Assim Madibo

Assim Omer Al Haj Madibo (Arabic: عاصم ماديبو; born 22 October 1996) is a Qatari footballer who plays for Al-Duhail and the Qatar national team.

Assim Madibo
Madibo with Qatar at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Assim Omer Al Haj Madibo[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996
Place of birth Doha, Qatar[1]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Duhail
Number 23
Youth career
2006–2014 AJ Auxerre
2014–2015 Aspire Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 LASK Linz 1 (0)
2015–2016 FC Pasching/LASK Linz II 4 (0)
2016 Cultural Leonesa 1 (0)
2016– Al-Duhail 55 (0)
2017 → Eupen (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → Al-Gharafa (loan) 7 (0)
International career‡
2014 Qatar U19 5 (0)
2014 Qatar U21 4 (0)
2015 Qatar U20 2 (0)
2016 Qatar U23 11 (0)
2017– Qatar 43 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Qatar
Men's Football
AFC Asian Cup
Winner2019 UAETeam
AFC U-19 Championship
Winner2014 MyanmarU-19
FIFA Arab Cup
Third place2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2012

Club career

Madibo started his youth football career at French club AJ Auxerre, even though he never lived there.[3] In 2015, he graduated from Aspire Academy in Qatar.

In January 2015, Madibo joined the senior team of Austrian club LASK Linz. He made his professional league debut against Austria Lustenau on 13 August 2015. In January 2016, he left the club to join Cultural Leonesa.[4]

It was announced that in July 2017 that Madibo was loaned to Belgian First Division A side Eupen from Lekhwiya for a duration of one season.[5]

International career

Being born in Qatar from a Sudanese family, Madibo was eligible to represent either Qatar or Sudan, of which he chose the former. Madibo has represented his country at various age groups. He was a member of Qatar national under-19 football team for 2014 AFC U-19 Championship, and he won the championship. He played in 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup as Qatar national under-20 football team.

Honours
Madibo in January 2018

Al-Duhail

Qatar U19

Qatar

References
  1. "Assim Madibo". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Qatar" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. "Assim Madebo". footballdatabase.
  4. "Assim Madibo". Soccerway.
  5. "Deux nouveaux joueurs qataris pour Eupen (Two new Qatari players for Eupen)". sudinfo.be (in French). 14 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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