Ashad Ali
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ashad Ali | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Male, Maldives | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Maziya S&RC | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FB Boys | |||
| Lagoons | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Victory | ||
| 2010–2012 | VB Sports Club | ||
| 2013 | BG Sports[1] | (6) | |
| 2013–2014 | Maziya S&RC | ||
| 2015– 2015 | New Radiant | ||
| 2016 – | Maziya S&RC | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007– | Maldives | 52 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2017 | |||
Ashad Ali, (Adey, Adubarey) (born 14 September 1986) is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Adey" or "Adubarey", who plays as a forward for Maziya S&RC. He is a member of the Maldives national football team.[2] He was the Maldivian National Team Captain in the most recent bangabandhu gold cup 2016, held in Bangladesh, Dhaka. Where he led his team to the Semi Finals.
International career
International goals
- Scores and results list the Maldives' goal tally first.[3]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 December 2009 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Sri Lanka | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2009 SAFF Championship |
| 2. | 23 March 2011 | National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives |  Kyrgyzstan | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification |
Penalty feinting incident
Adey gained global notability after simulating a fall prior to the run up of a penalty shootout in the third place match of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup against Afghanistan, deceiving goalkeeper Mansur Faqiryar.[4] The match was won 7–8 to the Maldives.[5]
A similar move was pulled off by Thomas Müller during the 2014 FIFA World Cup (Germany v Algeria). In the 88th minute, Thomas Müller deceptively stumbled while lining up the kick, before getting up and running through the Algerian wall. A few days later, Müller admitted to a German TV reporter that the free kick was a designed play.[6]
References
- ↑ http://www.maldivesoccer.com/p/191/2013
- ↑ Ashad Ali at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Ali, Assad 'Adey'". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ↑ staff, Guardian. "Crafty penalty ‘trip’ routine in shootout helps Maldives beat Afghanistan". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ↑ "The greatest penalty feint of all time". Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ↑ "Thomas Mueller admits botched Germany free-kick was trick that failed". Retrieved 2015-08-13.