Ashad Ali (born 14 September 1986), nicknamed Adey or Adubarey, is a Maldivian

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who plays as a

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for Club Valencia. He was a member of the

Maldives national football team The Maldives national football team (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭ ގައުމީ ފުޓްބޯލް ޓީމް) represents the Maldives in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. It is a member of the Asi ...

Club career

Ashad started his career at Victory Sports Club. He later joined VB Sports Club before joining the newly promoted side BG Sports Club In 2018, he signed a one-year deal with Club Green Streets.

International career

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Maldives' goal tally first.''

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

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against

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, deceiving goalkeeper

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. The match was won 7–8 to the

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

. A similar move was pulled off by Thomas Müller later that year during the

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(

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). 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.

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* * * 1986 births Living people Maldivian men's footballers Maldives men's international footballers Victory Sports Club players People from Addu City Men's association football forwards Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Maldives Club Eagles players {{Maldives-footy-bio-stub