Muhsin Musabah Faraj Fairouz ( ar, محسن مصباح فرج) (born October 1, 1964) is a retired United Arab Emirati

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He played as a goalkeeper for the

United Arab Emirates national football team The United Arab Emirates national football team ( ar, منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم) represents United Arab Emirates in international association football and serves under the auspices of the coun ...

as well as the Sharjah Club in

Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Sharjah is the capital o ...

. Musabah played all of his country's games in qualifying for the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...

and started all three games in the tournament. He was also an important player for his country's run to the final of the

1996 AFC Asian Cup The 1996 AFC Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between 4 and 21 Decembe ...

. With over 100

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s to his name, Musabah, who wore the No. 17 jersey throughout his international career, is considered to be the greatest goalkeeper to represent the UAE.

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Muhsin Musabah at FIFA.com
* 1964 births Living people People from the Emirate of Sharjah Emirati men's footballers 1988 AFC Asian Cup players 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1992 AFC Asian Cup players 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players FIFA Men's Century Club United Arab Emirates men's international footballers UAE Pro League players Sharjah FC players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the United Arab Emirates {{UnitedArabEmirates-footy-goalkeeper-stub

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