List of international goals scored by Ali Mabkhout

Ali Mabkhout is an Emirati professional footballer who has represented the United Arab Emirates national team since 2012. He made his first appearance for the UAE on 15 November 2009 at Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium in Al Ain against Czech Republic in a friendly match. As of December 30, 2023, Mabkhout is the top scorer for his country with 85 goals in 114 appearances.^[1] He was top goalscorer in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Mabkhout celebrating his goal against Australia at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Since he made his first appearance for the national team in 2012, Mabkhout has been an instrumental member of the United Arab Emirates, being part of the side during the 2015 and 2019 AFC Asian Cup, as well as participating in FIFA World Cup qualification and regional tournaments like the Arabian Gulf Cup. On 31 August 2019, in a friendly game against Sri Lanka, Mabkhout opened the scoring with his 50th international goal, and went on to get a hat-trick in an eventual 5–1 win.^[2] This made Mabkhout only the second Emirati player in history to score 50 goals for the side after Adnan Al Talyani. On 10 October 2019, Mabkhout scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in a 5–0 win, to become UAE's all-time leading goalscorer.^{[3][lower-alpha 1]}

List of goals

Scores and results list United Arab Emirates's goal tally first.^[1][4]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 October 2012	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Bahrain	1–0	6–2	Friendly
2				2–2
3				4–2
4				5–2
5	14 November 2012	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Estonia	2–1	2–1	Friendly
6	5 January 2013	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town, Bahrain	Qatar	2–1	3–1	21st Arabian Gulf Cup
7	8 January 2013	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	1–0	2–1	21st Arabian Gulf Cup
8	22 March 2013	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	2–1	2–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9	5 September 2013	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	3–3	2013 OSN Cup
10	9 September 2013	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	New Zealand	2–0	2–0	2013 OSN Cup
—	5 October 2013	Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen, China	Laos	2–0	2–0	Unofficial friendly
—	9 October 2013	Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen, China	Malaysia	3–0	3–1	Unofficial friendly
11	15 October 2013	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1–0	4–0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
12				2–0
13				3–0
14	9 November 2013	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Philippines	4–0	4–0	Friendly
15	19 November 2013	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Vietnam	3–0	5–0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
16				5–0
17	17 November 2014	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	1–0	2–2	22nd Arabian Gulf Cup
18				2–0
19	20 November 2014	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Iraq	1–0	2–0	22nd Arabian Gulf Cup
20				2–0
21	25 November 2014	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Oman	1–0	1–0	22nd Arabian Gulf Cup
22	11 January 2015	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia	Qatar	3–1	4–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup
23				4–1
24	15 January 2015	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia	Bahrain	1–0	2–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup
25	23 January 2015	Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia	Japan	1–0	1–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup
26	30 January 2015	Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle, Australia	Iraq	3–2	3–2	2015 AFC Asian Cup
27	3 September 2015	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Malaysia	2–0	10–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
28				6–0
29				8–0
30	5 November 2015	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Turkmenistan	3–1	5–1	Friendly
31				4–1
32				5–1
33	12 November 2015	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	East Timor	1–0	8–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
34				2–0
35	16 January 2016	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Iceland	2–1	2–1	Friendly
36	6 October 2016	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Thailand	1–0	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
37				2–0
38	7 June 2017	Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Laos	1–0	4–0	Friendly
39				3–0
40	13 June 2017	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–1	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
41	29 August 2017	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	1–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
42	14 November 2017	Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
43	22 December 2017	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Oman	1–0	1–0	23rd Arabian Gulf Cup
44	11 September 2018	Estadi Palamós Costa Brava, Palamós, Spain	Laos	1–0	3–0	Friendly
45				2–0
46	10 January 2019	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	India	2–0	2–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup
47	14 January 2019	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Thailand	1–0	1–1	2019 AFC Asian Cup
48	21 January 2019	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Kyrgyzstan	2–1	3–2 (a.e.t.)	2019 AFC Asian Cup
49	25 January 2019	Hazza bin Zayed, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Australia	1–0	1–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup
50	21 March 2019	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	2–1	2–1	Friendly
51	31 August 2019	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Sri Lanka	1–0	5–1	Friendly
52				2–0
53				3–0
54	10 September 2019	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–1	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
55				2–1
56	10 October 2019	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Indonesia	2–0	5–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
57				3–0
58				4–0
59	15 October 2019	Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani, Thailand	Thailand	1–1	1–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
60	26 November 2019	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Yemen	1–0	3–0	24th Arabian Gulf Cup
61				2–0
62				3–0
63	2 December 2019	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–2	2–4	24th Arabian Gulf Cup
64				2–3
65	12 November 2020	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Tajikistan	1–2	3–2	Friendly
66				2–2
67	29 March 2021	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	India	1–0	6–0	Friendly
68				2–0
69				3–0
70	24 May 2021	Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Jordan	1–0	5–1	Friendly
71				2–0
72				4–0
73	3 June 2021	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Malaysia	1–0	4–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
74				3–0
75	11 June 2021	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Indonesia	1–0	5–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
76				3–0
77	15 June 2021	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Vietnam	2–0	3–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
78	7 September 2021	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Syria	1–0	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
79	12 October 2021	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Iraq	2–2	2–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
80	16 November 2021	Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon	Lebanon	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
81	29 May 2022	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Gambia	1–0	1–1	Friendly
82	16 November 2023	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Nepal	2–0	4–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
83				3–0
84	21 November 2023	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	2–0	2–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
85	30 December 2023	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Kyrgyzstan	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Hat-tricks

