Bader Al-Mutawa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bader Ahmed al-Mutawa | ||
Date of birth | 10 January 1985 | ||
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[]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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
Honours[]
Qadsia
- Kuwaiti Premier League: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16
- Kuwait Emir Cup: 2003–04, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
- Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2017–18
- Kuwait Super Cup: 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019
- Kuwait Federation Cup: 2008, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2018–19
- Al-Khurafi Cup: 2002–03, 2005–06
- GCC Champions League: 2005
- AFC Cup: 2014; runner-up 2010, 2013
Kuwait
- Arabian Gulf Cup: 2010
- 2010 WAFF Championship: 2010
Individual
- Arabian Gulf Cup top goalscorer: 2010
- IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer: 2010[1]
- Asian Footballer of the Year nominee: 2006, 2010; longlist: 2007[11][12]
See also[]
- List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
- List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
References[]
- ^ a b "IFFHS AWARDS – THE WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2010 : BADER AL-MUTAWA (KUWAIT/AL QADSIA SC)". IFFHS. 9 November 2019.
- ^ Asian Cup 2011: Asian Cup Ten Players To Watch: Bader Al Mutwa – Goal.com
- ^ Chong, Edwin (21 July 2012). "Al-Mutawa lands Forest chance". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "القادسية يحتفي بتسجيل بدر المطوع 300 هدف". kooora.com (in Arabic). 11 May 2021.
- ^ "المطوع... 300 هدف مع القادسية". alraimedia.com (in Arabic). 12 May 2021.
- ^ "WORLD CUP QUALIFYING – AFC 3/9/2015 12:00*". ESPN FC. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ الغانم يقلد العقيد بدر المطوع رتبته الجديدة Al Rai, 27 July 2021
- ^ Bader Al-Mutawa at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b Mohammed, Husain; Mamrud, Roberto (9 June 2021). "Bader Ahmed Al-Mutawa – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ AFC Player of the Year: It is down to 15 nominees – Asian Football Confederation
- ^ AFC Player of the Year nominees: 33 in contention for top award – Asian Football Confederation
External links[]
- Bader Al-Mutawa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Bader Al Motawaa at Goalzz.com (archived 2013-01-24, also in Arabic at Kooora.com)
- Bader Al Mutawa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Rising Arab stars making their mark at FIFA.com
- Bader Al-Mutawa at Global Sports Archive
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Kuwaiti footballers
- Kuwait international footballers
- Kuwaiti expatriate footballers
- Al-Nassr FC players
- Qadsia SC players
- 2004 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2011 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2015 AFC Asian Cup players
- FIFA Century Club
- Association football forwards
- Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Sportspeople from Kuwait City
- Asian Games competitors for Kuwait
- AFC Cup winning players
- Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate footballers in Qatar
- Kuwaiti expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Kuwaiti expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Qatar SC players