About Ali Samooh
Born 1996. Ali Samooh is an association football player.
Ali "Samuttey" Samooh (born 5 July 1996) is a Maldivian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Dhivehi Premier League club Maziya and the Maldives national team.
Club career Samooh joined the youth team of Mahibadhoo Sports Club in 2012 and he is listed as being the player of the match in a youth match against Club Valencia on 28 January 2014. He debuted for the senior team during the 2014 season and he made thirteen appearances in 2014 and a further nine in 2015 without scoring for the club.
He joined Maziya on 14 December 2015. and he competed again in the group stage with Maziya in 2017. He was made club captain ahead of the 2023 season, and he scored his first goal for the club in December 2023 during the 5–1 victory against Club Green Streets. He then scored two goals during the 2025–26 season.
He has won the Dhivehi Premier League on six occasions with Maziya (2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023, 2025–26).
International career Between 2013 and 2014, Samooh represented Maldives at U19 and U23 level, scoring once for Maldives U19 in 2013.
He was first included in the squad for the senior Maldives team during the 2015 SAFF Championship and he made his debut during the tournament on 28 December 2015 during the 4–1 loss against Afghanistan. He won the 2018 SAFF Championship with Maldives, and he scored his first goal for Maldives on 19 November 2019 during the 3–1 victory against Guam during 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Statistics
Club Only partial statistics are known.
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition 1 19 November 2019 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives18 1–0 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Honours Maziya
Dhivehi Premier League: 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023, 2025–26; runners-up 2018 Maldives FA Cup: 2012, 2014, 2022; third place 2017 Maldivian FA Charity Shield: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2025; runner-up 2020 Malé League: 2017; third place 2018 President's Cup: 2015, 2023; runner-up 2021–22
Maldives SAFF Championship: 2018 South Asian Super Cup: 2025
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Who is Ali Samooh?
association football player
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Ali Samooh was born on 5 July 1996 in Mahibadhoo.
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Ali Samooh is an association football player.
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Ali Samooh's recorded nationality: Maldives.
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