Marzouk Al-Otaibi

Marzouk Al-Otaibi
Personal information
Full name	Marzouk saad Al-Otaibi
Date of birth	(1975-11-07) November 7, 1975
Place of birth	Saudi Arabia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Al-Markhiya
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1997-2000	Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)
2000-2007	Ittihad FC
2007-2008	Al Nassr FC
2008-2009	Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)
2010-2011	Al-Watani
2011-	Al-Markhiya
National team
1999–2006	Saudi Arabia	24	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Marzouk Al-Otaibi (born 7 November 1975) is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a center forward for Al-Markhiya in Qatar.

Club career

Al-Otaibi started his career at Al-Shabab Club. In 1999, he joined Al-Ittihad for a then-record 9 million Saudi riyals. He spent around 8 years with Al-Ittihad. While with Al-Ittihad, Al-Otaibi won several national and international titles. Al-Otaibi joined Al-Nassr in the summer of 2007.

Al-Otaibi joined Qatari 2nd Division club Al-Markhiya on 26 December 2011 on a six-month deal.^[1]

International career

Otaibi made several appearances for the senior Saudi Arabia national football team, including the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals and the 2002 and 2004 AFC Asian Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds.^[2]

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

He shined in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico where he finished as joint top scorer along with Ronaldinho and Cuauhtémoc Blanco with 6 goals each. He scored a super hat-trick (4 goals) against Egypt, which was relatively a weak team back then; he proved himself in the Semi-final by scoring two goals against Brazil.

References

↑ المرخية يتعاقد مع السعودى مرزوق العتيبى
↑ Marzouk Al-Otaibi – FIFA competition record

Marzouk Al-Otaibi at National-Football-Teams.com

Saudi Arabia squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Fourth Place

1 Al-Deayea 2 Al-Jahani 3 Al-Khilaiwi 4 Zubromawi 5 Al-Dawod 6 Al-Harbi 7 Al-Shahrani 8 Noor 9 Al-Otaibi 10 Gahwji 11 Al-Shokia 12 Al-Sadiq 13 Sulaimani 14 Shehan 15 Al-Subaie 16 Al-Antaif 17 Al-Waked 18 Al-Temyat 19 Idris 20 Harthi Coach: Máčala

Saudi Arabia squad – 2000 AFC Asian Cup Runners-up

1 Al‑Deayea 2 Al-Jahani 3 Al-Khilaiwi 4 Zubromawi 5 Al-Muwallid 6 Al-Ghamdi 8 Noor 9 Al-Jaber 11 O. Al-Dosari 12 Dokhi 13 Al-Saqri 14 Al-Otaibi 16 Al-Shehri 17 Al-Waked 18 Al-Temyat 19 Idris 20 Al-Shalhoub 21 Al-Antaif 22 Al-Khojali 23 S. Al-Dosari 28 A. Al-Dosari 29 Al-Meshal Coach: Máčala

Saudi Arabia squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup

2 Dokhi 3 Tukar 4 Al-Montashari 5 Al-Qadi 6 Al-Dosari 7 Sowed 9 Al-Qahtani 10 Al-Shalhoub 13 Al-Abdali 14 Kariri 15 Al-Otaibi 16 Owairan 19 Al-Abdulla 20 Al-Janoubi 21 Zaid 22 Al-Najai 23 Al-Hargan 24 Al-Bishi 25 Al Bashah 28 Al-Zahrani 29 Al-Meshal 30 Al-Kaebari Coach: van der Lem

FIFA Confederations Cup Awards

Golden Ball	1997: Denílson 1999: Ronaldinho 2001: Pirès 2003: Henry 2005: Adriano 2009: Kaká 2013: Neymar

Golden Glove	2005: Sánchez 2009: Howard 2013: Júlio César

Top goalscorer	1997: Romário (7) 1999: Al-Otaibi / Blanco / Ronaldinho^† (6) 2001: Carrière / Hwang Sun-hong / Murphy / Pirès^† / Suzuki / Vieira / Wiltord (2) 2003: Henry (4) 2005: Adriano (5) 2009: Luís Fabiano (5) 2013: Fred / Torres^† (5)

†: Golden Boot award winner (when goals scored are tied)

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