Imad Ali Suleiman Al-Hosni ( ar, عماد علي سليمان الحوسني; born 18 July 1984), commonly known as Imad Al-Hosni or Al-Amda, is an

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

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who last played for

Fanja SC Fanja Sports Club ( ar, نادي فنجاء الرياضي; also known locally as ''Al-Malik'', or "The King" because of their great success, or just plainly as Fanja) is an Omani sports club based in Fanja, Oman. The club is currently playing i ...

in the

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Club career

Al-Khaburah

He started his professional football career in 2003 and joined the

i sports club Al-Khaburah SC. In the

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, he made 20 appearances and scored 11 goals.

Al-Riyadh

Amad then moved to Saudi Arabian football club Al-Riyadh based in

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of th ...

. In the

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, he made 23 appearances and scored 10 goals.

Qatar SC

Amad moved to

Qatar SC Qatar Sports Club ( ar, نادي قطر الرياضي) is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 as a merger of two Qatari football clubs ...

in 2005, a Qatari football club based in

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the count ...

. In the

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, he made 25 appearances and scored 14 goals helping the club to be the runners-up. Also in the 2006 Qatar Crown Prince Cup, he made 3 appearances and scored 1 goal helping the club win the runners-up place. In the

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, he made 24 appearances and scored 11 goals. And in the

2007–08 Qatar Stars League Statistics of Qatar Stars League for the 2007–08 season. Overview It was contested by 10 teams, and Al-Gharafa Sports Club won the championship. League standings Top goalscorers ''Sourcegoalzz.com' ;27 goals * Clemerson ''(Al-Gharafa)'' ...

, he made 27 appearances and scored 12 goals.

Al-Rayyan

He then moved to another

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

based sports club Al-Rayyan Sports Club . In the

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, he made 27 appearances and scored 11 goals until his contract expired in 2009.

Charleroi

Amad moved to

R. Charleroi S.C. Royal Charleroi Sporting Club, often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at ...

, a Belgian football club. He made 8 appearances but couldn't score a single goal. His transfer to Europe had made him the second Omani footballer to play in Europe, after

Ali Al-Habsi Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi ( ar, علي بن عبد الله بن حارب الحبسي; born 30 December 1981) is an Omani retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Early career Al-Habsi was born in Oman and star ...

Return to Al-Rayyan

In 2010, he returned to his ex-club Al-Rayyan Sports Club and helped them to win the 2010 Emir of Qatar Cup. He made 8 appearances and scored 4 goals.

Al-Ahli

Amad then moved to Al-Ahli SC. He helped the club in winning the

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in 2011 and

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, also he helped the club to be the runners-up of 2012 AFC Champions League. His standing record in Al-Ahli was 99 appearances with 52 goals.

Al-Nassr

On 22 December 2013, he signed a six-months contract with

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n giants Al-Nassr FC.

Saham

On 8 September 2014, he signed a one-year contract with 2014 GCC Champions League runners-up Saham SC. He made his

debut and scored his first goal on 13 September 2014 in a 3-0 win over

Al-Oruba SC Al-Oruba Sports Club was a Qatari football club. The football club merged with Al-Nasour to form a new football club named Al-Esteqlal, now known as Qatar SC. It was a founding member of the Q-League and it has won five consecutive Q-League title ...

Club career statistics

International career

Arabian Gulf Cup

Amad has made appearances in the

16th Arabian Gulf Cup The 16th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was held in Kuwait, between 26 December 2003 to 11 January 2004. All matches were played Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. Yemen made their debut in the Arabian Gulf Cup. Iraq contin ...

, the

17th Arabian Gulf Cup The 17th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was held in Doha, Qatar in 2004. It marked the return of the Iraqi National team back to the competition, following the fall of Saddam Hussein. Qatar turned out the victors and ...

, the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup, the

19th Arabian Gulf Cup The 19th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was the nineteenth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Muscat, Oman, from 4 to 17 January 2009 and was won by Oman for the first time in its history, ...

, the

20th Arabian Gulf Cup The 20th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was the twentieth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Aden, Yemen, from 22 November to 5 December 2010. The tournament was held in Yemen for the first ...

and the

21st Arabian Gulf Cup The 21st Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was the twenty-first edition of the biennial football competition. It took place in Bahrain in January 2013. The competition was originally scheduled to be hosted in the city of ...

. He has been in the national squad since 2003, and he first showed his talent during the

, scoring a goal in a 1-0 win over the Arabian giants

. In the tournament, Oman finished at the fourth place, hence reaching its best ever position in the Arabian Gulf Cup competition, reaching the final four round for the first time, with eight points from two wins and two draws. In the

, he scored four goals. A brace each in a 3-1 over

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

and in a 3-2 win over

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

hence helping his country to reach the semi-finals and then the finals of the Arabian Gulf Cup for the first time. But Oman lost in the final to the hosts,

in a penalty shootout after the goalkeeping sensation

missed a penalty.

won the match 6-5 on penalties after the match had ended 1-1 at normal time. Amad was awarded with the "Top Goal Scorer" award of the competition. He scored two goals in the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup, one in a 2-1 win over the hosts the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

and another in a 2-1 win over

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

. This was the second time when Oman reached to the finals but again they lost to the hosts, the

Ismail Matar Ismail Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al Mukhaini Al Junaibi ( ar, إسماعيل مطر; born 7 April 1983 in Sur) is an Omani footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for UAE Pro League club Al Wahda. Matar was awarded the Golde ...

