Ali Assadalla

Ali Assadalla Qambar (Arabic: علي أسد الله; born 19 January 1993), also known simply as Ali Asad, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al Sadd and the Qatar national team.^[3]

Ali Assadalla

Personal information
Full name	Ali Assadalla Qambar
Date of birth	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth	Manama, Bahrain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al Sadd
Number	8
Youth career
2007–2008	Al Muharraq
2008–2012	Al Sadd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–	Al Sadd	185	(26)
International career‡
2010–2013	Qatar U20	9	(0)
2013–2014	Qatar B	5	(1)
2013–	Qatar	72	(12)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Qatar AFC Asian Cup Winner 2023 Qatar FIFA Arab Cup 2021 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 28 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 January 2024 (UTC)

International career

Assadalla was born in Bahrain, but was raised and naturalized as Qatari. Assaddi was called up the Qatar B team on 13 November 2013.^[4] He made official debut for the team on 25 December in the 2014 WAFF Championship in a 1–0 win against Palestine.^[5] He played in all of Qatar's matches in the tournament, scoring a goal against Kuwait during extra time in the semi-final. He formed a prolific partnership with Boualem Khoukhi, who won the top scorer award, throughout the tournament.^[6] This culminated in his team defeating Jordan in the finals and claiming its maiden WAFF title, in addition to Asad being declared 'Best Player of the Tournament'.^[7]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 January 2014	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Kuwait	3–0	3–0	2014 WAFF Championship
2.	23 November 2014	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Oman	2–1	3–1	22nd Arabian Gulf Cup
3.				3–1
4.	26 March 2015	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Algeria	1–0	1–0	Friendly
5.	3 September 2015	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Bhutan	3–0	15–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.				8–0
7.				12–0
8.	13 November 2015	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Turkey	1–0	1–2	Friendly
9.	8 August 2016	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Iraq	2–0	2–1	Friendly
10.	9 March 2017	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Azerbaijan	1–1	1–2	Friendly
11.	16 August 2017	St George's Park National Football Centre, Burton, England	Andorra	1–0	1–0	Friendly
12.	31 August 2017	Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca, Malaysia	Syria	1–1	1–3	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Correct as of 31 August 2017[8]

Honours

Al-Sadd

• Qatar Stars League: 2012–13, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Qatar Cup: 2017, 2020, 2021
• Emir of Qatar Cup: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021
• Qatari Stars Cup: 2010, 2019-20
• Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2014, 2017, 2019
• AFC Champions League: 2011
• FIFA Club World Cup Third-place: 2011

Qatar B

• WAFF Championship: 2014

Qatar

• Arabian Gulf Cup: 2014
• AFC Asian Cup: 2023

Individual

• WAFF Championship MVP: 2014

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Al-Sadd SC" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
2. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Qatar" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
3. "Player profile". al-saddclub.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
4. "Gerets arranges to Umm Salal match". lekhwiyaclub.qa. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
5. "Match report" (PDF). the-waff.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
6. موقع الفيفا يشيد بفوز منتخبنا ببطولة غرب آسيا (in Arabic). qfa.com.qa. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
7. "MAIDEN WAFF TITLE FOR QATAR". gulf-times.com. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
8. Qambar, Ali Assadalla

External links

• Ali Assadalla at Soccerway
• Ali Assadalla at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ali Assadalla at BeSoccer