Ashad Ali

Ashad Ali (born 14 September 1986), nicknamed Adey or Adubarey, is a Maldivian footballer who plays as a forward for Maziya S&RC. He is a member of the Maldives national football team.[3] He was the Maldivian National Team Captain in the most recent bangabandhu gold cup 2016, held in Bangladesh, Dhaka. Where he led his team to the Semi Finals.

Ashad Ali
Personal information
Full name Ashad Ali
Date of birth (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986
Place of birth Addu City, Maldives
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Green Streets
Number 9
Youth career
FB Boys
Lagoons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Victory
2010–2012 VB Sports Club
2013 BG Sports[1] (6)
2013–2014 Maziya S&RC
2015 New Radiant
2016–2017 Maziya S&RC
2018 Green Streets[2]
National team‡
2007–2018 Maldives 52 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2014
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2017

International career

International goals
Scores and results list the Maldives' goal tally first.[3]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 December 2009Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Sri Lanka5–15–12009 SAFF Championship
2.23 March 2011National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives Kyrgyzstan1–02–12012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
3.6 June 2017Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Afghanistan1–11–2Friendly

Penalty feinting incident

Adey gained global notability after simulating a fall prior to the run up of a penalty shootout in the third place match of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup against Afghanistan, deceiving goalkeeper Mansur Faqiryar.[4] The match was won 7–8 to the Maldives.[5]

A similar move was pulled off by Thomas Müller later that year during the 2014 FIFA World Cup (Germany v Algeria). In the 88th minute, Thomas Müller deceptively stumbled while lining up the kick, before getting up and running through the Algerian wall. A few days later, Müller admitted to a German TV reporter that the free kick was a designed play.[6]

References
  1. "Assad Ali (Adey) (2013)". MaldiveSoccer.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. Adey signs for Green Streets Mihaaru Sports. 25 January 2018
  3. "Ali, Assad 'Adey'". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. "Crafty penalty 'trip' routine in shootout helps Maldives beat Afghanistan". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. "The greatest penalty feint of all time". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  6. "Thomas Mueller admits botched Germany free-kick was trick that failed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 August 2015.


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