Ismail Matar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ismail Matar
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 7, 1983(1983-04-07)
Age	41
Birthplace	Abu Dhabi
Country	United Arab Emirates
Birth City	Abu Dhabi
Horoscope	Taurus

Ismail Matar Biography

Ismail Matar is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on April 7, 1983 in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Ismail Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al Mukhaini Al Junaibi (Arabic: إسماعيل مطر ‎; born 7 April 1983 in Abu Dhabi) is an Emirati footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Al Wahda and captains the UAE national team.

Matar was awarded the Golden Ball at the 2003 World Youth Championships after being voted the tournament’s best player even though the UAE only reached the quarter finals. He is best known for leading the UAE to their first ever trophy, the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup, which was held in Abu Dhabi in 2007. Matar scored 5 goals in 5 games, and was named player of the tournament and the top scorer.

Ismail Matar belongs to the Al Mukhaini family where his origins can be traced from the Sur city in Oman, he has a close relationship with the midfielder of Oman national football team and Al Ittihad player Ahmed Hadid as they are cousins. Ismail has two footballer brothers. They are Ahmed (retired) and Yasser (born in 1987, playing for Al-Jazira since 2009). Matar is married to the daughter of Adel Khalifa Al Shamsi, they married in Abu Dhabi on 13 July 2007, the couple have two children, Alia (born 4 December 2008) and Ali (born 1 November 2010). His father died on 2 January 2009 and Matar was in the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup in Oman, he did not participate with the national team and instead left to the UAE to attend the funeral of his father.

Ismail called up for two friendly matches against Palestine on 10 October 2009 and Jordan on 14 October. He was injured in match against Palestine and was replaced in 30th minute. On 5 November 2009, UAE coach Srečko Katanec announced the squad for the next training camp in November 2009, but Ismail was not called up because of injury. He was returned to the squad for the friendly match against Kuwait on 16 December 2009.

The Golden Boy did not shine strongly because of his involvement with the national team and the UAE Olympic and UAE Under-20, and he is the only Emirati player who participated in four games with the Al-Wahda and the national team and UAE Under-20 and UAE Olympic and distributed his effort in the four teams, which could not shine with Al-Wahda and he scored three goals with Al-Wahda, the club was ranked sixth in the league, and began the fatigue and exhaustion on Ismail making the press pounce on the United Arab Emirates Football Association to merciless the player from involved with the four national teams. But his effort did not go waste with the UAE Under-20, who was playing in the FIFA World Youth Championship 2003 in the UAE, but he achieved with the UAE Under-20 eighth place, and was the best player in the tournament, which was nominated for the best player and has achieved what he wanted. And has many offers from European clubs including the Chelsea reserve and Inter Milan and Asian Clubs including Japan clubs and Qatari Club Al-Sadd.

Ismail Matar Net Worth

Ismail Matar is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Arab Emirates. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ismail Matar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Known Ismail when he leading United Arab Emirates national football team to their first ever trophy at the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup, and his goals was critical in the tournament. When he scored against Kuwait in the 90+1 minute, UAE qualify to semi-final and against Saudi Arabia in the 90+1 minute, UAE qualify to final. In the final match, he scored a goal against Oman in the 72nd minute to lead UAE to win their first title in the Gulf Cup, Matar was named as MVP player of the tournament after scoring five goals in the tournament that makes him top scorer of the edition. He is the third player to win both titles on the best player and top scorer in the tournament after Iraqi player Hussein Saeed in 1984 and Qatari Mubarak Mustafa in 1992.

Ismail was part of UAE’s squad for 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship which held in home country. He began his stardom to reach to the quarter-finals when he scored the only goal in the tournament against Australia. However, UAE knocked out from tournament in match against Colombia. He won the Golden Ball award and became the first Arab player to wins this award.

Ismail was shown a good form for Al-Wahda at 2004–05 season and scored 11 goals including doubles against Al-Nasr, Al Jazira and Al-Shabab and a winning goal against Al Ain. He was most prominent in the ranks of Al-Wahda players, help the club to win the league title and finished as runners-up in the Domestic Cup. Al-Wahda had the strongest line of attack in that season, and Matar was playmaker of heavy caliber, which he was nominated for the Best Emarati Player. Ismail was more vigor and vitality and strength and fitness and determination to win and was serious player at the same time at the season. In match against Sharjah in the quarter-finals of the President’s Cup, he scored hat-trick with the club and ascended to the semi-final.

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On 30 January 2010 during AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, he played against Al-Karamah. He assisted Mahmoud Khamees to score the only goal in the match in the 72nd minute. Seven days later, on 6 February 2010, he scored against Churchill Brothers SC in the 85th minute and assisted twice, one for Fernando Baiano in the 45th minute and again to Abdulrahim Jumaa in the 63rd minute. The win helped Al Wahda qualify for the group stage of the tournament.

Facts & Trivia

Ismail Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Arab Emirates. Ismail Matar celebrates birthday on April 7 of every year.

Ismail took part in the Emir Cup quarter-final, coming on as a substitute for Hassan Al Haidos after 22 minutes. At the time of coming on, Al Ahli were leading two goals to none, and Al Sadd were a player down after Ibrahim Majid got sent off after 13 minutes. Ismail played a great match, scoring Al-Sadd’s third goal in extra time, as well as creating the other two goals. He scored a penalty in the penalty shootout, which Al Sadd won 4–2 to ensure a place in the semi-finals. He was named the Man of the Match, in addition to being immediately awarded two thousand dollars by the Qatar Football Association. Qatari media played down Ismail’s ability, and suggested he would add nothing new to Al Sadd’s squad, as well as claiming he was a very average player.

Top Facts about Ismail Matar

1. Ismail Matar is an Emirati footballer born in 1983.
2. He has played for Al Wahda and the UAE national team.
3. Matar was named AFC Player of the Year in 2003.
4. He helped lead the UAE to their first Gulf Cup victory in 2007.
5. Matar scored the winning goal in the 2013 Gulf Cup final.
6. He has represented his country at multiple Asian Cups and Olympics.
7. Matar has scored over 30 goals for the UAE national team.
8. In 2019, he became Al Wahda’s all-time leading scorer with 138 goals.
9. Matar retired from international football in 2020 after a successful career.
10. He is considered one of the greatest Emirati footballers of all time.