Abdulwasea Al-Matari (Arabic: عبد الواسع المطري; born 4 July 1994) is a Yemeni football midfielder who plays for Bahraini Premier League club Sitra and captains the Yemen national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdulwasea Al-Matari | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1994[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Sana'a, Yemen | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sitra | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Al Yarmuk Al Rawda | ||
| 2015–2018 | Al-Orouba | (9) | |
| 2018–2019 | Dibba Al-Hisn | 18 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Al-Nahda | ||
| 2020–2021 | Al-Nasr | ||
| 2021-2022 | Al-Ittihad | 20 | (3) |
| 2023– | Sitra | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013– | Yemen | 63 | (11) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2024 [2] | |||
International career
editAl-Matari made his international debut in 2013 in a 2–0 defeat to Bahrain in the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers.[3]
His first international goal came against Pakistan in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, a match which Yemen won 3–1.[4]
On 12 October 2023, Al Matari scored his 10th international goal against Sri Lanka, scoring a free kick in the dying minute of the match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Yemen's goal tally first.[5]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 March 2015 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Pakistan |
1–0 | 3–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 7 June 2016 |  Maldives |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |
| 3. | 5 September 2017 | Panaad Park and Stadium, Bacolod, Philippines |  Philippines |
2–1 | 2–2 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 4. | 27 March 2018 | Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Nepal |
1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 5. | 2–1 | |||||
| 6. | 8 August 2019 | Karbala International Stadium, Karbala |  Lebanon |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2019 WAFF Championship |
| 7. | 11 August 2019 |  Iraq |
1–2 | 1–2 | ||
| 8. | 5 September 2019 | National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore |  Singapore |
1–1 | 2–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9. | 9 January 2023 | Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq |  Oman
|
1–1 | 2–3 | 2023 Arabian Gulf Cup |
| 10. | 12 October 2023 | Damac Club Stadium, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia |  Sri Lanka
|
3–0 | 3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 11. | 17 October 2023 | Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1–0 | 1–1 |
References
edit- ^ Abdulwasea Al-Matari – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Abdulwasea Al Matari Statistics". Yemen-team.com. 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Bahrain v Yemen Match Report". AFC. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "World's worst team Bhutan kick off 2018 World Cup qualifying with victory". The Guardian. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Al-Matari, Abdulwasea". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
External links
edit- Abdulwasea Al-Matari at Soccerway
- Abdulwasea Al-Matari at Yemen-team.com