Ismaeil Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al Mekhaini Al Junaibi Profile and Statistics

Ismaeil Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al Mekhaini Al Junaibi

First name:	Ismaeil Matar Ibrahim Khamis
Last name:	Al Mekhaini Al Junaibi
Nationality:	United Arab Emirates
Date of birth:	7 April 1983
Age:	41
Place of birth:	Abu Dhabi
Height:	168 cm
Weight:	69 kg
Status:	active

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Ismaeil Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al Mekhaini Al Junaibi has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
AFC Champions League	2019	Al Wahda	194	4	3	1	4	1	0	0	0
AFC Asian Cup	2019 UAE	UAE	189	5	3	2	4	0	0	1	0
League Cup	2018/2019	Al Wahda	90	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Arabian Gulf League	2018/2019	Al Wahda	1478	19	3	6	4	1	0	5	0
Super Cup	2018/2019	Al Wahda	71	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Super Cup	2017/2018	Al Wahda	66	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
AFC Champions League	2018	Al Wahda	320	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
Friendlies	2018	UAE	180	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
Arabian Gulf League	2017/2018	Al Wahda	996	17	5	9	5	2	0	2	0
League Cup	2017/2018	Al Wahda	185	4	2	2	3	0	0	2	1
AFC Champions League	2017	Al Wahda	437	7	3	2	3	1	0	0	0
Friendlies	2017	UAE	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arabian Gulf League	2016/2017	Al Wahda	984	22	14	4	17	2	0	3	0
League Cup	2016/2017	Al Wahda	230	5	2	3	2	0	0	1	0
League Cup	2015/2016	Al Wahda	481	7	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
Arabian Gulf League	2015/2016	Al Wahda	1569	23	5	11	6	5	0	5	1
WC Qualification Asia	2018 Russia	UAE	319	7	4	2	5	1	0	1	0
AFC Champions League	2015	Al Wahda	50	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Gulf Cup of Nations	2014 Saudi Arabia	UAE	146	3	2	0	4	0	0	1	0
Arabian Gulf League	2014/2015	Al Wahda	807	20	13	3	13	1	0	1	0
Club Friendlies	2014	Al Ain	69	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Arabian Gulf League	2013/2014	Al Wahda	1526	22	5	6	6	4	0	4	0
League Cup	2013/2014	Al Wahda	121	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Asian Cup Qualification	2015 Australia	UAE	212	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	0
Friendlies	2013	UAE	72	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gulf Cup of Nations	2013 Bahrain	UAE	163	4	3	1	4	0	0	0	0
Arabian Gulf League	2012/2013	Al Wahda	1191	15	2	7	2	1	0	3	0
League Cup	2012/2013	Al Wahda	90	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Olympics	2012 London	UAE U23	220	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
Friendlies	2012	UAE	46	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Arabian Gulf League	2011/2012	Al Wahda	1450	17	0	2	0	3	0	5	1
League Cup	2011/2012	Al Wahda	150	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Super Cup	2011/2012	Al Wahda	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
WC Qualification Asia	2014 Brazil	UAE	360	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
AFC Champions League	2011	Al Wahda	450	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
AFC Asian Cup	2011 Qatar	UAE	270	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Friendlies	2011	UAE	73	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
