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Ahmed Otaif (Arabic: أحمد عطيف; born 14 April 1983) is a retired Saudi professional footballer who played for Al-Shabab and the Saudi Arabia national team.[1] He spent his entire playing career at Al-Shabab and captained the side from 2008 until his retirement in 2018.[2] He won nine titles with Al-Shabab and captained the side to the 2011–12 Saudi Professional League title. Otaif earned 59 caps with the Saudi Arabia national team and represented them at three different tournaments including the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 April 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Al-Shabab | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2018 | Al-Shabab | 176 | (23) |
International career‡ | |||
2004–2006 | Saudi Arabia U23 | ||
2006–2013 | Saudi Arabia | 59 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2008 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 Jan 2011 |
Ahmed Otaif is the older brother of current Al-Hilal player Abdullah Otayf and former Al-Shabab players Abdoh Otaif, Ali Otayf and Saqer Otaif.[4]
Club | Season | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Al-Shabab | 2001–02 | ? | ? | — | 0 | 0 | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
2002–03 | ? | ? | — | 2 | 0 | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
2003–04 | ? | ? | — | 0 | 0 | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
2004–05 | ? | ? | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
2005–06 | ? | ? | — | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
2006–07 | ? | ? | — | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
2007–08 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
2008–09 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 33 | 3 | |
2009–10 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
2010–11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
2011–12 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 3 | |||
2012–13 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
2014–15 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
2015–16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
Total | 174+ | 9+ | 33 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 62 | 3 | 4+ | 0+ | 302+ | 10+ | |
Career totals | 174+ | 9+ | 33 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 62 | 3 | 4+ | 0+ | 302+ | 10+ |
Saudi Arabia | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2006 | 1 | 0 |
2007 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | 13 | 0 |
2009 | 17 | 1 |
2010 | 6 | 0 |
2011 | 13 | 0 |
2012 | 5 | 0 |
2013 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 59 | 1 |
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 January 2009 | Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat | Yemen | 4–0 | 6–0 | 19th Arabian Gulf Cup |
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