Ahmed Kano

Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri (Arabic: أحمد مبارك أحمد عبيد المحيجري; born 23 February 1985), commonly known as Ahmed Mubarak or Ahmed Kano, is an Omani professional footballer.

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al-Mahaijri.

Ahmed Kano
Al-Mahaijri playing for Oman in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-23) 23 February 1985
Place of birth Sur, Oman[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Al-Orouba 30 (7)
2004 → Al-Wahda (loan) 11 (0)
2005 → Al-Ain (loan) 7 (0)
2005–2007 Al-Rayyan 44 (1)
2007–2009 Al-Sailiya 44 (4)
2009–2010 Al-Ahli 10 (0)
2010–2011 Al-Fateh 21 (0)
2011 → Dubai (loan) 5 (0)
2011–2012 Al-Nasr 19 (3)
2012–2013 Al-Ettifaq 29 (2)
2013–2014 Fanja 25 (1)
2014–2015 Al-Oruba (6)
2015–2016 Muaither 17 (6)
2016–2017 Al-Markhiya 15 (10)
2017–2019 Mesaimeer 26 (4)
2019–2021 Al-Markhiya 31 (6)
2021–2022 Suwaiq 19 (1)
2022–2023 Al-Orouba 4 (0)
International career‡
2003–2019 Oman 183 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2022

Club career

Kano has previously played for various clubs in GCC countries with clubs like Al-Wehda Club, Al-Ahli SC, Al-Fateh SC and Ettifaq FC of KSA, Al Ain S.C.C. and Dubai C.S.C. of the UAE, Al-Wakra, Al Rayyan Sports Club and Al-Sailiya Sport Club of Qatar and Al Naser Sporting Club of Kuwait. On 5 September 2013, he signed a one-year contract with 2012–13 Oman Elite League runners-up Fanja SC.[2] On 13 July 2014, he signed a one-year contract with his first professional club Al-Oruba SC.[3]

International career

Kano was a part of the first team squad of the Oman national football team. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2003, along with Ahmed Hadid, Badar Al-Maimani and Ali Al-Habsi.

Arabian Gulf Cup

Kano has made appearances in the 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, and the 2017 editions of the Arabian Gulf Cup. In the 2003 edition of the tournament, he scored one goal in an important 2−0 win against the United Arab Emirates. In the 2014 edition, he scored one goal in a close 1−1 draw against Iraq. And in the 2017 edition, he managed to score a critical penalty kick in a difficult 1−0 win against the hosts Kuwait.[4]

Kano won the most valuable player award of the 2017 Gulf Cup for his role in the success of the Omani team tournament campaign.

AFC Asian Cup

Kano has made appearances in the 2004 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2004 Asian Cup, the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2007 Asian Cup, the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2015 Asian Cup, and the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers.

FIFA World Cup qualification

Kano has made a total of four appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, six in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and fourteen in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, he scored one goal in a 1−1 draw against Japan.[5] He scored three goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The first one came in the second round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in a 2−0 win over Myanmar,[6] and the other two goals were scored in the fourth round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, one in a 2−1 win over Jordan[7] and another in a 1−2 loss against Japan.[8] Oman entered the last game of group play with a chance to qualify for at least the playoff-round, but a 1−0 loss to Jordan eliminated them from the competition.[9]

Career statistics

Club
Club Season Division League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 1] Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Oruba 2003–04 Omani League —6—000—0—6
2004–05 —1—000—0—1
Total —7—000—0—7
Al Ain 2004–05 UPL 70—041—0—1
Al-Rayyan 2005–06 QSL 2203000—0—0
2006–07 2210000—0—1
Al-Sailiya 2007–08 2242000—2—6
2008–09 220—000—0—0
Al-Ahli 2009–10 SPL 100—050—0—0
Al-Fateh 2010–11 SPL 210100000220
Al-Nasr 2011–12 KPL 193—000—1—4
Al-Ettifaq 2012–13 SPL 230203100281
2013–14 62005000112
Total 292208100393
Fanja 2013–14 OPL 281—05000—1
Al-Oruba 2014–15 OPL 6--00006
Suwaiq 2021–22 OPL 191320000223
Al-Oruba 2022–23 OPL 4021000061
Career total —25—3222—3—33
  1. Includes appearances in the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup
  2. Includes goals in the GCC Champions League and Sheikh Jassim Cup

International
As of match played 2 December 2019[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Oman 200361
2004173
200500
200660
2007141
2008141
2009120
2010100
2011113
201282
2013130
2014132
2015142
201651
201794
2018120
2019163
Total18023
Scores and results list Oman's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kano goal.[10]
List of international goals scored by Ahmed Kano
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
131 December 2003Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Adiliya, Kuwait City, Kuwait United Arab Emirates1–02–016th Arabian Gulf Cup
231 March 2004Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, India India2–15–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
33–1
41 December 2004Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain Latvia1–03–2Friendly
528 June 2007Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre, Singapore, Singapore North Korea1–22–2Friendly
67 June 2008Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman Japan1–01–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
729 March 2011Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman Tunisia1–02–1Friendly
82–1
928 July 2011Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar2–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1016 October 2012Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Jordan1–02–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1114 November 2012Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Japan1–11–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1227 May 2014Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan1–01–0Friendly
1317 November 2014Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Iraq1–11–122nd Arabian Gulf Cup
142 October 2015Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Syria2–02–1Friendly
1513 October 2015Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman India1–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
1624 March 2016Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Guam1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
1728 March 2017Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Bhutan2–014–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1813 June 2017Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine Palestine1–21–22019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1910 October 2017National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives Maldives3–13–12019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2025 December 2017Jaber International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait1–01–023rd Arabian Gulf Cup
21[lower-alpha 1]2 January 2019Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Thailand1–02–0Friendly
2217 January 2019Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Turkmenistan1–03–12019 AFC Asian Cup
2320 March 2019Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Afghanistan1–05–02019 Airmarine Cup
2428 August 2019Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Yemen1–01–0Friendly

Notes:

  1. This goal is not recognized by FIFA, as the match this goal was scored is not recognized by FIFA.

Honours

Club

Al-Oruba

Al-Ain

Al-Rayyan

Al-Sailiya

Al-Ahli

Al-Ettifaq

Fanja

See also

References
  1. "Ahmed Kano". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. "فنجاء يتعاقد مع أحمد مبارك كانو نجم المنتخب العماني". Koora.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. "العروبة يتعاقد مع كانو وسعد سهيل وهاشم صالح الي نادي صلالة". Lo3btna.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. "Kuwait vs Oman 0-1". soccerway.com. 25 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  5. "Oman vs Japan 1-1". soccerway.com. 7 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. "Myanmar vs Oman 0-2". soccerway.com. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. "Oman vs Jordan 2-1 Match Report". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
  8. "Oman vs Japan 1-2 Match Report". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012.
  9. "Jordan vs Oman 1-0 Match Report". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013.
  10. Mamrud, Roberto (9 June 2021). "Ahmed Mubarak Obaid Al-Mahaijri - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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