FIFA Club World Cup	2010 UAE	Al Wahda	248	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Arabian Gulf League	2010/2011	Al Wahda	1442	17	1	2	0	6	0	3	0
Super Cup	2010/2011	Al Wahda	90	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
AFC Champions League	2010	Al Wahda	450	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Friendlies	2010	UAE	164	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Friendlies	2009	UAE	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Friendlies	2008	UAE	162	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
WC Qualification Asia	2010 South Africa	UAE	1170	13	0	2	0	6	1	2	0
AFC Asian Cup	2007 Indonesia / Malaysia / Thailand / Vietnam	UAE	270	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Friendlies	2007	UAE	90	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Friendlies	2006	UAE	90	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AFC Asian Cup	2004 China	UAE	147	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
WC Qualification Asia	2006 Germany	UAE	264	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0

Ismaeil Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al Mekhaini Al Junaibi has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

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All Competitions (370)AFC Asian Cup (28)AFC Champions League (29)Arabian Gulf League (186)Asian Cup Qualification (3)Club Friendlies (1)FIFA Club World Cup (3)Friendlies (51)Gulf Cup of Nations (7)League Cup (24)Olympics (3)Presidents Cup (3)Super Cup (4)WC Qualification Asia (28)

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	HT
2019-05-26	Al Wahda	1 - 0	Al Ain	0-0	M	H2H	+
			19' Caio
			34' Mohanad Salem
Khaled Aldhanhani 42'
			45' Khaled Abdulrahman
			54' Bandar Al Ahbabi
			63' Mohanad Salem
Ahmed Almehrzi 82'
S. Tagliabúe 87'		1 - 0
			90+3' Khalid Al Baloushi
2019-05-15	Al Sharjah	3 - 2	Al Wahda	1-1	M	H2H	+
Ryan Mendes 8'
Coronado 30'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	40' Leonardo
			44' Leonardo
Welliton 46'		2 - 1
Coronado 57'		3 - 1
		3 - 2	76' S. Tagliabúe
Alhasan Saleh 84'
2019-05-11	Al Wahda	3 - 1	Ajman	0-0	M	H2H	+
			26' Mohammed Ahmed
Khaled Aldhanhani 49'
S. Tagliabúe 54'		1 - 0
Sultan Al Ghaferi 68'
Mansor Alharbi 72'
S. Tagliabúe 76'		2 - 0
S. Tagliabúe 84'		3 - 0
		3 - 1	87' M. Thiam
2019-05-07	Al Wahda	3 - 1	Lokomotiv	0-0	M	H2H	+
Ahmed Almehrzi 37'
		0 - 1	47' T. Abdukholikov
Leonardo 57'
S. Tagliabúe 59'		1 - 1
			65' D. Khashimov
Leonardo (Penalty) 77'		2 - 1
Khalil Ibrahim 90+1'		3 - 1
Mohamed Al Shamsi 90+4'
2019-05-02	Al Jazira	1 - 3	Al Wahda	0-2	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	9' Leonardo
		0 - 2	37' S. Tagliabúe (Penalty)
			39' Mohammed Al Menhali
		0 - 3	50' S. Tagliabúe
			61' Hamdan Al Kamali
Leonardo 65'		1 - 3
			79' Sultan Al Ghaferi
			90+7' Mohamed Al Shamsi
2019-04-26	Al Wahda	5 - 0	Al Fujairah	2-0	M	H2H	+
Hussain Abbas Juma 10'
Khaled Abdulla Mobarak (Own Goal) 16'		1 - 0
S. Tagliabúe 25'		2 - 0
			49' Abdulla Alnoubi
Tahnoon Alzaabi 58'		3 - 0
Ismaeil Matar 61'		4 - 0
			64' Ibrahim Al Mansouri
			75' O. Kossoko
S. Tagliabúe 87'		5 - 0
2019-04-22	Al Wahda	4 - 3	Al Rayyan	1-3	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	2' Sebastián Soria
		0 - 2	6' G. Rivas
Leonardo 8'		1 - 2
Ahmed Ali Alebri 20'
		1 - 3	21' G. Rivas
			30' Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata
