Personal information | |||
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Full name | Malek Mouath Al-Hawsawi | ||
Date of birth | 10 August 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Medina, Saudi Arabia | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2004 | Al-Ansar | 53 | (4) |
2004–2012 | Al-Ahli | 115 | (57) |
2011–2012 | Al-Nassr (loan) | 16 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2006–2009 | Saudi Arabia | 42 | (15) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2006. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2006.
Malek Ali Mouath Al-Hawsawi (Arabic: مالك علي معاذ الهوساوي) (also named Malek Maaz officially by FIFA ) (born 10 August 1981) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who currently plays for Al-Nassr.
Mouath originally played as an attacking midfielder but was converted into a striker after moving to Al Ahli.
He plays for the Saudi Arabian national team and participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Mouath was born in Medina, Saudi Arabia in 1981, when he was a teenager. His soccer profession was discovered by Medina's soccer club, Al-Ansar and he officially played for Al-Ansar in the year 2000.
Al-Ahli management offered Mouath 700,000 US$ to move play for Al-Ahli. The new team changed Mouath's position from a midfielder to a striker, this step was the key of success and fame of the player. He was the greatest player Saudi Arabia of all time in 2006–2007, he also obtaining the Saudi Crown Prince Cup and Saudi Federation Cup in 2007 against Al-Ittihad. On 20 May 2008 Malek played Al-Nasr for farewell match by legendary Majed Abdullah against Real Madrid C.F., malek scored 2 goals in 54 minutes and 90+1 minutes and they team won scores are 4–1. On 2 September 2011 he move to Al-Nasr Club as loan for one season only.