Bandar Al-Ahbabi Explained

Bandar Al-Ahbabi
Full Name:	Bandar Mohammed Mohammed Saeed Al-Ahbabi^[1]
Birth Date:	9 July 1990
Birth Place:	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Height:	^[2]
Years1:	2010–2014
Clubs1:	Al Ain
Caps1:	11
Goals1:	0
Years2:	2012–2014
Clubs2:	→ Al-Dhafra (loan)
Caps2:	41
Goals2:	6
Years3:	2014–2016
Clubs3:	Baniyas
Caps3:	45
Goals3:	4
Years4:	2016–
Clubs4:	Al Ain
Caps4:	132
Goals4:	8
Currentclub:	Al Ain
Clubnumber:	11
Position:	Right back, right winger
Youthclubs1:	Al Ain
Nationalyears1:	2015–
Nationalteam1:	United Arab Emirates
Nationalcaps1:	33
Nationalgoals1:	2
Pcupdate:	22 September 2023
Ntupdate:	29 March 2021

Bandar Mohammed Mohammed Saeed Al-Ahbabi (Arabic:بندر محمد محمد سعيد الأحبابي) (born 9 July 1990) is an Emirati professional association footballer who plays for Al Ain.

Academic career

Bandar began playing football when he was ten years old, where his physical education teacher Ismail helped him enroll for Al Ain FC's youth academy. His future as a professional player was about to end at age 12, when his father withdrew him from the academy because of its influences on his grades. Despite this, his mother persuaded him to play again.^[3]

International career

On 23 February 2014, Al Ahbabi was called up the first time to the UAE senior team for a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Uzbekistan.^[4] ^[5] He was left out of the starting line-up.^[6] On 11 June 2015, he made his debut with the national team in a 3–0 defeat to South Korea, starting the match and wearing the number 21 jersey.^[7] ^[8]

Career statistic

Club

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Club	Season	League			League Cup			Super Cup			UPC			ACL			Other			Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Al Ain
	2009–10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—			1	0	0
	2010–11	11	0	1	10	3	2	—			0	0	0	5	0	1	—			26	3	4
	2011–12	0	0	0	2	0	0	—			0	0	0	0	0	0	—			2	0	0
	Total	11	0	1	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	—			29	3	4
Al Dhafra (loan)
	2012–13	20	3	4	5	2	3	—			1	0	0	—			—			26	5	7
	2013–14	21	4	5	6	2	5	—			3	0	3	—			—			30	6	13
	Total	41	7	9	11	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	3	—			—			56	11	20
Baniyas
	2014–15	21	4	3	6	2	2	—			2	0	1	0	0	0	—			29	6	6
	2015–16	22	0	2	5	0	0	—			3	0	1	—			—			30	0	3
	2016–17	2	0	0	3	0	0	—			—			—			—			5	0	0
	Total	45	4	5	14	2	2	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	—			64	6	9
Al Ain
	2016–17	15	0	5	1	0	0	—			2	0	0	5	0	1	—			23	0	6
	2017–18	13	0	1	2	0	2	—			0	0	0	7	0	1	—			22	0	4
	2018–19	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	6^[11]	1	0	34	2	1
	2019–20	17	3	12	3	0	1	—			2	0	0	7	0	0	—			29	3	13
	2020–21	20	1	4	0	0	0	—			1	0	0	1	0	0	—			22	1	4
	2021–22	21	0	5	5	0	2	—			1	0	0	—			—			27	0	7
	2022–23	23	3	6	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	—			0	0	0	29	3	8
	2023–24	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	2
	Total	133	8	34	14	0	7	2	0	0	9	0	0	27	0	4	6	1	0	188	9	45
Career total		230	19	48	52	9	21	2	0	0	18	0	5	32	0	5	6	1	0	337	29	78