Abdoh Otaif

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Abdoh Otaif

Date of birth	April 1, 1984 (1984-04-01) (age 24)
Place of birth	Saudi Arabia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Center Midfielder, Side Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Al-Shabab
Number	15
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-	Al-Shabab	0?? (12)
National team²
2004-	Saudi Arabia	012 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 11, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Abdoh Ibrahim Otaif born April 1, 1984 in Saudi Arabia is a football player who plays for Al-Shabab in Riyadh, in the Saudi Premier League. He also plays for the Saudi Arabia national team, and was called up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Singapore and Uzbekistan.

[edit] His beginning with Al-Shabab

Abdoh Otaif began his career with Al-Shabab during the 2003-2004 season. He was 20 years old at that time, but was able to win the Saudi Premier League with his club that year, even though him and many other Al-Shabab players were very young.

[edit] Brothers

Abdoh Otaif is only one of the few Otaif family players in Al-Shabab. Also he has a brother, Ahmed Otaif, who is one year younger than him, and Ali Otaif, both with Abdoh in Al-Shabab's first team. There is also Saqr and Abdullah Otaif, both are in the U-19 Al-Shabab and U-16 Al-Shabab team. All 5 siblings have went through the youth teams of Saudi Arabia.