Akram Afif
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Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif (Arabic: أكرم عفيف; born 18 November 1996) is a Qatari professional footballer of Yemeni descent who plays as a left winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and the Qatar national team.
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Full name | Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1996-11-18) 18 November 1996 (age 27)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Doha, Qatar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al Sadd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Al Markhiya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Al Sadd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2014 | Aspire Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | → Sevilla (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Al Sadd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Eupen | 26 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Villarreal | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Eupen (loan) | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | → Al Sadd (loan) | 48 | (44) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020– | Al Sadd | 64 | (54) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Qatar U19 | 5 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Qatar U20 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Qatar U23 | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015– | Qatar | 112 | (37) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
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Early in his career, he was considered to be one of the most promising players to emerge from Qatar.[4] Akram has been named in a three-man shortlist for the Asian Football Confederation’s men's player of the year for bringing the 2019 Asian Cup to Qatar.[5] He won the Asian Footballer of the Year award in 2019.[6]