Bandar Mohammed Mohammed Saeed Al-Ahbabi (

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Academic career

Bandar began playing football when he was ten years old, where his physical education teacher Ismail helped him enroll for

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's youth academy. His future as a professional player was about to end at age 12, when his father withdrew him from the academy because of its influences on his grades. Despite this, his mother persuaded him to play again.

International career

On 23 February 2014, Al Ahbabi was called up the first time to the UAE senior team for a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against

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. He was left out of the starting line-up. On 11 June 2015, he made his debut with the national team in a 3–0 defeat to

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, starting the match and wearing the number 21 jersey.

Career statistic

Club

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International goals

:''Scores and results list the United Arab Emirates' goal tally first.''

Honours

Al Ain * Arabian Gulf League: 2011–12, 2017–18, 2021–22 * UAE League Cup: 2021–22 * UAE President's Cup: 2017–18 *

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: 2023–24 *

runner-up:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* Arabian Gulf Super Cup runner-up:

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runner-up:

Individual * AGL Player of the Month: October 2019 * AGL Dream Team: 2018–19 *

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Team of the Tournament:

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* UAE Pro League The Golden Ball Best Emirati player of the Year: 2021–22 (UAE Pro League Season awards)

References

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* Emirati men's footballers 21st-century Emirati sportsmen 1990 births Living people Al Ain FC players Al Dhafra FC players Baniyas Club players Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games 2019 AFC Asian Cup players UAE Pro League players Men's association football wingers Asian Games competitors for the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates men's international footballers AFC Champions League Elite–winning players {{UnitedArabEmirates-footy-bio-stub