Marzouk Al-Otaibi

Marzouk Al-Otaibi (; born 7 November 1975) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer, who last played as a centre-forward for Al-Markhiya in Qatar.

Club career Al-Otaibi started his career at Al-Shabab Club. In 1999, he joined Al-Ittihad for a then-record 9 million Saudi riyals in which he spent around 8 years with Al-Ittihad. While with Al-Ittihad, Al-Otaibi won several national and international titles. Al-Otaibi joined Al-Nassr in the summer of 2007.

Al-Otaibi joined Qatari 2nd Division club Al-Markhiya on 26 December 2011 on a six-month deal.

International career Otaibi made several appearances for the senior Saudi Arabia national football team, including the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals and the 2002 and 2004 AFC Asian Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds.

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

He shined in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico where he finished as joint top scorer along with Ronaldinho and Cuauhtémoc Blanco with 6 goals each. He scored a super hat-trick (4 goals) against 8-man Egypt and added another two against Brazil in the semi-finals.

International goals Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 29 July 1999 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 1–0 5–1 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup 2. 2–0 3. 4–1 4. 5–1 5. 1 August 1999 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico 1–2 2–8 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup 6. 2–2 7. 20 October 2000 Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon 1–0 5–0 2000 AFC Asian Cup 8. 3 February 2001 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 1–0 3–1 International friendly 9. 2–0 10. 8 February 2001 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 6–0 6–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 11. 23 July 2001 Bola Sepak Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1–0 1–0 International friendly 12. 14 December 2004 Al-Rayyan Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar 1–0 2–0 17th Arabian Gulf Cup