Faraj Laheeb Al-Mutairi - International Goals


The outstanding Kuwaiti player scored 23 international goals in 50 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  3-10-1978
Country: Kuwait  
Caps:	50	(W23-D14-L13 – GF102-GA49 – %60.00)
Goals:	23	(% 0.46 per match)
Age First Cap: 19 yr 345 d   13- 9-1998 vs. North Korea 4-0
Age Last Cap:  30 yr  88 d   30-12-2008 vs. UA Emirates 0-0
National Team Career: 10 yr 108 d

Cap  Goals    Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition

 1   2   2   13- 9-98	Kuwait City 	North Korea	4-0	
 2	 2    1-10-98	Doha     	UA Emirates	4-1	Arab Nations Cup
 3   1   3   13-10-98	Kuwait City 	Iran    	3-0	
 4	 3   30-10-98	Riffa    	Saudi Arabia	1-2	Gulf Cup
 5   1   4    6-11-98	Riffa   	Bahrain 	2-0	Gulf Cup
 6	 4    9-11-98	Riffa   	Oman    	5-0	Gulf Cup
 7	 4   12-11-98	Riffa   	UA Emirates	4-1	Gulf Cup
 8   4	 8    1-12-98	Chiang Mai 	Mongolia       11-0	Asian Games
 9   2  10    5-12-98	Chiang Mai 	Uzbekistan	3-3	Asian Games
10   1  11    7-12-98	Bangkok  	UA Emirates	5-0	Asian Games
11	11   11-12-98	Bangkok  	South Korea	0-1	Asian Games
12	11   14-12-98	Bangkok  	Qatar    	0-0 [1]	Asian Games
13   1  12   16-12-98	Bangkok  	Thailand	3-0	Asian Games
14	12   19-12-98	Bangkok  	Iran    	0-2	Asian Games
15	12   24- 9-00	Kuwait City 	Qatar   	0-0	
16	12   30- 9-00	Kuwait City 	Thailand	3-2	
17	12   13-10-00	Tripoli 	Indonesia	0-0	Asian Nations Cup
18	12   16-10-00	Tripoli 	South Korea	1-0	Asian Nations Cup
19	12   19-10-00	Tripoli 	China   	0-0	Asian Nations Cup
20	12   24-10-00	Beirut   	Saudi Arabia	2-3	Asian Nations Cup
21	12    6- 2-01	Singapore	Singapore	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
22   1  13   24- 2-01	Kuwait City 	Kyrgyzstan	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
23	13   27- 2-01	Kuwait City 	Bahrain 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
24   1  14    5- 1-02	Kuwait City 	Zimbabwe	3-0	
25	14   19- 1-02	Riyadh   	Oman    	1-3	Gulf Cup
26	14   22- 1-02	Riyadh   	Bahrain 	0-0	Gulf Cup
27	14   26- 1-02	Riyadh   	Qatar   	0-1	Gulf Cup
28	14    9- 5-02	Freiburg	Germany 	0-7	
29	14   30- 5-02	Safat       	Iran    	1-3	
30	14   18-12-02	Kuwait City 	Sudan   	1-0	Arab Nations Cup
31	14   23-12-02	Kuwait City 	Jordan  	1-2	Arab Nations Cup
32	14   25-12-02	Kuwait City 	Palestine	3-3	Arab Nations Cup
33   1  15   10-11-04	Kuwait City 	Kyrgyzstan	3-0	
34   2  17   17-11-04	Kuwait City 	Malaysia	6-1	World Cup Qualifier
35   1  18    6-12-04	Kuwait City 	Tajikistan	3-0	
36	18   11-12-04	Al-Rayyan 	Saudi Arabia	2-1	Gulf Cup
37	18   17-12-04	Al-Rayyan	Yemen   	3-0	Gulf Cup
38	18   20-12-04	Al-Rayyan	Qatar   	0-2	Gulf Cup
39	18   23-12-04	Al-Rayyan	Bahrain 	1-3	Gulf Cup
40	18   22- 1-05	Kuwait City 	Norway  	1-1	
41	18    2- 2-05	Beijing 	North Korea	0-0	
42	18   18- 3-05	Al-Ain    	Armenia 	3-1	
43	18   30- 3-05	Kuwait City 	Saudi Arabia	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
44	18    6- 9-06	Kuwait City 	Australia	2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
45	18   11-10-06	Kuwait City 	Lithuania	1-0	
46   3	21    9-11-06	Al-Ain    	Taiwan         10-0	
47   1  22   15-11-06	Riffa    	Bahrain 	1-2	Asian Cup Qualifier
48   1  23    5- 6-07	Kuwait City	Portugal	1-1	
49	23   12- 6-07	Kuwait City 	Egypt   	1-1	
50	23   30-12-08	Dubai    	UA Emirates	0-0	

[1] Kuwait won 3-1 on penalty kicks.

NB: the match against Japan U-21 (1-2, 9-12-98 in Bangkok, Asian Games, in which
    Al-Mutairi scored one goal) was not full A and is therefore not included here.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    50    23   14   13  102-  49     60      60.00


Types of Goals and Matches

		     Matches 	Goals

Friendlies		17	10
Gulf Cup		11	 1
Asian Games		 7	 8
World Cup Qualifier	 5	 3
Arab Nations Cup	 4	 0
Asian Nations Cup	 4	 0
Asian Cup Qualifier      2   	 1


Total 			50	23
 

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