Assim Omer Al Haj Madibo ( ar, عاصم ماديبو; born 22 October 1996) is a Qatari footballer who plays for Al-Duhail and the Qatar national team.

Club career

Madibo started his youth football career at French club

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division o ...

, even though he never lived there. In 2015, he graduated from

Aspire Academy Aspire Academy ( ar, أكاديمية أسباير, Akādīmiyat 'Asbāyr) is a sports academy based in the Aspire Zone in Qatar, founded in 2004 with the goal to scout and help develop Qatari athletes, whilst also providing them with secondary ...

in Qatar. In January 2015, Madibo joined the senior team of Austrian club

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football ...

. He made his professional league debut against

Austria Lustenau Sportclub Austria Lustenau is a professional association football club based in the town of Lustenau, Vorarlberg, Austria, that competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1914, ...

on 13 August 2015. In January 2016, he left the club to join

Cultural Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

. It was announced that in July 2017 that Madibo was loaned to

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

side

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from Lekhwiya for a duration of one season.

International career

Being born in Qatar from a Sudanese family, Madibo was eligible to represent either

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 sh ...

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

, of which he chose the former. Madibo has represented his country at various age groups. He was a member of Qatar national under-19 football team for

2014 AFC U-19 Championship The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship was the 38th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 19 and below. Myanmar were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 ...

, and he won the championship. He played in

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil after ...

Qatar national under-20 football team The Qatar national under-20 football team is the national youth team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association. Qatar's U-20 national team played an important role in the development of football in Qatar and gave it one its firs ...

Honours

Al-Duhail *

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 level football league in Qatar football league system. Contested by 12 teams, it operates on a system of promotio ...

: 2016–17, 2019–20 *

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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Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup The Sheikh Jassim Cup ( ar, كأس الشيخ جاسم) is an annual men's super cup competition in Football in Qatar, Qatari football held between the winner of the Qatar Stars League and the Emir of Qatar Cup. History The inaugural Sheikh Jassi ...

: 2016 Qatar U19 *

AFC U-19 Championship The AFC U-20 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship, is a biennial international association football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams ...

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Qatar *

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

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* * * 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Doha Qatari men's footballers Qatari expatriate men's footballers 2. Liga (Austria) players LASK players Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players K.A.S. Eupen players Al-Duhail SC players Al-Gharafa SC players Men's association football midfielders Qatari people of Sudanese descent Aspire Academy (Qatar) players Austrian Regionalliga players Austrian 2. Landesliga players Segunda División B players Qatar Stars League players AFC Asian Cup-winning players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players 2019 Copa América players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Qatari expatriate sportspeople in France Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Austria Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Spain Qatar men's international footballers Qatar men's youth international footballers Qatar men's under-20 international footballers 2022 FIFA World Cup players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players {{Qatar-footy-midfielder-stub