Ali Mabkhout

Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Al Hajeri (علي أحمد مبخوت محسن الهاجري; born 5 October 1990) is an Emirati professional association football player who plays as a forward for UAE Pro League club Al-Nasr and the United Arab Emirates national team.

Coming through the youth system, Mabkhout made his debut for Al Jazira's first team in 2009.

Club career
Mabkhout made his AFC Champions League debut against Al Ittihad on 22 April 2009, after coming on as a substitute. On 19 May 2009, he scored his first Asian Champions League goal in the 49th minute against Esteghlal in a 2–2 draw.

Mabkhout formed a partnership with Ricardo Oliveira, his teammate from 2009 to 2014; this partnership was said to contribute towards the development of Mabkhout's talents in his formative years.

International career
In the quarter-final of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Mabkhout scored the opening goal of a 1–1 draw with Japan at Stadium Australia in Sydney; he went on to convert his penalty kick as the UAE defeated the defending champions 5–4 in a penalty shootout.

During the 2019 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals hosted by the United Arab Emirates, Mabkhout netted the only goal in a 1–0 victory over defending champions Australia, which qualified his country to the semi-finals.

On 10 October 2019, Mabkhout scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in a 5–0 win to become UAE's all-time leading goalscorer.

Mabkhout was called up for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar, yet he surprisingly was not able to feature in any match during the competition under coach Paulo Bento.

Honours
Al Jazira
 * UAE Pro League: 2010–11, 2016–17, 2020–21
 * UAE President's Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16
 * Etisalat Emirates Cup: 2009–10
 * UAE Super Cup: 2021–22

United Arab Emirates U23
 * GCC U-23 Championship: 2010
 * Asian Games silver medal: 2010

United Arab Emirates
 * Arabian Gulf Cup: 2013
 * AFC Asian Cup third place: 2015

Individual
 * UAE Pro League top scorer: 2016–17, 2020–21
 * Arabian Gulf Cup top scorer: 2014, 2019
 * AFC Asian Cup top scorer: 2015
 * AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2015, 2019