Ali Mabkhout is an Emirati professional footballer who represented the United Arab Emirates national team between 2009 and 2024. He made his first appearance for the UAE on 15 November 2009 at Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium in Al Ain against Czech Republic in a friendly match. With 85 goals in 115 appearances, Mabkhout is the top scorer for his country. He was top goalscorer in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Since making his first appearance for the national team in 2009, Mabkhout was an instrumental member of the United Arab Emirates, being part of the side during the 2015 and 2019 AFC Asian Cup, as well as participating in FIFA World Cup qualification and regional tournaments like the Arabian Gulf Cup. On 31 August 2019, in a friendly game against Sri Lanka, Mabkhout opened the scoring with his 50th international goal, and went on to get a hat-trick in an eventual 5–1 win. This made Mabkhout only the second Emirati player in history to score 50 goals for the side after Adnan Al Talyani. On 10 October 2019, Mabkhout scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in a 5–0 win, to become UAE's all-time leading goalscorer.

International goals Scores and results list United Arab Emirates's goal tally first.

+ International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 16 October 2012 Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1–0 6–2 Friendly 2 2–2 3 4–2 4 5–2 5 14 November 2012 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2–1 2–1Friendly 6 5 January 2013 Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town, Bahrain 2–1 3–1 21st Arabian Gulf Cup 7 8 January 2013 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain 1–0 2–121st Arabian Gulf Cup 8 22 March 2013 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2–1 2–1 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 9 5 September 2013 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2–0 3–3 2013 OSN Cup 10 9 September 2013 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2–0 2–02013 OSN Cup — 5 October 2013 Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen, China 2–0 2–0 Unofficial friendly — 9 October 2013 Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen, China 3–0 3–1Unofficial friendly 11 15 October 2013 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong 1–0 4–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 12 2–0 13 3–0 14 9 November 2013 Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 4–0 4–0 Friendly 15 19 November 2013 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 3–0 5–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 16 5–0 17 17 November 2014 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1–0 2–2 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup 18 2–0 19 20 November 2014 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1–0 2–022nd Arabian Gulf Cup 20 2–0 21 25 November 2014 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1–0 1–022nd Arabian Gulf Cup 22 11 January 2015 Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia 3–1 4–1 2015 AFC Asian Cup 23 4–1 24 15 January 2015 Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia 1–0 2–12015 AFC Asian Cup 25 23 January 2015 Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia 1–0 1–1 2015 AFC Asian Cup 26 30 January 2015 Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle, Australia 3–2 3–22015 AFC Asian Cup 27 3 September 2015 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 10–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 28 6–0 29 8–0 30 5 November 2015 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 5–1 Friendly 31 4–1 32 5–1 33 12 November 2015 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 8–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 34 2–0 35 16 January 2016 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Friendly 36 6 October 2016 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 37 38 7 June 2017 Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia 4–0 Friendly 39 40 13 June 2017 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 1–1 1–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 41 29 August 2017 Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 1–1 2–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification 42 14 November 2017 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–0 Friendly 43 22 December 2017 Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 1–0 1–0 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup 44 11 September 2018 Estadi Palamós Costa Brava, Palamós, Spain 3–0 Friendly 45 46 10 January 2019 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2–0 2–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup 47 14 January 2019 Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–12019 AFC Asian Cup 48 21 January 2019 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2–1 3–2 2019 AFC Asian Cup 49 25 January 2019 Hazza bin Zayed, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–02019 AFC Asian Cup 50 21 March 2019 Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2–1 2–1 Friendly 51 31 August 2019 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain 5–1Friendly 52 53 54 10 September 2019 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 55 56 10 October 2019 Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 5–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification 57 58 59 15 October 2019 Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani, Thailand 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 60 26 November 2019 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar 3–0 24th Arabian Gulf Cup 61 62 63 2 December 2019 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2–4 24th Arabian Gulf Cup 64 65 12 November 2020 Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 3–2 Friendly 66 67 29 March 2021 Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 6–0 Friendly 68 69 70 24 May 2021 Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 5–1 Friendly 71 72 73 3 June 2021 Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 74 75 11 June 2021 Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 5–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification 76 77 15 June 2021 Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 78 7 September 2021 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 79 12 October 2021 Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 80 16 November 2021 Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 81 29 May 2022 Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Friendly 82 16 November 2023 Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 83 84 21 November 2023 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 85 30 December 2023 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Friendly

Hat-tricks DateVenueOpponentGoalsResultCompetition116 October 2012Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United arab Emirates4 – (19', 39', 53', 65')6–2Friendly215 October 2013Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong3 – (30', 55', 90')4–0Asian Cup qualification33 September 2015Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates3 – (22', 33', 75')10–0World Cup qualification45 November 2015Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates3 – (64', 76', 81')5–1Friendly531 August 2019Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain3 – (18' pen., 42', 52')5–1Friendly610 October 2019Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates3 – (51', 63' pen., 72')5–0World Cup qualification726 November 2019Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar3 – (21', 38', 54')3–0Gulf Cup829 March 2021Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates3 – (12', 32' pen., 60')6–0Friendly924 May 2021Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates3 – (17' pen., 29', 50')5–1Friendly

Statistics

+ Appearances and goals by yearYearAppsGoals200910 201010201265201311112014155201514132016832017962018622019151920202220211614202251202354202410Total11585

+ Goals by competition Competition Goals FIFA World Cup qualification 22 AFC Asian Cup9 AFC Asian Cup qualification 6 Arabian Gulf Cup13 OSN Cup2 Friendlies 33 Total 85

+ Goals by nation Opponents Goals 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

See also List of top international men's football goalscorers by country List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

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