Mansour Muftah

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Mansour Muftah Faraj Bekhit Al-Abdullah, or simply Mansour Muftah alternatively spelled Mansoor Moftah (Template:Langx, born 1955) is a Qatari former footballer who played as a forward. He was the top scorer in the Qatar Stars League a record 7 times.

Club career

Youth career

Muftah attended the New Rayyan School; the school's football pitch was shared by Al Rayyan's first team. He joined in on an Al Rayyan training session, and scored two goals in a training match, prompting head coach Ashour Salem to ask him to join Al Rayyan's youth teams. Muftah rejected as he was a fan of Al Arabi, and was under pressure from his family to play for Al Arabi. Nonetheless, his sister-in-law presented him a contract with Al Rayyan, and he signed it without knowledge of the contents. Shortly after, his brother coerced him into signing a contract binding him to Al Arabi. This caused the two respective clubs to involve the QFA, which offered him a chance to select between the two clubs. He chose to play for Al Rayyan, to the indignation of his brother. The next day, the Al Rayyan youth team won 3–1 against the Al Arabi youth team, with Muftah scoring 2 of the goals.[1]

Al-Rayyan

Muftah started playing for Al-Rayyan from 1972 till 1994, He had helped them win 6 titles and was the Top-goalscorer on several occasions. He had also won the Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup in 1992 with Al-Rayyan. He is Regarded as a club legend and one of the best to play for the club.

Al-Wakrah

In 1995, Mansour Muftah joined Al-Wakrah and played till 1998. During his tenure, He scored 19 goals in 44 matches, and won the Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup in 1998.

Al-Saliya

During his final years he joined Al-Saliya, A club that played in the Qatari Second Division, Mansour joined in 1999 and played for Al-Saliya till 2001 before retiring. He played 19 matches and scored 7 goals.

International career

Muftah made his international debut in the 4th Arabian Gulf Cup against Saudi Arabia.[2] He scored 4 goals in 6 games in the tournament, including a two-minute brace against Bahrain.[3] He also featured in the 5th Arabian Gulf Cup in Iraq, scoring a single goal against the UAE, and again in 6th Arabian Gulf Cup, scoring a goal against Oman.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He scored his first World cup qualifer goal in 1978 against Bahrain in the 40th minute resulting in a 2-0 win for Qatar, His most successful spree in the FIFA World Cup qualification was in 1986 where he scored a Hat-trick and a poker against Lebanon, but both matches were annulled. Another one of his memorable moments came in 1990 where he scored a header against rivals Saudi Arabia in the 87' minute to draw the game, aswell as scoring in the 87' minute after teammate Mahmoud Soufi who scored earlier in a game against China to win the game.

In 1981, he participated in the World Military Cup held in Qatar, helping his team finish as runners-up.[4] From 1980 till 1986, the national team was coached by Evaristo de Macedo, who he describes as "undoubtedly the most influential person in his playing career".[5] He scored the winner against Syria in the qualifying rounds to enable Qatar to play at the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[6]

He scored two goals and attained three assists in the group stage of the 1988 AFC Asian Cup held in Qatar. After Qatar made an early exit, Muftah, who was team captain, stated he felt humiliated for not at least reaching the knock-out stage. In a post-tournament interview, he apologized to the Qatari fans on behalf of the team. Despite losing the tournament, he earned 45,000 QR for winning 2 of the games.[5]

He retired from international football in 1990, due to differences with the coach, Dino Sani.[4] In total, he participated in 6 Arabian Gulf Cup and 3 AFC Asian Cups.[7]

He scored a total of 13 goals in the Gulf Cup while participating from 1976 to 1990, and added 4 goals in the Asian Cup. He is regarded as one of the greatest Qatari players of all time.

Mansour Muftah award

Starting from the 2013–14 Qatar Stars League, the top scorer award was renamed the "Mansour Muftah award" to honor his immense contribution to Qatari football.[8]

Personal life

His brother, Faraj Muftah, is a volleyball referee.[9]

He participated in the Syria International Rally in 2004.[10] He has a son, Tameem Mansour, who plays for Al Rayyan as well as the Qatar national team.[11]

Legacy

Mansour Muftah is regarded as one of the best Arab scorers of his era. He was an influential player for both club and country, contributing numerous goals and attacking plays. A record seven-time top scorer, he is also the all-time leading goal scorer in the Amir Cup with 36 goals and in the Sheikh Jassim Cup with 34 goals. He is nicknamed 'The Fox' due to his speed and ability to score from inside the box as well as with long-range shots.

Career statistics

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Club Season QSL GCC Champions League Crown Prince Cup Qatar Emir Cup AFC Champions League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Rayyan 1973–74 15
1975–76 12
1976–77 13
1977–78 11
1978–79 9
1979–80 5
1980–81 8
1981–82 18 6
1982–83 10
1983–84 7
1984–85 ? 1
1985–86 12 22
1986–87 8
1987–88 4
1988–89 0
1989–90 6
1990–91 5
1991–92 7
1992–93 8 5
1994–93 ?
Career total 272 +168 7 4

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Club Season QSL Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup Crown Prince Cup Qatar Emir Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Assist
Al-Wakrah 1994–95 5 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 7 7
1995–96 16 6 4 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 25 12
1996–97 12 3 4 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 19 7
1997–98 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1998–99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 62 14 10 6 3 2 12 5 0 0 87 27

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Club Season QSL Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup Crown Prince Cup Qatar Emir Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Assist
Al-Sailiya 2000–01 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 13 4
Career total 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 13 4

Honours

Club

  • Al-Rayyan
  • Al-Wakrah

International

  • Qatar

Individual

References

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