Ahmed Alaaeldin ( ar, أحمد علاء الدين; born 31 January 1993), also known as Ahmed Alaa, is a professional

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who currently plays for

Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الغرافة الرياضي) is a Qatari multisports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan. It is best known for its football team, although it also has teams for other sports. It was estab ...

. Born in Egypt, he plays for the

Qatar national football team The Qatar national football team ( ar, منتخب قطر لكرة القدم) represents Qatar in international football, and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association and AFC. The team has appeared in ten Asian Cup tournaments and w ...

Personal

Ahmed Alaaeldin arrived in

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when he was 10 years old. His father, an Egyptian civil engineer, brought his family to Qatar in 2003.

Club career

Alaaeldin began his professional career with

Al-Rayyan SC Al-Rayyan Sports Club () is a Qatari multi-sports club fielding teams in a number of sports such as football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, table tennis, and swimming. It is based at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Umm Al ...

in 2010. In July 2017, he joined Al-Gharafa SC. He scored in the 2011

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game against

Emirates Club Emirates Club ( ar, نادي الإمارات) is a professional football club based in the city of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. They play in the UAE Pro League after being promoted from the UAE First Division League. They play their h ...

International career

Ahmed Alaaeldin has played for the Qatar Olympic football team in the GGC U23 tournament in August 2011. Ahmed was also at the

2016 AFC U-23 Championship The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the second edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) fo ...

and was the top goal scorer with 6 goals during the competition.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;Al-Rayyan * Qatari Stars League: 2015–16 *

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Emir of Qatar Cup Emir of Qatar Cup ( ar, كأس أمير قطر), also known as the Emir Cup, but changed to Amir Cup starting in 2019, is an association football tournament played every season by 18 first and second division teams. The most successful is Al Sad ...

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Al-Gharafa *

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: 2017–18, 2018–19

International

;Qatar *

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References

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* * 1993 births Living people Qatari footballers Al-Rayyan SC players Association football forwards Naturalised citizens of Qatar Al-Gharafa SC players Qatar Stars League players Qatari Second Division players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Qatari people of Egyptian descent AFC Asian Cup-winning players Qatar international footballers 2022 FIFA World Cup players {{Qatar-footy-forward-stub