_(cropped).jpg) Afif playing for Qatar in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1996[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Doha, Qatar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al Sadd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Al Markhiya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Al Sadd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Aspire Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | → Sevilla (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Al Sadd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Eupen | 26 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Villarreal | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Eupen (loan) | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | → Al Sadd (loan) | 48 | (44) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Al Sadd | 75 | (59) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Qatar U19 | 5 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Qatar U20 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Qatar U23 | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Qatar | 116 | (38) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif (Arabic: أكرم عفيف; born 18 November 1996) is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and the Qatar national team.
Early in his career, he was considered to be one of the most promising players to emerge from Qatar.[4] He was named the Asian Footballer of the Year on two occasions: the first in 2019,[5] after being recognized for his instrumental role in Qatar’s successful 2019 Asian Cup campaign.[6] and the second award coming in 2023.[7]
- ^ "Qatar Olympic squad set for European training camps". Qatar Football Association. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 – Complete Squad Lists: Qatar". Asian Football Confederation. 2019. p. 18. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "AFC U-16 Championship Preview: 5 players to look out for". goalnepal.com. 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "AFC Player of the Year 2019: Akram Afif". AFC. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Soccer: Qatar's Afif named in AFC player of the year shortlist". Reuters. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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