Bader Al-Mutawa

Bader Al-Mutawa
Personal information
Full name Bader Ahmed Al-Mutawa
Date of birth (1985-01-05) 5 January 1985
Place of birth Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Qadsia
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002– Qadsia 337 (237)
2007 → Qatar SC (loan) 1 (0)
2011 → Al Nassr (loan) 21 (13)
National team‡
2003– Kuwait 164 (55)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2018

Bader Ahmed Al-Mutawa (Arabic: بدر المطوع‎; born 5 January 1985) is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who plays for Qadsia and the Kuwait national team, where he usually operates as a second striker. He wears the jersey number 17 for both club and country.

Club career

Al-Mutawa's performance for both club and national teams lead to his being awarded as the 2nd best Asian player in 2006. Though Al-Mutawa was handed the prize for 3rd place, which belonged to Saudi national Mohammad Al-Shalhoub, this was corrected later on and the Asian Football Committee assured that Al-Mutwa had won 2nd place.[1]

He was awarded the Kuwaiti league's top scorer for local players in the 2008–09 season with 10 goals.

On 23 July 2012 he began training with Nottingham Forest as their new owners, the Al-Hasawi family, arranged a one-month trial for the striker.[2] He impressed manager Sean O'Driscoll enough that the club were looking to sign him on a permanent basis but he was denied a work permit and the club wasn't able to sign him.[3]

International career

Al-Mutawa's first major competition on international level was the 2003 Arabian Gulf Cup, hosted by Kuwait. The home side finished sixth with only five points from six matches (only Yemen, the newcomer to the Gulf Cup finished the tournament with less points, sparing Kuwait the embarrassment of ending up at the bottom of the table of the gulf cup for the first time in their history). Al-Mutwa scored once in Kuwait's only victory of the tournament, a 4–0 win against Yemen.

Al-Mutawa played in the 17th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2004, scoring a goal in the 87th minute against Saudi Arabia in Kuwait's opening match. Al-Mutawa excelled in this tournament, forming a strike partnership with captain and star striker Bashar Abdullah. They managed to score five goals between them. This partnership was short lived as Bashar retired from international football shortly after the tournament and Kuwait was eliminated in the semi-finals by Qatar after topping Group B with two victories and one draw with Bahrain.

At the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2007, Al-Mutawa scored goals against Yemen and in the final group match against the United Arab Emirates, but Kuwait exited the tournament for the first time in their history without winning a single game.

On 3 September 2015, Al-Mutawa scored his second senior hat-trick, in a 9–0 defeat of Myanmar in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[4]

With 164 caps as of his latest international match on 11 October 2018, Al-Mutawa is the most capped player for Kuwait and also the current active leader in international caps for male football players.

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup ACL Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Qadsia SC
2005–06919000175021101
Qadsia SC
2006–0793004175021101
Qatar SC
2007–084133000175021101
Qadsia SC
2007–08163004175021100
Qadsia SC
2008–0921100041750000
Qadsia SC
2009–102170041050139
Al-Nassr FC
2010–1193052175021101
Career totals 1267805217501121181

International

As of 11 October 2018[5][6]
Kuwait national team
YearAppsGoals
2003136
2004228
2005133
200683
200742
200890
2009175
20101510
2011195
201283
2013125
201491
201594
201730
201830
Total16455

International goals

Scores and results list Kuwait's goal tally first.[5]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2003Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar Singapore2–13–12004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.3–1
3.27 September 2003Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli Singapore2–03–02004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4.5 October 2003Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli Palestine2–02–12004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5.8 October 2003Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli Palestine2–04–02004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.3–0
7.1 January 2004Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City Yemen3–04–016th Arabian Gulf Cup
8.31 March 2004Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan Malaysia1–02–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.9 June 2004Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City Hong Kong2–04–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.19 July 2004Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan United Arab Emirates2–03–12004 AFC Asian Cup
11.3–0
12.17 November 2004Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City Malaysia1–06–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.11 December 2004Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Doha Saudi Arabia2–12–117th Arabian Gulf Cup
14.17 December 2004Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Yemen2–03–017th Arabian Gulf Cup
15.18 March 2005Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al-Ain Armenia2–03–1Friendly
16.19 July 2005Stade de Genève, Geneva United Arab Emirates1–11–1 (6–7 p)Friendly
17.17 August 2005Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent Uzbekistan1–02–32006 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.3 February 2006Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Singapore2–02–0Friendly
19.6 September 2006Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City Australia2–02–02007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
20.9 November 2006Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al-Ain Chinese Taipei8–010–0Friendly
21.17 January 2007Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Yemen1–11–118th Arabian Gulf Cup
22.23 January 2007Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates1–12–318th Arabian Gulf Cup
23.23 January 2009Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City Syria2–22–3Friendly
24.3 November 2009Cairo Kenya3–05–0Friendly
25.4–0
26.14 November 2009Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Indonesia1–12–12011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
27.2–1
28.11 August 2010Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku Azerbaijan1–11–1Friendly
29.3 September 2010Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City Syria2–03–0Friendly
30.14 November 2010Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi India2–09–1Friendly
31.5–0
32.7–0
33.9–1
34.28 November 2010Al-Wihda Stadium, Zinjibar Yemen2–03–020th Arabian Gulf Cup
35.3–0
36.2 December 2010May 22 Stadium, Aden Iraq1–02–220th Arabian Gulf Cup
37.31 December 2010Suez Stadium, Suez Zambia3–04–0Friendly
38.12 January 2011Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha Uzbekistan1–11–22011 AFC Asian Cup
39.16 July 2011Amman International Stadium, Amman Saudi Arabia1–01–0Friendly
40.2 September 2011Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain United Arab Emirates2–03–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification
41.22 December 2011Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Saudi Arabia2–02–02011 Pan Arab Games
42.22 December 2011Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha Palestine3–03–02011 Pan Arab Games
43.17 January 2012Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City Uzbekistan1–01–0Friendly
44.16 October 2012Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Philippines1–02–1Friendly
45.8 December 2012Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City Palestine2–02–12012 WAFF Championship
46.6 January 2013Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Yemen2–02–021st Arabian Gulf Cup
47.18 January 2013Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa Bahrain5–16–121st Arabian Gulf Cup
48.6 September 2013Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City North Korea1–02–1Friendly
49.2–1
50.9 September 2013Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City Bahrain1–12–1Friendly
51.17 November 2014Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh United Arab Emirates2–22–222nd Arabian Gulf Cup
52.3 September 2015Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha Myanmar7–09–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
53.8–0
54.9–0
55.8 September 2015New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane Laos2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honors

Club

International

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Asian Cup 2011: Asian Cup Ten Players To Watch: Bader Al Mutwa – Goal.com
  2. ↑ Chong, Edwin (21 July 2012). "Al-Mutawa lands Forest chance". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  3. ↑ McDaid, Paul (22 August 2012). "Nottingham Forest fail to land work permits for Kuwaiti trio". Sport360.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "WORLD CUP QUALIFYING – AFC 3/9/2015 12:00*". ESPN FC. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Bader Al-Mutawa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  6. ↑ Mohammed, Husain; Mamrud, Roberto. "Bader Ahmed Al-Mutawa – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  7. ↑ AFC Player of the Year: It is down to 15 nominees – Asian Football Confederation
  8. ↑ AFC Player of the Year nominees: 33 in contention for top award – Asian Football Confederation
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