Abdulwasea Al-Matari

Abdulwasea Al-Matari (; 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.

His first international goal came against Pakistan in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, a match which Yemen won 3–1.

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. + List of international goals scored by Abdulwasea Al-MatariNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1. 13 March 2015 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 1–0 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification2. 7 June 2016 1–0 2–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification3. 5 September 2017 Panaad Park and Stadium, Bacolod, Philippines 2–1 2–2 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification4. 27 March 2018 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 1–0 2–15. 2–16. 8 August 2019 Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq 2019 WAFF Championship7. 11 August 2019 1–2 1–28. 5 September 2019 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore 1–1 2–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification9. 9 January 2023 Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq 2–3 2023 Arabian Gulf Cup10. 12 October 2023 Damac Club Stadium, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia 3–0 3–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification11. 17 October 2023 Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1–0 1–1 12. 9 October 2025 Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 2–0 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification13. 26 November 2025 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 3–1 4–4 2025 FIFA Arab Cup qualification14. 4–2