Ali Mabkhout

Ali Ahmed Mabkhout (; born 5 October 1990) is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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. NoteTag|Mabkhout's three goals against Sri Lanka on 31 August 2019 were initially considered in an unofficial friendly; hence he become the UAE's all-time leading goalscorer when he scored two goals against Malaysia on 10 September 2019.

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Honours Al Jazira UAE Pro League: 2010–11, 2016–17, 2020–21 UAE President's Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16 UAE League Cup: 2009–10 UAE Super Cup: 2021 FIFA Club World Cup 2017: Fourth place

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 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League top scorer: 2024–25 Arabian Gulf Cup top scorer: 2014, 2019 AFC Asian Cup top scorer: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2015, 2019