Assim Omer Al Haj Madibo (; born 22 October 1996) is a Qatari footballer who plays for

Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa Sports Club () is a Qatari multi-sports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Ar Rayyan, Al Rayyan municipality. The club is best known for its association football, football team, although it also has teams for other sports. The ...

and the Qatar national team.

Club career

Madibo started his youth football career at French club

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at the age of 11. However, he never lived there. In January 2015, Madibo joined the senior team of Austrian club

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as LASK (), or Linzer ASK, is an Austrian professional football club based in Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football Bundes ...

. He made his professional league debut against Austria Lustenau on 13 August 2015. In January 2016, he left the club to join

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. It was announced that in July 2017 that Madibo was loaned to

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

side

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from Lekhwiya for a duration of one season.

International career

Being born in Qatar to a Sudanese family, Madibo was eligible to represent either

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, of which he chose the former. Madibo has represented his country at various age groups. He was a member of Qatar national under-19 football team for

2014 AFC U-19 Championship The 2014 AFC U-20 Asian Cup, AFC U-19 Championship was the 38th edition of the biennial international youth association football, football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 19 and below. Myanmar were a ...

, and he won the championship. He played in

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil after ...

Qatar national under-20 football team The Qatar national under-20 football team is the national youth team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association. Qatar's U-20 national team played an important role in the development of football in Qatar and gave it one of its f ...

Honours

Al-Duhail *

Qatar Stars League The Qatar Stars League (; abbreviated as QSL), known as Ooredoo Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the top level football league in Qatar football league system. Contested by 12 teams, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation wi ...

: 2016–17, 2019–20 *

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* Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2016 Qatar U19 *

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Qatar *

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest c ...

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* * * 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Doha Qatari men's footballers 21st-century Qatari sportsmen Qatari expatriate men's footballers 2. Liga (Austria) players LASK players Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players K.A.S. Eupen players Al-Duhail SC players Al-Gharafa SC players Men's association football midfielders Qatari people of Sudanese descent Aspire Academy (Qatar) players Austrian Regionalliga players Austrian 2. Landesliga players Segunda División B players Qatar Stars League players AFC Asian Cup–winning players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players 2019 Copa América players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Qatari expatriate sportspeople in France Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Austria Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Spain Qatar men's international footballers Qatar men's youth international footballers Qatar men's under-20 international footballers 2022 FIFA World Cup players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players {{Qatar-footy-midfielder-stub