Muhsin Musabah Faraj Fairouz () (born October 1, 1964) is a retired

United Arab Emirati The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal elective monarchy made up of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi serving as its ...

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. He played as a goalkeeper for the

United Arab Emirates national football team The United Arab Emirates national football team () represents United Arab Emirates in men's international Association football, football and serves under the auspices of the country's United Arab Emirates Football Association, Football Associat ...

as well as the Sharjah Club in

Sharjah Sharjah (; ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the D ...

. Musabah played all of his country's games in qualifying for the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second ...

and started all three games in the tournament. He was also an important player for his country's run to the final of the

1996 AFC Asian Cup The 1996 AFC Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between 4 and 21 Decembe ...

. With over 100

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s to his name, Musabah, who wore the No. 17 jersey throughout his international career, is considered to be the greatest goalkeeper to represent the UAE.

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Muhsin Musabah at FIFA.com
* 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Sharjah Emirati men's footballers 1988 AFC Asian Cup players 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1992 AFC Asian Cup players 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players FIFA Men's Century Club United Arab Emirates men's international footballers UAE Pro League players Sharjah FC players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the United Arab Emirates {{UnitedArabEmirates-footy-goalkeeper-stub

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