Born: 13- 8-1957 Country: Kuwait Caps: 67 (W41-D11-L15 – GF141-GA64 – %69.40) Goals: 36 (% 0.54 per match) Age First Cap: 17 yr 20 d 2- 9-1974 vs. Thailand 3-2 Age Last Cap: 28 yr 237 d 7- 4-1986 vs. Bahrain 1-1 National Team Career: 11 yr 217 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 1 1 2- 9-74 Tehran Thailand 3-2 Asian Games
2 1 6- 9-74 Tehran South Korea 4-0 Asian Games
3 1 9- 9-74 Tehran North Korea 0-2 Asian Games
4 1 11- 9-74 Tehran Burma 5-2 Asian Games
5 2 3 27- 3-76 Doha Qatar 4-0 Gulf Cup
6 2 5 29- 3-76 Doha Oman 8-0 Gulf Cup
7 5 1- 4-76 Doha UA Emirates 0-0 Gulf Cup
8 1 6 6- 4-76 Doha Bahrain 5-2 Gulf Cup
9 1 7 8- 4-76 Doha Iraq 2-2 Gulf Cup
10 2 9 11- 4-76 Doha Saudi Arabia 3-1 Gulf Cup
11 9 15- 4-76 Doha Iraq 4-2 Gulf Cup
12 1 10 3- 6-76 Tehran Malaysia 2-0 Asian Nations Cup
13 10 7- 6-76 Tabriz China 1-0 Asian Nations Cup
14 10 10- 6-76 Tehran Iraq 3-2 Asian Nations Cup
15 10 13- 6-76 Tehran Iran 0-1 Asian Nations Cup
16 10 11- 3-77 Doha Bahrain 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
17 1 11 2-10-77 Hongkong Hongkong 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
18 11 9-10-77 Seoul South Korea 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
19 11 16-10-77 Sydney Australia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
20 11 28-10-77 Tehran Iran 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
21 1 12 5-11-77 Kuwait City South Korea 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
22 2 14 12-11-77 Kuwait City Hongkong 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
23 1 15 19-11-77 Kuwait City Australia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
24 1 16 3-12-77 Kuwait City Iran 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
25 1 17 10-12-78 Bangkok Japan 2-0 Asian Games
26 17 12-12-78 Bangkok South Korea 0-2 Asian Games
27 17 14-12-78 Bangkok Bahrain 3-0 Asian Games
28 1 18 16-12-78 Bangkok India 6-1 Asian Games
29 18 18-12-78 Bangkok Iraq 0-3 Asian Games
30 18 20-12-78 Bangkok North Korea 2-2 Asian Games
31 18 24- 3-79 Baghdad Qatar 3-1 Gulf Cup
32 18 29- 3-79 Baghdad Iraq 2-3 Gulf Cup
33 1 19 31- 3-79 Baghdad UA Emirates 7-0 Gulf Cup
34 19 2- 4-79 Baghdad Oman 2-0 Gulf Cup
35 19 5- 4-79 Baghdad Saudi Arabia 0-0 Gulf Cup
36 19 8- 4-79 Baghdad Bahrain 2-0 Gulf Cup
37 19 15- 9-80 Kuwait City UA Emirates 1-1 Asian Nations Cup
38 19 18- 9-80 Kuwait City Malaysia 3-1 Asian Nations Cup
39 19 21- 9-80 Kuwait City South Korea 0-3 Asian Nations Cup
40 2 21 25- 9-80 Kuwait City Qatar 4-0 Asian Nations Cup
41 1 22 28- 9-80 Kuwait City Iran 2-1 Asian Nations Cup
42 2 24 30- 9-80 Kuwait City South Korea 3-0 Asian Nations Cup
43 1 25 22- 4-81 Kuwait City Thailand 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
44 1 26 10-10-81 Auckland New Zealand 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
45 26 18-10-81 Beijing China 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
46 26 4-11-81 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
47 26 30-11-81 Kuwait City China 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
48 2 28 7-12-81 Kuwait City Saudi Arabia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
49 28 14-12-81 Kuwait City New Zealand 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
50 1 29 17- 6-82 Valladolid Czechoslovakia 1-1 World Cup
51 29 21- 6-82 Valladolid France 1-4 World Cup
52 29 25- 6-82 Bilbao England 0-1 World Cup
53 29 3-12-84 Singapore Qatar 1-0 Asian Nations Cup
54 29 5-12-84 Singapore South Korea 0-0 Asian Nations Cup
55 1 30 9-12-84 Singapore Syria 3-1 Asian Nations Cup
56 30 11-12-84 Singapore Saudi Arabia 0-1 Asian Nations Cup
57 30 13-12-84 Singapore China 0-1 Asian Nations Cup
58 30 16-12-84 Singapore Iran 1-1 [1] Asian Nations Cup
59 30 22- 3-85 Damascus Syria 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
60 1 31 5- 4-85 Kuwait City North Yemen 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
61 31 26- 4-85 Sana'a North Yemen 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
62 1 32 23- 3-86 Manama Saudi Arabia 3-1 Gulf Cup
63 1 33 25- 3-86 Manama Oman 2-0 Gulf Cup
64 33 28- 3-86 Manama UA Emirates 1-0 Gulf Cup
65 2 35 1- 4-86 Manama Qatar 2-1 Gulf Cup
66 35 3- 4-86 Manama Iraq 2-1 Gulf Cup
67 1 36 7- 4-86 Manama Bahrain 1-1 Gulf Cup
[1] Kuwait won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
Note: the following matches weree not full A international matches and are
therefore not included here:
(3 goals) 21- 7-80 Moskva Nigeria 3-1 Olympic Games
23- 7-80 Moskva Colombia Ol. 1-1 Olympic Games
25- 7-80 Leningrad Czechoslovakia 0-0 Olympic Games
27- 7-80 Moskva Soviet Union 1-2 Olympic Games
27- 2-87 Doha Iran 1-2 Olympic G. Qualifier
(1 goal) 7- 3-87 Doha Iran 1-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
4-12-87 Doha Qatar 0-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
11-12-87 Kuwait City Saudi Arabia 1-0 Olympic G. Qualifier
18-12-87 Kuwait City Iraq 2-1 Olympic G. Qualifier
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
67 41 11 15 141- 64 93 69.40
36 Goals in 67 Matches (0.54 per match)
Types of Goals and Matches
Matches Goals
Gulf Cup 19 14
World Cup Qualifier 19 11
Asian Nations Cup 16 7
Asian Games 10 3
World Cup 3 1
Total 67 36
With thanks to Jarek Owsianski (jarek-o@go2.pl) and Jean-Jacques Tissier (jjacquestissier@aol.com)
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