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Omani footballer (born 1985)

Ahmed Kano

Al-Mahaijri playing for Oman in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name	Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri[1]
Date of birth	(1985-02-23) 23 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Sur, Oman[1]
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2005	Al-Orouba	30	(7)
2004	→ Al-Wahda (loan)	11	(0)
2005	→ Al-Ain (loan)	7	(0)
2005–2007	Al-Rayyan	44	(1)
2007–2009	Al-Sailiya	44	(4)
2009–2010	Al-Ahli	10	(0)
2010–2011	Al-Fateh	21	(0)
2011	→ Dubai (loan)	5	(0)
2011–2012	Al-Nasr	19	(3)
2012–2013	Al-Ettifaq	29	(2)
2013–2014	Fanja	25	(1)
2014–2015	Al-Oruba		(6)
2015–2016	Muaither	17	(6)
2016–2017	Al-Markhiya	15	(10)
2017–2019	Mesaimeer	26	(4)
2019–2021	Al-Markhiya	31	(6)
2021–2022	Suwaiq	19	(1)
2022–2023	Al-Orouba	4	(0)
International career‡
2003–2019	Oman	183	(23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 July 2022‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2022

Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri (Arabic: أحمد مبارك أحمد عبيد المحيجري; born 23 February 1985), commonly known as Ahmed Mubarak or Ahmed Kano, is an Omani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Kano has previously played for various clubs in GCC countries with clubs like Al-Wehda Club, Al-Ahli SC, Al-Fateh SC and Ettifaq FC of KSA, Al Ain S.C.C. and Dubai C.S.C. of the UAE, Al-Wakra, Al Rayyan Sports Club and Al-Sailiya Sport Club of Qatar and Al Naser Sporting Club of Kuwait. On 5 September 2013, he signed a one-year contract with 2012–13 Oman Elite League runners-up Fanja SC.[2] On 13 July 2014, he signed a one-year contract with his first professional club Al-Oruba SC.[3]

International career

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Kano was a part of the first team squad of the Oman national football team. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2003, along with Ahmed Hadid, Badar Al-Maimani and Ali Al-Habsi.

Kano has made appearances in the 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, and the 2017 editions of the Arabian Gulf Cup. In the 2003 edition of the tournament, he scored one goal in an important 2−0 win against the United Arab Emirates. In the 2014 edition, he scored one goal in a close 1−1 draw against Iraq. And in the 2017 edition, he managed to score a critical penalty kick in a difficult 1−0 win against the hosts Kuwait.[4]

Kano won the most valuable player award of the 2017 Gulf Cup for his role in the success of the Omani team tournament campaign.

Kano has made appearances in the 2004 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2004 Asian Cup, the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2007 Asian Cup, the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2015 Asian Cup, and the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers.

FIFA World Cup qualification

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Kano has made a total of four appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, six in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and fourteen in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, he scored one goal in a 1−1 draw against Japan.[5]He scored three goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The first one came in the second round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in a 2−0 win over Myanmar,[6] and the other two goals were scored in the fourth round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, one in a 2−1 win over Jordan [7] and another in a 1−2 loss against Japan.[8] Oman entered the last game of group play with a chance to qualify for at least the playoff-round, but a 1−0 loss to Jordan eliminated them from the competition.[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League	Cup	Continental[a]	Other[b]	Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Oruba	2003–04	Omani League	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
2004–05	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Al Ain (loan)	2004–05	UAE Pro League	7	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1
Al-Rayyan	2005–06	Qatar Stars League	22	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006–07	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Al-Sailiya	2007–08	Qatar Stars League	22	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	6
2008–09	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al-Ahli	2009–10	Saudi Professional League	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Al-Fateh	2010–11	Saudi Professional League	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
Al-Nasr	2011–12	Kuwaiti Premier League	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
Al-Ettifaq	2012–13	Saudi Professional League	23	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	28	1
2013–14	6	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	11	2
Total	29	2	2	0	8	1	0	0	39	3
Fanja	2013–14	Oman Professional League	28	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
Al-Oruba	2014–15	Oman Professional League	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Suwaiq	2021–22	Oman Professional League	19	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	22	3
Al-Oruba	2022–23	Oman Professional League	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
Career total	0	25	0	3	22	2	0	3	0	33

^ Includes AFC Champions League and AFC Cup
^ Includes GCC Champions League and Sheikh Jassim Cup

As of match played 2 December 2019

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Oman	2003	6	1
2004	17	3
2005	0	0
2006	6	0
2007	14	1
2008	14	1
2009	12	0
2010	10	0
2011	11	3
2012	8	2
2013	13	0
2014	13	2
2015	14	2
2016	5	1
2017	9	4
2018	12	0
2019	16	3
Total	180	23

Scores and results list Oman's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kano goal.

List of international goals scored by Ahmed Kano

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	31 December 2003	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Adiliya, Kuwait City, Kuwait	United Arab Emirates	1–0	2–0	16th Arabian Gulf Cup
2	31 March 2004	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, India	India	2–1	5–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	3–1
4	1 December 2004	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain	Latvia	1–0	3–2	Friendly
5	28 June 2007	Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre, Singapore, Singapore	North Korea	1–2	2–2	Friendly
6	7 June 2008	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman	Japan	1–0	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	29 March 2011	Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman	Tunisia	1–0	2–1	Friendly
8	2–1
9	28 July 2011	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Myanmar	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	16 October 2012	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Jordan	1–0	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	14 November 2012	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Japan	1–1	1–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	27 May 2014	Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
13	17 November 2014	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Iraq	1–1	1–1	22nd Arabian Gulf Cup
14	2 October 2015	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Syria	2–0	2–1	Friendly
15	13 October 2015	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	India	1–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
16	24 March 2016	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Guam	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
17	28 March 2017	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Bhutan	2–0	14–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
18	13 June 2017	Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine	Palestine	1–2	1–2	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
19	10 October 2017	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Maldives	3–1	3–1	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
20	25 December 2017	Jaber International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	1–0	1–0	23rd Arabian Gulf Cup
21[a]	2 January 2019	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Thailand	1–0	2–0	Friendly
22	17 January 2019	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Turkmenistan	1–0	3–1	2019 AFC Asian Cup
23	20 March 2019	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Afghanistan	1–0	5–0	2019 Airmarine Cup
24	28 August 2019	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Yemen	1–0	1–0	Friendly