| Ahmed Otaif | |
| Birth Date: | 14 April 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Al-Shabab |
| Years1: | 2001–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Al-Shabab |
| Caps1: | 176 |
| Goals1: | 23 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2004–2006 |
| Nationalteam1: | Saudi Arabia U23 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2006–2013 |
| Nationalteam2: | Saudi Arabia |
| Nationalcaps2: | 59 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 16 March 2008 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 24 Jan 2011 |
Ahmed Otaif (Arabic: أحمد عطيف; born 14 April 1983) is a retired Saudi professional footballer who played for Al-Shabab and the Saudi Arabia national team.[1] He spent his entire playing career at Al-Shabab and captained the side from 2008 until his retirement in 2018.[2] He won nine titles with Al-Shabab and captained the side to the 2011–12 Saudi Professional League title. Otaif earned 59 caps with the Saudi Arabia national team and represented them at three different tournaments including the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.[3]
Ahmed Otaif is the older brother of current Al-Hilal player Abdullah Otayf and former Al-Shabab players Abdoh Otaif, Ali Otayf and Saqer Otaif.[4]
| Club | Season | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Asia | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Al-Shabab | 2001–02 | ? | ? | — | 0 | 0 | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| 2002–03 | ? | ? | — | 2 | 0 | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
| 2003–04 | ? | ? | — | 0 | 0 | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
| 2004–05 | ? | ? | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| 2005–06 | ? | ? | — | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| 2006–07 | ? | ? | — | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| 2007–08 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| 2008–09 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | ||
| 2009–10 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 3 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 174+ | 9+ | 33 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 62 | 3 | 4+ | 0+ | 302+ | 10+ | ||
| Career totals | 174+ | 9+ | 33 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 62 | 3 | 4+ | 0+ | 302+ | 10+ | ||
Statistics accurate as of match played 9 September 2013.[6]
| Saudi Arabia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 1 | |
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