Ismail Abdullatif

Ismail Abdul-Latif
	Abdullatif with Bahrain in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Ismail Hassan Abdul-Latif
Date of birth	September 11, 1986 (age 35)
Place of birth	Muharraq, Bahrain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team
Youth career
1999–2004	Al-Hala
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2010	Al-Hala
2007–2009	Al-Arabi
2009–2011	Riffa
2011	Al-Nasr
2011–2012	Muharraq
2012–2013	Al Ahli
2013	Al-Nahda
2014	Al-Salmiya SC
2014–2021	Muharraq
2021–	Al Khaldiya
National team
2004–2007	Bahrain U21
2005–	Bahrain
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ismail (Ismaeel) Abdul-Latif, also spelled Abdullatif, (Arabic: إسماعيل عبد اللطيف; born September 11, 1986) is a Bahraini football forward, currently playing for Al Khalidiya SC and the Bahrain national football team, and appeared for the team in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 AFC Asian Cup finals. He is famous for scoring a dramatic injury time goal in the match against Saudi Arabia on 9 September 2009 that sent Bahrain into the 2010 World Cup Qualification final play-off round against New Zealand.

Career[]

He is a senior member of the squad since 2005, played a significant role on helping Bahrain to reach two consecutive FIFA World Cup playoffs, but failed in both playoffs. After 2017, he decided to retire from the team following the national side's deterioration of performances, but later revoked the decision to return to the senior side in 2019 for the 2019 WAFF Championship.

International goals[]

Scores and results list Bahrain's goal tally first.^[1]^[2]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 July 2007	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta	South Korea	2–1	2–1	2007 AFC Asian Cup
2.	2 June 2008	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok	Thailand	2–1	3–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	21 January 2009	Hong Kong Stadium, Wanchai	Hong Kong	1–0	3–1	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4.	3 June 2009	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Jordan	3–0	4–0	Friendly
5.	3 June 2009		Jordan	4–0	4–0	Friendly
6.	31 August 2009		Iran	2–0	4–2	Bahrain 3 Nations Tournament
7.	9 September 2009	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	2–2	2–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.	6 November 2009	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Togo	2–0	5–1	Friendly
9.	6 November 2009		Togo	3–0	5–1	Friendly
10.	18 November 2009		Yemen	1–0	4–0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
11.	6 January 2010		Hong Kong	1–0	4–0
12.				2–0
13.				3–0
14.	11 August 2010	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing	China PR	1–1	1–1	Friendly
15.	26 September 2010	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman	Oman	1–0	2–0	2010 WAFF Championship
16.	26 September 2010	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman	Oman	2–0	2–0	2010 WAFF Championship
17.	8 October 2010	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City	Kuwait	1–0	3–1	Friendly
18.	26 November 2010	May 22 Stadium, Aden	Iraq	2–3	2–3	2010 Gulf Cup of Nations
19.	28 December 2010	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai	Jordan	2–1	2–1	Friendly
20.	14 January 2011	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha	India	2–1	5–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup
21.				3–1
22.				4–1
23.				5–2
24.	26 August 2011	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama	Sudan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
25.	6 September 2011	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta	Indonesia	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
26.	13 December 2011	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha	Iraq	2–0	3–0	2011 Pan Arab Games
27.	13 December 2011		Iraq	3–0	3–0
28.	23 December 2011		Jordan	1–0	2–6
29.	29 February 2012	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Indonesia	1–0	10–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
30.	29 February 2012	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Indonesia	10–0	10–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
31.	16 October 2012	Za'abeel Stadium, Dubai	United Arab Emirates	1–0	2–6	Friendly
32.	9 November 2013	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Lebanon	1–0	1–0	Friendly
33.	15 November 2013		Malaysia	1–0	1–0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
34.	7 November 2014		Singapore	1–0	2–0	Friendly
35.	30 December 2014	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Saudi Arabia	3–1	4–1
36.	30 December 2014	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Saudi Arabia	4–1	4–1
37.	13 October 2015	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Philippines	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
38.	29 March 2016		Yemen	1–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
39.	1 September 2016		Singapore	3–1	3–1	Friendly
40.	10 October 2017	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei	Chinese Taipei	1–0	1–2	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
41.	4 August 2019	Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil	Jordan	1–0	1–0	2019 WAFF Championship
42.	10 August 2019	Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil	Kuwait	1–0	1–0	2019 WAFF Championship
43.	25 March 2021	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Syria	1–0	3–1	Friendly
44.	25 March 2021		Syria	2–1	3–1	Friendly
45.	3 June 2021		Cambodia	7–0	8–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
46.	3 June 2021		Cambodia	8–0	8–0
47.	15 June 2021		Hong Kong	4–0	4–0