, the Emirati legend, scored the lone goal of the match as United Arab Emirates won their first ever Arabian Gulf Cup. Finally in 2009, he helped his team to win their first ever Arabian Gulf Cup trophy. He scored one goal in the

in a 4-0 win over

. He scored one and the only goal of Oman in the

in a 1-1 draw against

. Oman failed to qualify for the semi-finals. In the

, he played in three matches but failed to score a single goal. Oman again could score only one goal and this time it was from the spot by youngster Hussain Al-Hadhri in a 1-2 loss against

. Oman failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

AFC Asian Cup

Amad has made appearances in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification, the

2004 AFC Asian Cup The 2004 AFC Asian Cup was the 13th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held from 17 July to 7 August 2004 in China. The defending champio ...

, the

2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification The 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating. For the first time, the defending champions (Japan), did not earn an automatic ...

, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, the

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and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification. He scored three goals in the

which included a brace in a 2-2 draw against

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

and a goal in a 2-0 win over

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

. In the tournament, Oman won four points in a 2-0 win over

and a 2-2 draw against

and hence failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. In the

, he scored two goals, one in a 4-1 win over

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and another in the return leg in a 5-0 win over

and again helped his team to qualify for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

Badar Al-Maimani Badar Mubarak Saleh Al-Maimani ( ar, بدر مبارك صالح الميمني; born 16 July 1984), commonly known as Badar Al-Maimani, is an Omani football manager and a former footballer who is the current second assistant manager of Fanja SC ...

scored one and the only goal of Oman in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in a 1-1 draw against Australia. In the tournament, Oman won two points in a 1-1 draw against Australia and in a 0-0 draw against

and hence failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. In the

, he played in five matches but failed to score a single goal. Oman failed to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. He made two appearances in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification, scoring one goal in the penultimate game in a 3-1 win over

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and again helped his team to qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup by finishing at the top of the Group A.

FIFA World Cup Qualification

Amad has made six appearances in the

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America) ...

, seven in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and fifteen in the

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. He scored two goals in the

, one in the Second Round of FIFA World Cup qualification in a 5-1 win over

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and another also in the Second Round in a 2-0 win over

. He scored a brace in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in the Third Round of FIFA World Cup qualification in a 2-1 win over

. He scored two goals in the

, one in the Second Round of FIFA World Cup qualification in a 2-0 win over

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and another in the Third Round of FIFA World Cup qualification in a 1-0 win over Australia in the third round in a crucial home match which eventually helped Oman to qualify for the fourth round. Oman entered the last game of group play with a chance to qualify for at least the playoff-round, but a 1-0 loss to Jordan eliminated them from contention.

National team career statistics

Goals for Senior National Team

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Honours

Club

*With

:* Qatar Stars League Runners-up: 2005-06 :*

Qatar Crown Prince Cup The Qatar Cup is a tournament in men's football. It is played by the top 4 teams of the Qatar Stars League The Qatar Stars League ( ar, دوري نجوم قطر), or the QSL, also called QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the top l ...

Runners-up: 2006 *With

Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan (; also spelled as ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and largely surrounds Metropolitan Doha and funct ...

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(1): 2010; Runners-up: 2009 :*

Runners-up: 2009 *With Al-Ahli :*

Saudi Professional League The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...

Runners-up: 2011-12 :*

(2): 2011,

:* AFC Champions League Runners-up:

*With

Al-Nassr Al Nassr Football Club ( ar, نادي النصر السعودي; '' Naṣr'' meaning ''Victory'') is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955, the club plays its home games at the Mrsool Park. Their home colours are yello ...

(1): 2013-14 :*

Saudi Crown Prince Cup The Saudi Crown Prince's Cup ( ar, كأس ولي العهد) was the Saudi Arabian annual cup competition. It was the oldest domestic football competition in Saudi Arabia, its first edition was held in 1956–57, but was not crowned from 1975 unti ...

(1): 2013-14

National Team

* Arabian Gulf Cup (1): 2009; Runners-up: 2004, 2007

Individual

* Arabian Gulf Cup Top Scorer: 2004 * Arabian Gulf Cup Best Player of the Tournament: 2004

References

External links

* *
Amad Al-Hosni
at Goal.com * *
Amad Al-Hosni - ASIAN CUP Australia 2015
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Club career

Al-Khaburah

Al-Riyadh

Qatar SC

Al-Rayyan

Charleroi

Return to Al-Rayyan

Al-Ahli

Al-Nassr

Saham

Club career statistics

International career

Arabian Gulf Cup

AFC Asian Cup

FIFA World Cup Qualification

National team career statistics

Goals for Senior National Team

Honours

Club

National Team

Individual

See also

References

External links