Marzouk Al-Otaibi

Marzouk Al-Otaibi (Arabic: مرزوق العتيبي‎; born 7 November 1975) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer, who last played as a center forward for Al-Markhiya in Qatar.

Marzouk Al-Otaibi
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-11-07) 7 November 1975
Place of birth Saudi Arabia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Al-Shabab
2000–2007 Ittihad FC
2001 Riffa SC (loan)
2007–2008 Al Nassr FC
2008–2010 Al-Wehda
2010 Al Jabalain
2010–2011 Al-Watani
2011–2012 Al-Markhiya
2012–2013 Al Rabea
2013–2014 Al-Najmah
National team
1999–2006 Saudi Arabia 24 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Al-Otaibi started his career at Al-Shabab Club. In 1999, he joined Al-Ittihad for a then-record 9 million Saudi riyals in which he spent around 8 years with Al-Ittihad. While with Al-Ittihad, Al-Otaibi won several national and international titles. Al-Otaibi joined Al-Nassr in the summer of 2007.

Al-Otaibi joined Qatari 2nd Division club Al-Markhiya on 26 December 2011 on a six-month deal.[1]

International career

Otaibi made several appearances for the senior Saudi Arabia national football team, including the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals and the 2002 and 2004 AFC Asian Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds.[2]

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

He shined in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico where he finished as joint top scorer along with Ronaldinho and Cuauhtémoc Blanco with 6 goals each. He scored a super hat-trick (4 goals) against Egypt, which was relatively a weak team back then; he proved himself in the Semi-final by scoring two goals against Brazil.

International goals
Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[3]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 July 1999Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico Egypt1–05–11999 FIFA Confederations Cup
2.2–0
3.4–1
4.5–1
5.1 August 1999Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico Brazil1–22–81999 FIFA Confederations Cup
6.2–2
7.20 October 2000Saida International Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon Uzbekistan1–05–02000 AFC Asian Cup
8.8 February 2001Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Mongolia6–06–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "المرخية يتعاقد مع السعودى مرزوق العتيبى". Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  2. Marzouk Al-Otaibi – FIFA competition record
  3. "Al-Otaibi, Marzouq". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 April 2017.


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