			45' Lucca
Leonardo 56'		2 - 3
Leonardo 82'		3 - 3
Sultan Al Ghaferi 87'
			88' Mohammed Alaa Eldin
Leonardo 89'		4 - 3
Ahmed Almehrzi 90+6'
2019-04-17	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	0 - 1	Al Wahda	0-1	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	17' Leonardo
Walid Abbas 74'
			80' Sultan Al Ghaferi
M. Díaz 80'
			82' Khaled Aldhanhani
			89' Leonardo
2019-04-13	Al Wahda	1 - 2	Al Nasr	0-0	M	H2H	+
			42' R. Fernández
			50' Khalid Jalal
S. Tagliabúe 52'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	69' Mohamed Al Akbari
		1 - 2	90+2' R. Fernández (Penalty)
			90+3' Tariq Ahmed Hassan
2019-04-09	Al Rayyan	1 - 2	Al Wahda	0-0	M	H2H	+
			27' Leonardo
G. Rivas 52'		1 - 0
Mohammad Jumaa 53'
		1 - 1	67' S. Tagliabúe
			71' Ahmed Ali Alebri
Musa Haroon 81'
Abdulrahman Mohammad 90+1'
		1 - 2	90+3' Leonardo (Penalty)
2019-04-04	Al Dhafra	1 - 1	Al Wahda	1-1	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	17' Y. Alghassani
			34' Sultan Al Ghaferi
Suhail Al Mansoori 35'		1 - 1
			42' Hussain Abbas Juma
Abdulrahman Yousuf 74'
			83' Ahmed Almehrzi
Rômulo 83'
Khaled Al Senani 84'
Diego 84'
2019-03-29	Al Wahda	2 - 0	Emirates	1-0	M	H2H	+
S. Tagliabúe 36'		1 - 0
Ismaeil Matar 54'
S. Tagliabúe 78'		2 - 0
2019-03-22	Al Wahda	1 - 1	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	1-1	M	H2H	+
Nasser Abdulhadi 33'
		0 - 1	40' Henrique Luvannor
S. Tagliabúe 45'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	96' J. Ayoví
Leonardo 98'
			99' E. Vecchio
		1 - 3	107' J. Ayoví
Leonardo 114'
			114' Ismaeel Al Hamadi
2019-03-15	Al Wahda	4 - 1	Bani Yas	1-1	M	H2H	+
Khalil Ibrahim 2'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	13' Pedro Conde
			30' Ali Awana Almessabi
Ahmed Almehrzi 33'
S. Tagliabúe 59'		2 - 1
			79' Fawaz Awana Al Musabi
Leonardo 83'		3 - 1
S. Tagliabúe 88'		4 - 1
2019-03-11	Al Wahda	4 - 1	Al Ittihad	1-0	M	H2H	+
			1' Saud Abdul Hamid
Mohammed Al Menhali 16'		1 - 0
			43' Fawaz Al Qarni
			44' M. Jurman
Leonardo 52'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	56' Nasser Al Shamrani
			68' Ahmad Asiri
Ismaeil Matar 80'		3 - 1
Sultan Al Ghaferi 85'
Leonardo 90+1'		4 - 1
Khalil Ibrahim 90+4'
2019-02-27	Al Wahda	4 - 1	Bani Yas	1-1	M	H2H	+
S. Tagliabúe 26'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	45+2' Yousef Jaber
S. Tagliabúe 50'		2 - 1
Leonardo 53'		3 - 1
Leonardo 62'		4 - 1
2019-01-29	Qatar	4 - 0	UAE	2-0	M	H2H	+
Boualem Khoukhi 22'		1 - 0
Almoez Ali 37'		2 - 0
			55' Ismaeil Matar
Karim Boudiaf 62'
Hassan Al Heidos 80'		3 - 0
Ahmed Alaa Eldin 87'
			90+1' Ismail Ahmed
Hamid Ismaeil 90+3'		4 - 0
2019-01-25	UAE	1 - 0	Australia	0-0	M	H2H	+
			44' R. Kruse
Ismaeel Al Hamadi 61'
Ali Ahmed Mabkhout 68'		1 - 0
Walid Abbas 78'
			90+7' J. Irvine
2019-01-21	UAE	2 - 2	Kyrgyzstan	1-1	M	H2H	+
			8' K. Zhyrgalbek Uulu
Khamis Esmail 14'		1 - 0
			23' B. Sagynbaev
		1 - 1	26' M. Murzaev
Ali Ahmed Mabkhout 64'		2 - 1
Khamis Esmail 78'
			88' M. Murzaev
		2 - 2	90+1' T. Rustamov
Ahmed Khalil (Penalty) 103'		3 - 2
2019-01-14	UAE	1 - 1	Thailand	1-1	M	H2H	+
Ali Ahmed Mabkhout 7'		1 - 0
			7' A. Promrak
Alhasan Saleh 34'
		1 - 1	41' T. Puangjan
			79' S. Thongsong
2019-01-10	India	0 - 2	UAE	0-1	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	41' Khalfan Mubarak Al Shamsi
A. Kuruniyan 51'
S. Bose 73'
