Ahmed Otaif

Ahmed Otaif
Personal information
Date of birth	14 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Al-Shabab
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2018	Al-Shabab
International career‡
2004–2006	Saudi Arabia U23
2006–2013	Saudi Arabia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2008 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 Jan 2011

Ahmed Otaif (Arabic: أحمد عطيف; born 14 April 1983) is a retired Saudi professional footballer who played for Al-Shabab and the Saudi Arabia national team.^[1] He spent his entire playing career at Al-Shabab and captained the side from 2008 until his retirement in 2018.^[2] He won nine titles with Al-Shabab and captained the side to the 2011–12 Saudi Professional League title. Otaif earned 59 caps with the Saudi Arabia national team and represented them at three different tournaments including the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.^[3]

Ahmed Otaif is the older brother of current Al-Hilal player Abdullah Otayf and former Al-Shabab players Abdoh Otaif, Ali Otayf and Saqer Otaif.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 April 2018^[5]

Club	Season	League		King Cup		Crown Prince Cup		Asia		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Shabab	2001–02	?	?	—		0	0	—		?	?	?	?
	2002–03	?	?	—		2	0	—		?	?	?	?
	2003–04	?	?	—		0	0	—		?	?	?	?
	2004–05	?	?	—		2	1	5	0	?	?	?	?
	2005–06	?	?	—		4	0	8	0	?	?	?	?
	2006–07	?	?	—		2	0	6	1	?	?	?	?
	2007–08	?	?	4	0	4	0	—		?	?	?	?
	2008–09	19	3	5	0	4	0	4	0	1^[a]	0	33	3
	2009–10	20	1	4	0	3	0	10	0	2^[a]	0	39	1
	2010–11	17	1	2	0	0	0	5	0	—		24	1
	2011–12	25	3	2	0	2	0	—		—		29	3
	2012–13	26	0	5	0	1	0	10	0	—		42	0
	2013–14	16	0	6	0	3	0	8	2	—		33	2
	2014–15	22	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	1^[b]	0	31	0
	2015–16	4	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		6	0
	2016–17	14	1	1	0	1	0	—		—		16	1
	2017–18	11	0	3	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
	Total	174+	9+	33	0	29	1	62	3	4+	0+	302+	10+
Career totals		174+	9+	33	0	29	1	62	3	4+	0+	302+	10+

^ ^a ^b Appearances in Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup
^ Appearance in Saudi Super Cup

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 September 2013.^[6]

Saudi Arabia
Year	Apps	Goals
2006	1	0
2007	0	0
2008	13	0
2009	17	1
2010	6	0
2011	13	0
2012	5	0
2013	4	0
Total	59	1

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 January 2009	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat	Yemen	4–0	6–0	19th Arabian Gulf Cup

Honours

Al-Shabab

Saudi Professional League: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2011–12
King Cup: 2008, 2009, 2014
Saudi Super Cup: 2014
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10

Individual

Saudi Professional League Player of the Season: 2008–09^[7]

References

External links

Ahmed Otaif at National-Football-Teams.com
Ahmed Otaif at ESPN FC
Profile at slstat.com

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[FC-6] Appearances in Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup

[SC-7] Appearance in Saudi Super Cup

[1] "أحمد عطيف - Ahmad Otaif".

[2] "انتهاء مسيرة أحمد عطيف مع الشباب .. و النادي يعرض عليه منصبًا فنيًا أو إداريًا".

[3] "الشبابيون: #شكراً_أحمد_عطيف".

[4] "أبناء (عطيف) ظاهرة فريدة في الملاعب السعودية".

[5] "AHMED ATEEF".

[8] "( Ahmed Ateef ) Matches Played".

[9] "أحمد عطيف أفضل لاعب والحمد أفضل لاعب واعد والسبع أفضل رياضي في نتائج جوائز الموسم السعودي".

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-04-14) 14 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Al-Shabab
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2018	Al-Shabab	176	(23)
International career^‡
2004–2006	Saudi Arabia U23
2006–2013	Saudi Arabia	59	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2008 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 Jan 2011