Mahdi Ali

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Mahdi Ali
Personal information
Full name	Mahdi Ali Hassan Redha
Date of birth	(1965-04-20) 20 April 1965
Place of birth	United Arab Emirates
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	United Arab Emirates (manager)
Youth career
1973–1983	Al Ahli
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1983–1998	Al Ahli
National team
1985–1990	United Arab Emirates
Teams managed
2003	United Arab Emirates U16 (assistant)
2008	United Arab Emirates U19
2009–2010	Al Ahli
2009	United Arab Emirates U20
2011	Baniyas (caretaker)
2010–2012	United Arab Emirates U23
2012–	United Arab Emirates
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mahdi Ali Hassan Redha (born 20 April 1965) is a retired Emirati footballer and current manager. He is currently in charge of the United Arab Emirates national football team. During 2011 and 2012 he led the United Arab Emirates in qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. It was the nation's very first appearance.^[1]

After his playing days, Ali attended the HCT – Dubai Men's College where he graduated as an electrical engineer and later assisted in the design of the Dubai Metro.^[2] Ali returned to football after that and has previously coached several United Arab Emirates national football teams at various age-levels.^[3] He has also managed some top-level clubs in his native country.

On 15 August 2012 the UAE Olympic head coach Mahdi Ali has been promotion to new manager of the UAE national team.^[4]

Honours

Al Ahli

President's Cup winner: 1988, 1996

United Arab Emirates U-19

AFC U-19 Championship winner: 2008

United Arab Emirates U-23

Asian Games silver medalists: 2010

United Arab Emirates

Gulf Cup of Nations: 2013

References

↑ "Japan and UAE reach London". Fédération Internationale de Football Association (fifa.com). 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
↑ "Mahdi Ali: Player, bureaucrat, engineer, now coach". The National (thenational.ae). 9 June 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
↑ "Vision of Mahdi Ali drives Olympic movement of UAE". The National (thenational.ae). 24 April 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
↑ http://www.khaleejtimes.com/sport/inside_sport.asp?xfile=/data/nationsports/2012/August/nationsports_August78.xml&section=nationsports

External links

v t e United Arab Emirates men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics

1 Khasif 2 Surour 3 Hussain 4 Ahmed 5 Amer 6 Alamri 7 Al Hammadi 8 Al Kamali 9 A. Ali 10 Matar (c) 11 Khalil 12 Fardan 13 Esmaeel 14 Sanqour 15 Omar 16 R. Eisa 17 Fawzi 18 K. Eisa 19 Mabkhout Coach: Mahdi

United Arab Emirates national football team – managers

Sheita (1972–73)
Gharib (1973)
Sheita (1973–74)
El-Sherbini (1975)
Gharib (1975–76)
Tadić (1976)
Revie (1977–80)
Mohajerani (1980–84)
Parreira (1984–88)
Zagallo (1988–90)
Blaut (1990)
Parreira (1990)
Lobanovsky (1990–92)
Piechniczek (1992–95)
Ivić (1995–96)
Sandri (1997)
Máčala (1997)
Sandri (1998)
Queiroz (1998–99)
Juričić (1999)
Masfar (2000)
Michel (2000–01)
Saqr (2001)
Ruys (2001)
Bonfrere (2001–02)
Hodgson (2002–04)
De Mos (2004–05)
Advocaat (2005)
Metsu (2006–08)
Bathenay (2008–09)
Katanec (2009–11)
Mesfer (2011–12)
Mahdi (2012–)

Persondata
Name	Ali, Mahdi
Alternative names	Redha, Mahdi
Short description	football manager
Date of birth	20 April 1965
Place of birth	United Arab Emirates
Date of death
Place of death

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