Ahmed Otaif

Ahmed Otaif (Arabic: أحمد عطيف; born 14 April 1983) is a retired Saudi professional footballer who played for Al-Shabab and the Saudi Arabia national team. He spent his entire playing career at Al-Shabab and captained the side from 2008 until his retirement in 2018. He won nine titles with Al-Shabab and captained the side to the 2011–12 Saudi Professional League title. Otaif earned 59 caps with the Saudi Arabia national team and represented them at three different tournaments including the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

Ahmed Otaif

Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-04-14) 14 April 1983
Place of birth	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Al-Shabab
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2018	Al-Shabab	176	(23)
International career‡
2004–2006	Saudi Arabia U23
2006–2013	Saudi Arabia	59	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2008 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 Jan 2011

Ahmed Otaif is the older brother of current Al-Hilal player Abdullah Otayf and former Al-Shabab players Abdoh Otaif, Ali Otayf and Saqer Otaif.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 April 2018

Club	Season	League		King Cup		Crown Prince Cup		Asia		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Shabab	2001–02	?	?	—		0	0	—		?	?	?	?
	2002–03	?	?	—		2	0	—		?	?	?	?
	2003–04	?	?	—		0	0	—		?	?	?	?
	2004–05	?	?	—		2	1	5	0	?	?	?	?
	2005–06	?	?	—		4	0	8	0	?	?	?	?
	2006–07	?	?	—		2	0	6	1	?	?	?	?
	2007–08	?	?	4	0	4	0	—		?	?	?	?
	2008–09	19	3	5	0	4	0	4	0	1	0	33	3
	2009–10	20	1	4	0	3	0	10	0	2	0	39	1
	2010–11	17	1	2	0	0	0	5	0	—		24	1
	2011–12	25	3	2	0	2	0	—		—		29	3
	2012–13	26	0	5	0	1	0	10	0	—		42	0
	2013–14	16	0	6	0	3	0	8	2	—		33	2
	2014–15	22	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	31	0
	2015–16	4	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		6	0
	2016–17	14	1	1	0	1	0	—		—		16	1
	2017–18	11	0	3	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
	Total	174+	9+	33	0	29	1	62	3	4+	0+	302+	10+
Career totals		174+	9+	33	0	29	1	62	3	4+	0+	302+	10+

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 September 2013.

Saudi Arabia
Year	Apps	Goals
2006	1	0
2007	0	0
2008	13	0
2009	17	1
2010	6	0
2011	13	0
2012	5	0
2013	4	0
Total	59	1

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 January 2009	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat	Yemen	4–0	6–0	19th Arabian Gulf Cup

Honours

Al-Shabab

• Saudi Professional League: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2011–12
• King Cup: 2008, 2009, 2014
• Saudi Super Cup: 2014
• Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10

Individual

• Saudi Professional League Player of the Season: 2008–09

External links

• Ahmed Otaif at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ahmed Otaif at ESPN FC
• Profile at slstat.com