Bader Al-Mutawa

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Bader al-Mutawa
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Bader Al-Mutawa with Qadsia in 2007
Personal information
Full name Bader Ahmed al-Mutawa
Date of birth (1985-01-10) 10 January 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Qadsia
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002– Qadsia 423 (324)
2011 → Al Nassr (loan) 20 (10)
National team‡
2003– Kuwait 190 (56)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Bader Ahmed al-Mutawa (Arabic: بدر أحمد المطوع; born 10 January 1985) is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who plays for Qadsia and the Kuwait national team, where he usually operates as a second striker. He wears the jersey number 17 for both club and country.[1] He is the most capped active international male footballer, having made 190 appearances for Kuwait national team.

Club career[]

Al-Mutawa was born in Kuwait City. His performance for both club and national teams lead to his being nominated for best Asian player in 2006 and 2010, though Al-Mutawa did not win the prize.[2]

He was awarded the Kuwaiti league's top scorer for local players in the 2008–09 season with 10 goals.

On 23 July 2012, he began training with Nottingham Forest as their new owners, the Al-Hasawi family, arranged a one-month trial for the striker.[3] He impressed manager Sean O'Driscoll enough that the club were looking to sign him on a permanent basis but he was denied a work permit and the club wasn't able to sign him.[4]

On 11 May 2021, he scored his 300th goal for Qadsia in all competitions in a 3–1 win over Kuwait SC.[5][6]

International career[]

Al-Mutawa's first major competition on international level was the 2003 Arabian Gulf Cup, hosted by Kuwait. The home side finished sixth with only five points from six matches (only Yemen, the newcomer to the Gulf Cup finished the tournament with less points, sparing Kuwait the embarrassment of ending up at the bottom of the table of the gulf cup for the first time in their history). Al-Mutwa scored once in Kuwait's only victory of the tournament, a 4–0 win against Yemen.

Al-Mutawa played in the 17th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2004, scoring a goal in the 87th minute against Saudi Arabia in Kuwait's opening match. Al-Mutawa excelled in this tournament, forming a strike partnership with captain and star striker Bashar Abdullah. They managed to score five goals between them. This partnership was short lived as Bashar retired from international football shortly after the tournament and Kuwait was eliminated in the semi-finals by Qatar after topping Group B with two victories and one draw with Bahrain.

At the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2007, Al-Mutawa scored goals against Yemen and in the final group match against the United Arab Emirates, but Kuwait exited the tournament for the first time in their history without winning a single game.

On 3 September 2015, Al-Mutawa scored his second senior hat-trick, in a 9–0 defeat of Myanmar in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[7]

Personal life[]

Al-Mutawa holds the military rank of Colonel and he is also director of the Security Affairs Department of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Guard, as sports professionalism is not fully applied in Kuwait.[8]

Career statistics[]

International[]

