Ali Shiham (born 26 June 1975) is a former Maldivian international

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International career

Ali Shiham has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

. He is well known as the first player to score a hat-trick for Maldives national team in their 22 years of international football on 11 January 2003 against

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

at Bangabandhu National Stadium during the

2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup The 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh between 10 January 2003 and 20 January 2003. All matches were played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Originally scheduled to be held between 26 January 2002 and ...

group stage.

Outside football

Shiham was offered to act in a Maldivian video song in 2003 for a fee of 20,000 MVR and he accepted the deal as it came from a very close friend of him; producer Ahmed Moosa (Ammaty).

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* * 1975 births Living people Maldivian footballers Maldives international footballers Club Valencia players New Radiant S.C. players Association football forwards {{Maldives-footy-bio-stub