Ismail (Ismaeel) Abdullatif Ismail Hassan, also spelled Abdullatif ( ar, إسماعيل عبد اللطيف; born September 11, 1986), is a

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

i professional football

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, currently playing for Al Khalidiya SC and the

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, and appeared for the team in the

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, 2011 and

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finals. He is famous for scoring a dramatic injury time goal in the match against

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on 9 September 2009 that sent Bahrain into the 2010 World Cup Qualification final play-off round against

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Career

He is a senior member of the squad since 2005, played a significant role on helping Bahrain to reach two consecutive

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playoffs, but failed in both playoffs. After 2017, he decided to retire from the team following the national side's deterioration of performances, but later revoked the decision to return to the senior side in 2019 for the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Bahrain's goal tally first.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullatif, Ismaeel 1986 births Living people Bahraini footballers Bahrain international footballers Bahraini expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Kuwait Expatriate footballers in Oman Association football forwards 2007 AFC Asian Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Bahraini expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players Al-Nasr SC (Salalah) players Al-Muharraq SC players Al Salmiya SC players Al Ahli SC (Doha) players Al-Nahda Club (Saudi Arabia) players Al Hala SC players Bahraini expatriate sportspeople in Oman Saudi Professional League players Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Qatari Second Division players FIFA Century Club Bahraini Premier League players Asian Games competitors for Bahrain Bahraini expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia People from Muharraq Kuwait Premier League players

Career

International goals

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