Marzouk Al-Otaibi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marzouk saad Al-Otaibi | ||
| Date of birth | November 7, 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| 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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Marzouk Al-Otaibi (Arabic:مرزوق العتيبي) (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.
International goals
- Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[3]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 29 July 1999 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Egypt | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 2. | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 4–1 | |||||
| 4. | 5–1 | |||||
| 5. | 1 August 1999 | Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico |  Brazil | 1–2 | 2–8 | 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 6. | 2–2 | |||||
| 7. | 20 October 2000 | Saida International Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon |  Uzbekistan | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2000 AFC Asian Cup |
| 8. | 8 February 2001 | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia |  Mongolia | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ↑ المرخية يتعاقد مع السعودى مرزوق العتيبى
- ↑ Marzouk Al-Otaibi – FIFA competition record
- ↑ "Al-Otaibi, Marzouq". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- Marzouk Al-Otaibi at National-Football-Teams.com
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