Ahmed Otaif

Ahmed Otaif
Personal information
Date of birth	14 April 1983 (age 41)
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
2001–2018	Al-Shabab
International career‡
2004–2006	Saudi Arabia U23
2006–2013	Saudi Arabia
	*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 (Arabic: أحمد عطيف; born 14 April 1983) is a retired Saudi professional footballer who played for Al-Shabab and the Saudi Arabia national team.^[1] He spent his entire playing career at Al-Shabab and captained the side from 2008 until his retirement in 2018.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 April 2018^[5]

Club	Season	League		King Cup		Crown Prince Cup		Asia		Other		Total
Club	Season	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^[a]	0	33	3
	2009–10	20	1	4	0	3	0	10	0	2^[a]	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^[b]	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+