Mansour Muftah Faraj Bekhit Al-Abdullah, or simply Mansour Muftah ( ar, منصور مفتاح, born 1955) is a

Qatari 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 ...

former

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who played as a forward. He was the top scorer in the Qatar Stars League a record 7 times, as well as being the top scorer for the Qatar national team till this day with 42 goals.

Club career

Youth career

Muftah attended the New Rayyan School; the school's football pitch was shared by

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 ...

's first team. He joined in on an Al Rayyan training session, and scored two goals in a training match, prompting head coach Ashour Salem to ask him to join Al Rayyan's youth teams. Muftah rejected as he was a fan of Al Arabi, and was under pressure from his family to play for Al Arabi. Nonetheless, his sister-in-law presented him a contract with Al Rayyan, and he signed it without knowledge of the contents. Shortly after, his brother coerced him into signing a contract binding him to Al Arabi. This caused the two respective clubs to involve the QFA, which offered him a chance to select between the two clubs. He chose to play for Al Rayyan, a decision which elicited his brother to beat him. The next day, the Al Rayyan youth team won 3–1 against the Al Arabi youth team, with Muftah scoring 2 of the goals.

International career

Muftah made his international debut in the

1976 Gulf Cup of Nations The 4th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, دورة كأس الخليج العربي الرابعة) was the fourth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held in Doha, Qatar and was won by three-time defending champions Kuwait. The tournament to ...

against

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. He scored 4 goals in 6 games in the tournament, including a two-minute brace against

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. He also featured in the

1979 Gulf Cup of Nations The 5th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, دورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة) was the fifth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq and took place between 23 March and 9 April ...

held in Iraq, scoring a single goal against UAE, and again in

1982 Gulf Cup of Nations The 6th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, دورة كأس الخليج العربي السادسة) was the sixth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and took place betw ...

, scoring a goal against

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. In 1981, he participated in the

World Military Cup The World Military Cup is a football competition for national military teams. It is organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The tournament has been held since 1946 and was originally called the World Military Championship. ...

held in Qatar, helping them finish as runners-up. From 1980 til 1986, the national team was coached by

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, who he describes as ''"undoubtedly the most influential person in his playing career"''.أسطورة الكرة القطرية منصور مفتاح في حديث خاص للشرق :كنا مرشحين بقوة للقب آسيا88 وسوء الحظ سبب خروجنا
He competed in the men's tournament at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

. He scored two goals and attained three assists in the group stage of the

1988 AFC Asian Cup The 1988 AFC Asian Cup was the 9th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar between 2 December and 18 Decembe ...

held in Qatar. After Qatar made an early exit, Muftah, who was team captain, stated he felt humiliated for not at least reaching the knock-out stage. In a post-tournament interview, he apologized to the Qatari fans on behalf of the team. Despite losing the tournament, he earned 45,000 QR for winning 2 of the games. He retired from international football in 1990, due to differences with the coach,

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.ثعلب الكره القطريه والخليجيه
In total, he participated in 6

Gulf Cup of Nations The Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي, ''Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi''), often referred to simply as the Gulf Cup, is a biennial football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nat ...

and 3 AFC Asian Cups.

Mansour Muftah award

Starting from the 2013–14 Qatar Stars League, the top scorer award was renamed the "Mansour Muftah award" to honor his immense contribution to Qatari football.

Personal life

His brother, Faraj Muftah, is a volleyball referee. He participated in the Syria International Rally in 2004. He has a son named Tamim who plays in Al Rayyan.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

*Al-Rayyan :*

Qatari 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 ...

: 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90. :* Confederation Cup: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983 :*

Qatar Sheikh Jassem 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 ...

: 1992 *Al-Wakrah :*

: 1998

International

*Qatar :*

Runner Up:

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

:* Arab Nations Cup 4th place:

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

Individual

* Qatar national team top scorer of all time with 42 goals * Qatar Stars League top scorer 7 Times : 1973–1974,1976-1977,1977–1978,1981–1982, 1982–1983, 1983–1984, 1985–1986 * Qatar Stars League highest goal average with 22 goals in 12 matches. *

1982 Gulf Club Champions Cup The Gulf Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس الأندية الخليجية), is a football league tournament for the Arabian Peninsula clubs. The 1982 edition was known as the Gulf Cooperation Council Club Tournament. This was the first edition of t ...

Top scorer : 6 goals.

References

External links

*
Qatar - List of Top Scorers
* Mansoor Muftah on ar.wikipedia.org
Ásia : Qatar : Mansoor Muftah
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muftah, Mansoor People from Doha Qatari footballers Qatar international footballers 1955 births Living people Al-Rayyan SC players Al-Wakrah SC players Al-Sailiya SC players Qatar Stars League players 1988 AFC Asian Cup players 1984 AFC Asian Cup players 1980 AFC Asian Cup players Association football forwards Olympic footballers of Qatar Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics