Bandar Al-Ahbabi

Bandar Mohammed Saleh Al-Ahbabi (Arabic:بندر محمد صالح الأحبابي) (born 9 July 1990), is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as a winger for Emirati club Al Ain, and the UAE national football team.

Bandar Al-Ahbabi
Personal information
Full name Bandar Mohammed Saleh Al-Ahbabi
Date of birth (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990
Place of birth Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Al Ain
Number 11
Youth career
Al Ain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Al Ain 11 (0)
2012–2014 → Al-Dhafra (loan) 41 (6)
2014–2016 Baniyas 45 (4)
2016– Al Ain 57 (3)
National team‡
2015– United Arab Emirates 15 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 August 2019

Early life

Bandar Mohammed Saleh Al Ahbabi was born on 9 July 1990 in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi. He began playing football when he was ten years old in school, where he was coached by his physical education teacher Ismail, who helped him to enrolled to the Al Ain club's youth academy. However, his future as a professional player was gone to end, at age 12, when his father get him out of the academy, Because of its influences on his grade in school. but he kept playing in the youth academy without his father knowledge for a year encouraged by his mother.[1]

Club career

Al Ain

Al Dhafra (loan)

Baniyas

Return to Al Ain

International career

On 23 February 2014, Al Ahbabi was called up the first time to the UAE senior team for a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Uzbekistan.[2][3] But he was left out of the starting line-up.[4] On 11 June 2015 he made his debut with the national team in a 3–0 defeat to South Korea, starting the match and wearing the number 21 jersey.[5][6]

Career statistics

Club
As of 11 December 2019[7][8]
Club Season League Cup Super Cup UPC ACL Other Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Al Ain
2009–10 000100000000000—100
2010–11 11011032—000501—2634
2011–12 000200—000000—200
Total 11011332000000501—2934
Al Dhafra (loan)
2012–13 2034523—100——2657
2013–14 2135625—303——30513
Total 41691148000403——561020
Baniyas
2014–15 2143622—201000—2966
2015–16 2202500—301——3003
2016–17 200300————500
Total 45451422000502000—6469
Al Ain
2016–17 1505100—200501—2306
2017–18 1301202—000701—2204
2018–19 21100001000006014[lower-alpha 1]103221
2019–20 827201—000000—1028
Total 57313503100200180341087419
Career total 154132443915100110523044102362352
Notes
  1. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

Honours

Club
Al Ain

Individual
  • AGL Player of the Month: October 2019[9]
  • AGL Dream Team: 2018–19

References
  1. "الأحبابي: أمضيت عاماً ألعب للعين دون علم والدي". Emarat Al Youm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. "Eisa Ahmed among new faces emerging for UAE national team". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. "Chance for Mahdi Ali 'to experiment a few things' with UAE football". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. "Uzbekistan – UAE". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. "South Korea – UAE" friendly match". Dubai Sports. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. "UAE given a reality check ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifiers". The National. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. "Bandar Career Stats". AGLeague.ae. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  8. "Career Stats". SoccerWay.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  9. "AL AIN DUO AND ITTIHAD KALBA KEEPER WIN OCTOBER AWARDS". AGLeague. Retrieved 6 November 2019.


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