		0 - 2	88' Ali Ahmed Mabkhout
2018-12-03	Al Wahda	2 - 3	Al Sharjah	0-1	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	20' O. Shukurov
Nasser Abdulhadi 45+1'
Sultan Al Ghaferi 47'
S. Tagliabúe 49'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	85' Welliton
Mohamed Alhammadi 87'		2 - 2
			88' O. Shukurov
		2 - 3	89' Welliton
2018-11-29	Ajman	1 - 2	Al Wahda	1-1	M	H2H	+
M. Thiam 38'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	43' Leonardo
			51' S. Tagliabúe
Hassan Zahran 60'
		1 - 2	64' Leonardo (Penalty)
Waleed Khaled 81'
			89' Sultan Al Ghaferi
2018-11-23	Al Wahda	1 - 2	Al Jazira	1-1	M	H2H	+
Ahmed Almehrzi 10'
		0 - 1	12' Ali Ahmed Mabkhout (Penalty)
			24' Mohamed Jamal
			45+1' Saleem Rashid Obaid
Leonardo (Penalty) 45+3'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	47' Leonardo
Abdulla Alkarbi 71'
Ismaeil Matar 77'
			90+4' Ali Ahmed Mabkhout
2018-11-20	UAE	2 - 0	Yemen	1-0	M	H2H	+
Saif Rashid Nasir 20'		1 - 0
Ali Salmeen Al Balushi 66'		2 - 0
			82' Ala'a Al Sasi
2018-11-16	UAE	0 - 0	Bolivia	0-0	M	H2H	+
			62' G. Álvarez
Mahmoud Khamis 67'
2018-11-01	Al Wahda	2 - 2	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	1-0	M	H2H	+
Nasser Abdulhadi 8'
Leonardo 31'
S. Tagliabúe 33'		1 - 0
			57' M. Díaz
		1 - 1	63' Ismaeel Al Hamadi
Leonardo (Penalty) 70'		2 - 1
Ismaeil Matar 73'
			81' Salmeen Khamis
		2 - 2	83' Ismaeel Al Hamadi
2018-10-26	Al Nasr	2 - 2	Al Wahda	0-1	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	44' Ahmed Almehrzi
Álvaro Negredo 59'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	83' S. Tagliabúe
Álvaro Negredo 90+7'		2 - 2
Mohammed Ali Ayed 90+9'
2018-10-16	UAE	0 - 2	Venezuela	0-1	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	1' L. Del Pino
Omar Abdulrahman (Penalty Missed) 40'
		0 - 2	47' A. Ponce
Mahmoud Khamis 64'
			77' L. Del Pino
			87' A. Romero
2018-10-11	UAE	1 - 1	Honduras	1-1	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	18' R. Quioto
Omar Abdulrahman 32'		1 - 1
2018-10-05	Emirates	1 - 3	Al Wahda	1-3	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	12' Leonardo
		0 - 2	17' M. Batna
C. Diabaté (Penalty) 23'		1 - 2
		1 - 3	42' M. Batna
2018-09-27	Bani Yas	4 - 2	Al Wahda	3-1	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	12' M. Batna
L. George 16'		1 - 1
Pedro Conde 22'		2 - 1
			34' Mohammed Al Menhali
			39' S. Tagliabúe
Pedro Conde 45+1'		3 - 1
		3 - 2	49' M. Batna
Hasan Almuharrami 60'
			64' M. Batna (Penalty Missed)
M. Ortega 71'
Fahad Al Dhanhani 79'
Robson 81'
			86' Ismaeil Matar
Hamad Raqea 90+10'		4 - 2
			90+11' M. Batna
2018-09-21	Al Wahda	4 - 1	Al Wasl	1-0	M	H2H	+
S. Tagliabúe 12'		1 - 0
			24' Caio
Mohammad Abdulbasit 45'
			51' Waheed Ismail
S. Tagliabúe 53'		2 - 0
			63' Ali Salmeen Al Balushi
			66' Fabio Lima
			71' Abdulrahman Ali
		2 - 1	80' Khamis Esmail
Ahmed Al Akberi 87'		3 - 1
			89' Lima
M. Batna 90+2'		4 - 1
2018-09-14	Dibba Al Fujairah	1 - 4	Al Wahda	1-3	M	H2H	+
Abdulrahim Ahli 2'
Ahmed Khamis 4'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	13' M. Batna
		1 - 2	17' S. Tagliabúe
		1 - 3	26' Leonardo (Penalty)
		1 - 4	78' S. Tagliabúe
2018-09-04	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	0 - 1	Al Wahda	0-0	M	H2H	+
			11' Mohammed Helal
Abdelaziz Salim Ali 54'
		0 - 1	64' Leonardo
E. Vecchio 73'
			86' Sultan Al Ghaferi
			90+1' S. Tagliabúe
