Wael Sulaiman Al-Habashi (; born August 8, 1964) is a
Kuwaiti retired
football player
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who was the first player of the
Kuwait national football team
The Kuwait national football team () represents Kuwait in international football and it is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. Kuwait made its only FIFA World Cup appearance in 1982 and managed to get one draw in the group stage agai ...
to score a
golden goal
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. The goal was scored against the
UAE
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in 1994.
Club career
Sulaiman played his entire career for
Al-Jahra, where he won the 1989–90
Kuwait Premier League.
International career
Sulaiman was part of the
Kuwaiti team which won the
8th Arabian Gulf Cup. However, he played his first international match against
China
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in the
1986 Asian Games quarterfinals, where his team reached the third place. Later on, he won both the
10th Arabian Gulf Cup and
13th Arabian Gulf Cup. Between the two aforementioned tournaments, he managed to finish third with his team at the
1994 Asian Games, where he was the top scorer with six goals.
He retired on 27 December 1998, becoming the first Kuwaiti to have more than 100 caps.
Honour
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AFC Century Award
See also
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List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
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References
External links
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People from Kuwait City
Kuwaiti men's footballers
1964 births
Living people
Men's association football defenders
FIFA Men's Century Club
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games
Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games
Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games
1988 AFC Asian Cup players
1996 AFC Asian Cup players
Asian Games bronze medalists for Kuwait
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
Kuwait men's international footballers
Kuwait Premier League players
Al-Jahra SC players
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