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Goals	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	16 October 2012	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United arab Emirates	Bahrain	4 – (19', 39', 53', 65')	6–2	Friendly
2	15 October 2013	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	3 – (30', 55', 90')	4–0	Asian Cup qualification	[5]
3	3 September 2015	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Malaysia	3 – (22', 33', 75')	10–0	World Cup qualification	[6]
4	5 November 2015	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Turkmenistan	3 – (64', 76', 81')	5–1	Friendly	[7]
5	31 August 2019	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Sri Lanka	3 – (18' pen., 42', 52')	5–1	Friendly	[8]
6	10 October 2019	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Indonesia	3 – (51', 63' pen., 72')	5–0	World Cup qualification	[9]
7	26 November 2019	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Yemen	3 – (21', 38', 54')	3–0	Gulf Cup	[10]
8	29 March 2021	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	India	3 – (12', 32' pen., 60')	6–0	Friendly	[11]
9	24 May 2021	Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Jordan	3 – (17' pen., 29', 50')	5–1	Friendly	[12]

Statistics

Mabkhout in early January 2015, during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

Appearances and goals Year Apps Goals 2009 1 0 2010 1 0 2012 6 5 2013 11 11 2014 15 5 2015 14 13 2016 8 3 2017 9 6 2018 6 2 2019 15 19 2020 2 2 2021 16 14 2022 5 1 2023 5 4 Total 114 85

Goals by competition Competition Goals FIFA World Cup qualification 22 AFC Asian Cup 9 AFC Asian Cup qualification 6 Arabian Gulf Cup 13 OSN Cup 2 Friendly 33 Total 85

Goals by nation Opponents Goals  Bahrain 7  Malaysia 7  Indonesia 5  Qatar 5  Thailand 5  India 4  Iraq 4  Laos 4  Hong Kong 3  Jordan 3  Sri Lanka 3  Turkmenistan 3  Vietnam 3  Yemen 3  Kuwait 2  Kyrgyzstan 2    Nepal 2  Oman 2  Saudi Arabia 2  Tajikistan 2  East Timor 2  Uzbekistan 2  Australia 1  Estonia 1  Gambia 1  Iceland 1  Japan 1  Lebanon 1  New Zealand 1  Philippines 1  Syria 1  Trinidad and Tobago 1

See also

• List of top international men's football goalscorers by country
• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
• List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

Notes

1. Mabkhout's three goals against Sri Lanka on 31 August 2019 were initially considered in an unofficial friendly; hence, he become UAE's all-time leading goalscorer when he scored two goals against Malaysia on 10 September 2019.^[4]

References

1. "Al-Hajeri, Ali Mabkhout". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
2. "United Arab Emirates vs. Sri Lanka (5:1) | National Football Teams".
3. "Ali Mabkhout: words cannot tell you how happy or how proud I am". The National. 11 October 2019.
4. "Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al-Hajeri - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
5. "Hong Kong 0–4 UAE". soccerway. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
6. "UAE 10–0 Malaysia". soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
7. "UAE 5–1 Turkmenistan". soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
8. "UAE 5–1 Sri Lanka". soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
9. "UAE 5–0 Indonesia". soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
10. "UAE 3–0 Yemen". soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
11. "UAE 6–0 India". soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
12. "UAE 5–1 Jordan". soccerway. Retrieved 24 May 2021.