2018-08-31	Al Wahda	6 - 2	Al Ittihad Kalba	2-1	M	H2H	+
Tariq Ahmed 9'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	14' Yacob Hassan Mohamed
			24' Waleed Ahmed Hassan
Rim Chang-Woo 42'		2 - 1
Hamdan Al Kamali 53'		3 - 1
		3 - 2	57' Mansour Alblooshi
Sultan Al Ghaferi 61'
Sultan Al Ghaferi 67'
Hamad Alhammadi (Own Goal) 71'		4 - 2
Ismaeil Matar 78'
Y. Alghassani 85'		5 - 2
Y. Alghassani 89'
S. Tagliabúe 90+3'		6 - 2
2018-08-25	Al Ain	3 - 3	Al Wahda	0-3	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	4' Ismaeil Matar
		0 - 2	8' M. Batna
		0 - 3	40' S. Tagliabúe
M. Berg 62'		1 - 3
Diaky Ibrahim (Penalty) 73'		2 - 3
			74' Hamdan Al Kamali
Caio 77'		3 - 3
Khaled Abdulrahman 81'
Bandar Al Ahbabi 90'
2018-04-29	Al Wahda	4 - 1	Al Jazira	1-1	M	H2H	+
S. Tagliabúe 2'		1 - 0
			11' Salem Aleedi
		1 - 1	45' M. Boussoufa
S. Tagliabúe 51'		2 - 1
			69' Salim Ali Ibrahim
			69' M. Boussoufa
B. Dzsudzsák 70'
			75' Mohamad Omar Al Attas
S. Tagliabúe 76'		3 - 1
Mohammed Helal 86'		4 - 1
2018-04-25	Al Wahda	2 - 2	Al Wasl		M	H2H	+
2018-04-21	Al Wahda	2 - 3	Ajman	2-1	M	H2H	+
		0 - 1	11' M. Maïga
S. Tagliabúe 26'		1 - 1
Mohammad Abdulbasit 29'
Saleem Sultan Al Sharjee 36'		2 - 1
Nasser Abdulhadi 50'
		2 - 2	51' Adeílson
Sultan Al Ghaferi 56'
		2 - 3	58' M. Maïga
B. Dzsudzsák 60'
			73' Mohammed Ahmed
Saleem Sultan Al Sharjee 84'
			89' Adeílson

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Al Wahda Squad List

#	Name of Player	A	P
1	Mohamed Al Shamsi	27	G	450	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
50	Rashed Ali	34	G	90	1	0	0	5	0	0	0
60	Essa Abdulla	23	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	Saeed Almesmari	28	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Mohammed Al Menhali	33	D	533	6	0	1	0	2	0	0
4	Saleem Sultan Al Sharjee	30	D	151	2	0	1	3	0	0	0
8	Hamdan Al Kamali	34	D	540	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Khaled Aldhanhani	27	D	141	3	2	0	3	0	0	0
23	Rim Chang-Woo	32	D	540	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Majed Abdulla	23	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
37	Ahmed Almehrzi	27	D	450	5	0	0	0	0	0	2
52	Hussain Abbas Juma	29	D	139	4	2	2	3	0	0	0
62	Mohamed Mesarri	23	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Mohammad Abdulbasit	28	M	150	2	0	2	0	0	0	1
6	Sultan Al Ghaferi	37	M	450	5	0	0	0	0	0	3
15	Nasser Abdulhadi	34	M	164	3	1	1	2	0	0	0
16	Salem Abdullah	25	M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Ahmed Ali Alebri	34	M	136	2	0	1	3	0	0	2
30	Tariq Ahmed	33	M	116	3	2	1	4	0	0	0
42	Leonardo	32	M	450	5	0	1	0	8	2	2
43	Isamail Alzaabi	22	M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Mansor Alharbi	24	M	199	4	1	3	2	0	0	0
56	Tahnoon Alzaabi	25	M	32	3	3	0	3	0	0	0
77	Khalil Ibrahim	30	M	445	6	1	3	1	1	0	1
	Ismail Al Harbi	20	M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Ismaeil Matar	41	A	194	4	3	1	4	1	0	0
11	S. Tagliabúe	39	A	452	6	1	0	1	2	0	0
20	Y. Alghassani	26	A	14	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
57	Abdulla Anwar	24	A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	Mohamed Aljneibi	25	A	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
70	Mohamed Alhammadi	26	A	104	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
	M. Batna	33	A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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