Mahmoud Khamees

Mahmoud Khamees
Personal information
Full name	Mahmoud Khamis Saeed Khamis Al-Hammadi
Date of birth	28 October 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Full-back
Club information
Current team	Al-Wahda; (on loan from Al-Nasr)
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2014	Al-Wahda
2014–	Al-Nasr
2021–	→ Al-Wahda (loan)
National team‡
2008–	United Arab Emirates
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 January 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 January 2020

Mahmoud Khamees Al-Hammadi (born 28 October 1987) is an association football player from the United Arab Emirates who plays as a defender for Al-Wahda, on loan from Al-Nasr.

Club career[]

International career[]

He made his debut in a friendly defeat to Benin in November 2007, playing the entire game. He was included into the 2011 AFC Asian Cup squad, made his debut in the match against Iraq for only 16 minutes as the UAE lost 0–1 in injury times.^[3]

He scored his first international goal against Lebanon in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, but the UAE lost 1–3 and eventually failed to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[4] It took him a decade before he scored his second international goal, a 3–2 win over the visitor Vietnam in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, which sealed the UAE into the Third Round.^[5]

Goals[]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 September 2011	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon	Lebanon	1–0	1–3	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	15 June 2021	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Vietnam	3–0	3–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification