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Mansour Muftah Faraj Bekhit Al-Abdullah, or simply Mansour Muftah (Arabic: منصور مفتاح, born 1955) is a former Qatari footballer who played as a forward. He was the top scorer in the Qatar Stars League a record 7 times, as well as being the top scorer for the Qatar national team till this day with 42 goals .

Mansour Muftah

Personal information
Full name	Mansour Muftah Faraj Bekhit Al-Abdullah
Date of birth	1955
Place of birth	Doha, Qatar
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Al-Rayyan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1994	Al-Rayyan		(+159)
1994–1998	Al-Wakrah		(+9)
2001	Al-Saliya
National team
1976–2000	Qatar	81	(42)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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, a decision which elicited his brother to beat him.[1] The next day, the Al Rayyan youth team won 3–1 against the Al Arabi youth team, with Muftah scoring 2 of the goals.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Muftah made his international debut in the 1976 Gulf Cup of Nations 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 1979 Gulf Cup of Nations held in Iraq, scoring a single goal against UAE, and again in 1982 Gulf Cup of Nations, scoring a goal against Oman.^{[citation needed]}

In 1981, he participated in the World Military Cup held in Qatar, helping them finish as runners-up.[4] From 1980 til 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 competed in 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 Gulf Cup of Nations and 3 AFC Asian Cups.[7]

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 named Tamim who plays in Al Rayyan.[11]

Career statistics

Club	Season	Qatar Stars League		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-Rayyan SC	1973–74		15
	1975–76		12
	1976–77		13
	1977–78		11
	1978–79		9
	1979–80		4
	1980–81		8
	1981–82		18
	1982–83		10
	1983–84		7
	1984–85		?
	1985–86		22
	1986–87		8
	1987–88		4
	1988–89		0
	1989–90		6
	1990–91		5
	1991–92		7
	1992–93		?
	1994–93		?
Career total			+159

Club	Season	Qatar Stars League		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 Sport Club	1994–95			0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	7	2
	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		34	9	10	6	3	2	12	5	0	0	59	22

Club	Season	Qatar Stars League		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 Sports Club	2000–01	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	4	4
Career total		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	4	4

Honours

Club

• Al-Rayyan

• Qatari League: 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90.
• Confederation Cup: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983
• Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup: 1992

• Al-Wakrah

• Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup: 1998

International

• Qatar

• Gulf Cup of Nations Runner Up: 1984, 1990
• Arab Nations Cup 4th place: 1985

Individual

• Qatar national team top scorer of all time with 42 goals
• Qatar Stars League top scorer 7 Times  : 1973–1974,1976-1977,1977–1978,1981–1982, 1982–1983, 1983–1984, 1985–1986
• Qatar Stars League highest goal average with 22 goals in 12 matches.
• 1982 Gulf Club Champions Cup Top scorer : 6 goals.

References

External links

• Mansour Muftah – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Qatar - List of Top Scorers
• Mansoor Muftah on ar.wikipedia.org (in Arabic)
• Ásia : Qatar : Mansoor Muftah (in Portuguese)
• "Gulf Cup official website" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

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Mansour Muftah Faraj Al-Abdullah, meglio conosciuto come Mansour Muftah (in arabo: منصور مفتاح‎; Doha, 22 novembre 1955), è un ex calciatore qatariota, di ruolo attaccante.

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