 88 league matches and scoring 29 goals. With Manama, he won the prestigious 2016–17 Bahraini King's Cup[9] and 2017 Bahraini Super Cup.

He also represented the club in the 2018 AFC Cup, but Manama didn't qualify for the knockout stages as they lost 5 matches in the Group-B.

Gokulam Kerala

In 2018, he moved to India and joined I-League side Gokulam Kerala FC.[10] He scored his first goal for the Malabarians, against Mohun Bagan AC on 12 February.[11] He appeared in 10 league matches, scoring 3 goals.[12]

With Gokulam, He has also appeared in the Hero Super Cup in 2018.[13]

International career

Al-Ajmi made his senior international debut on 16 October 2007 against Libya in a 2–0 win match. He scored his first goal for Bahrain against Iran in a 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification match, which ended as 1-1.

He has also represented Bahrain in tournaments including 2010 WAFF Championship, 2012 Arab Nations Cup alongside 2015 AFC Asian Cup Qualification. He appeared in a total of 12 matches for the Bahrain and scored 3 goals between 2007 and 2013.

Pepsi Tournament

Al Ajmi's exploits include the Channel 4 2006 TV series The Pepsi Max World Challenge. In November 2005, Pepsi and T4 teamed up to find the best 2 amateur footballers in Bahrain, with AlAjmi and Mohamed Ajaj beating thousands of entries. They went on to compete against the best amateur players from 10 other countries. The series was set around the globe with a $100,000 prize for the winning team performing different football challenges involving David Beckham, Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry and Alessandro Nesta. The two Bahraini men's footballers got the highest points throughout the tournament to lose in the final.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Bahrain's goal tally first.[14]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 November 2011 Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain  Iran 1–0 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 1 February 2013 Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain  Singapore 1–0 3–1 Friendly
3. 2–0

Honours

Al-Riffa

KF Tirana

Manama Club

See also

References

  1. ^ Mahmood Al-Ajmi player profile Archived 2018-02-25 at the Wayback Machine flashscore.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021
  2. ^ Mahmood Al-Ajmi player statistics and clubs Archived 2018-02-25 at the Wayback Machine worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021
  3. ^ Mahmood Al-Ajmi (Bahrain) football player stats Archived 2018-02-25 at the Wayback Machine sofascore.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021
  4. ^ "Bahrain – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Tirana, gati për edicionin e ri" (in Albanian). Futbolli Shqiptar. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Tirana, gati për edicionin e ri" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Halili prezanton blerjet e veres dhe fanellen e re" (in Albanian). Albania Soccer. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  8. ^ "SKËNDERBEU KORÇË VS. TIRANA 0 - 1". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  9. ^ "In Pictures: Manama claim first King's Cup title". AFC. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. ^ Kundu, Abhishek (23 January 2017). "I-League 2018-19: Gokulam FC rope in Haitian midfielder Fabien Vorbe". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  11. ^ "I-League: Gokulam Kerala beat Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan 2-1". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Aizawl end I-League campaign with win over Gokulam Kerala". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Super Cup 2018: List of foreigners registered by teams for qualifiers". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Al-Ajmi, Mahmood". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

External links

Bahrain squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup
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