As of 1 February 2022[9][10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Kuwait 2003 13 5
2004 22 7
2005 13 3[a]
2006 8 3
2007 4 2
2008 9 0
2009 18 5
2010 15 10
2011 19 5
2012 8 3
2013 12 5
2014 9 1
2015 9 4
2017 4 0
2018 3 0
2019 12 3
2021 10 0
2022 2 0
Total 190 56
Scores and results list Kuwait's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Al-Mutawa goal.
List of international goals scored by Bader Al-Mutawa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 September 2003 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar  Singapore 2–1 3–1 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2 27 September 2003 Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli  Singapore 2–0 3–0
3 5 October 2003  Palestine 2–0 2–1
4 8 October 2003  Palestine 2–0 4–0
5 3–0
6 1 January 2004 Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City  Yemen 3–0 4–0 16th Arabian Gulf Cup
7 31 March 2004 Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan  Malaysia 1–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 9 June 2004 Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City  Hong Kong 2–0 4–0
9 19 July 2004 Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan  United Arab Emirates 2–0 3–1 2004 AFC Asian Cup
10 17 November 2004 Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City  Malaysia 1–0 6–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 11 December 2004 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Doha  Saudi Arabia 2–1 2–1 17th Arabian Gulf Cup
12 17 December 2004 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha  Yemen 2–0 3–0
13 18 March 2005 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al-Ain  Armenia 2–0 3–1 Friendly
14 29 July 2005 Stade de Genève, Geneva  United Arab Emirates 1–1[a] 1–1 (6–7 p)
15 17 August 2005 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent  Uzbekistan 1–0 2–3 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
16 3 February 2006 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City  Singapore 2–0 2–0 Friendly
17 6 September 2006 Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City  Australia 2–0 2–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
18 9 November 2006 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al-Ain  Chinese Taipei 8–0 10–0 Friendly
19 17 January 2007 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi  Yemen 1–1 1–1 18th Arabian Gulf Cup
20 23 January 2007 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates 1–1 2–3
21 23 January 2009 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City  Syria 2–2 2–3 Friendly
22 3 November 2009 Cairo  Kenya 3–0 5–0
23 4–0
24 14 November 2009 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City  Indonesia 1–1 2–1 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
25 2–1
26 11 August 2010 Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku  Azerbaijan 1–1 1–1 Friendly
27 3 September 2010 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City  Syria 2–0 3–0
28 14 November 2010 Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi  India 2–0 9–1
29 5–0
30 7–0
31 9–1
32 28 November 2010 Al-Wihda Stadium, Zinjibar  Yemen 2–0 3–0 20th Arabian Gulf Cup
33 3–0
34 2 December 2010 May 22 Stadium, Aden  Iraq 1–0 2–2
35 31 December 2010 Suez Stadium, Suez  Zambia 3–0 4–0 Friendly
36 12 January 2011 Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha  Uzbekistan 1–1 1–2 2011 AFC Asian Cup
37 16 July 2011 Amman International Stadium, Amman  Saudi Arabia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
38 2 September 2011 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain  United Arab Emirates 2–0 3–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
39 17 December 2011 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha  Saudi Arabia 2–0 2–0 2011 Pan Arab Games
40 22 December 2011 Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha  Palestine 3–0 3–0
41 17 January 2012 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City  Uzbekistan 1–0 1–0 Friendly
42 16 October 2012 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City  Philippines 1–0 2–1
43 8 December 2012 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City  Palestine 2–0 2–1 2012 WAFF Championship
44 6 January 2013 Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town  Yemen 2–0 2–0 21st Arabian Gulf Cup
45 18 January 2013 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa  Bahrain 5–1 6–1
46 6 September 2013 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City  North Korea 1–0 2–1 Friendly
47 2–1
48 9 September 2013  Bahrain 1–1 2–1
49 17 November 2014 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh  United Arab Emirates 2–2 2–2 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup
50 3 September 2015 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha  Myanmar 7–0 9–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
51 8–0
52 9–0
53 8 September 2015 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane  Laos 2–0 2–0
54 5 September 2019 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City    Nepal 5–0 7–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
55 14 November 2019  Chinese Taipei 4–0 9–0
56 19 November 2019 Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu    Nepal 1–0 1–0
Notes
  1. ^ a b RSSSF doesn't not include the goal against UAE in its list.[10]

Honours[]

Qadsia

Kuwait

Individual

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "IFFHS AWARDS – THE WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2010 : BADER AL-MUTAWA (KUWAIT/AL QADSIA SC)". IFFHS. 9 November 2019.
  2. ^ Asian Cup 2011: Asian Cup Ten Players To Watch: Bader Al Mutwa – Goal.com
  3. ^ Chong, Edwin (21 July 2012). "Al-Mutawa lands Forest chance". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  4. ^ McDaid, Paul (22 August 2012). "Nottingham Forest fail to land work permits for Kuwaiti trio". Sport360.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  5. ^ "القادسية يحتفي بتسجيل بدر المطوع 300 هدف". kooora.com (in Arabic). 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "المطوع... 300 هدف مع القادسية". alraimedia.com (in Arabic). 12 May 2021.
  7. ^ "WORLD CUP QUALIFYING – AFC 3/9/2015 12:00*". ESPN FC. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  8. ^ الغانم يقلد العقيد بدر المطوع رتبته الجديدة Al Rai, 27 July 2021
  9. ^ Bader Al-Mutawa at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ^ a b Mohammed, Husain; Mamrud, Roberto (9 June 2021). "Bader Ahmed Al-Mutawa – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  11. ^ AFC Player of the Year: It is down to 15 nominees – Asian Football Confederation
  12. ^ AFC Player of the Year nominees: 33 in contention for top award – Asian Football Confederation

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