Ashad Ali

Ashad Ali (born 14 September 1986), nicknamed Adey or Adubarey, is a Maldivian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dhivehi Premier League club Club Valencia. He was a member of the Maldives national football team.

In 2018, he signed a one-year deal with Club Green Streets.

International career

International goals Scores and results list the Maldives' goal tally first.

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 11 December 2009 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 5–1 5–1 2009 SAFF Championship 2. 23 March 2011 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives 1–0 2–1 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Penalty feinting incident Adey gained global notability after simulating a fall prior to the run up of a penalty shootout in the third place match of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup against Afghanistan, deceiving goalkeeper Mansur Faqiryar. The match was won 7–8 to the Maldives.

A similar move was pulled off by Thomas Müller later that year during the 2014 FIFA World Cup (Germany v Algeria). In the 88th minute, Thomas Müller deceptively stumbled while lining up the kick, before getting up and running through the Algerian wall. A few days later, Müller admitted to a German TV reporter that the free kick was a designed play.