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.

International career

Al-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

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

  1. ^ Abdulwasea Al-Matari – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ "Abdulwasea Al Matari Statistics". Yemen-team.com. 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Bahrain v Yemen Match Report". AFC. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ^ "World's worst team Bhutan kick off 2018 World Cup qualifying with victory". The Guardian. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Al-Matari, Abdulwasea". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulwasea_Al-Matari
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