Ismail Ahmed (footballer, born 1983)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Temara, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| 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 | (21) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2019 | United Arab Emirates | 48 | (7) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2019 | |||
Mohamed Ismail Ahmed Ismail (Arabic: محمد اسماعيل أحمد اسماعيل; born 7 July 1983), known as Ismail Ahmed (his patronymic), is an Emirati footballer who plays for United Arab Emirates national football team as a Defender. He is of Moroccan descent, but was naturalized as an Emirati citizen. He played 3 matches at 2010 AFC Champions League.[1][2][3] As of 2010 season, he wore no.5 shirt.
In 2008, he joined the UAE side from FUS de Rabat.
Personal life[]
Ismail Ahmed himself was born in Temara, Morocco, but moved to Yemen and Bahrain as a teenager to venture for his football passion. He was courted to play for Bahrain, but rejected the offer to return to Morocco in order to play for the Atlas Lions and big Moroccan clubs like Raja Casablanca so he could head to Europe, but fractured with an injury and languished behind the likes of new talents like Nordin Amrabat, Ayoub El Kaabi and Achraf Bencharki. He soon accepted the offer to join Al-Ain where he was granted citizenship and had to change his name in order to play for the UAE.[4]
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: , ,
- 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
References[]
- ^ "Official Home of Asian Football". The-afc.com. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Official Home of Asian Football". The-afc.com. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Official Home of Asian Football". The-afc.com. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "From Morocco to UAE: Ismail Ahmed's unsual journey to the Asian Cup".
External links[]
- Ismail Ahmed at UAEProLeague
- Ismail Ahmed at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ismail Ahmed at WorldFootball.net
- Ismail Ahmed at Soccerway
- Ismail Ahmed profile at Al Ain official site
- Ismail Ahmed statistics at Goalzz.com
- Ismail Ahmed at WorldFootball.net
United Arab Emirates squads | |||||||||||||
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- Emirati footballers
- United Arab Emirates international footballers
- Moroccan footballers
- Al Ain FC players
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Fath Union Sport players
- Moroccan emigrants to the United Arab Emirates
- 2015 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- Association football central defenders
- Naturalized citizens of the United Arab Emirates
- UAE Pro League players