Odai Yusuf Ismaeel Al-Saify ( ar, عدي يوسف إسماعيل الصيفي) is a

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

ian

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 ...

who plays for

Qadsia SC ) The Royal ( ar, الملكي) The Yellow Castle ( ar, القلعة الصفراء) , founded = as ''Al-Jazira'' , ground = Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Hawalli , capacity = 26,000 , chairman = Khaled Fahad Al Sabah , manager = Boris ...

and the

Jordan national football team The Jordan national football team ( ar, المنتخب الأردني لكرة القدم) represents Jordan in international football and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association. Jordan have never qualified for the World Cup finals b ...

Club career

Al-Saify started his career playing for

Shabab Al-Ordon Shabab Al-Ordon Club ( ar, نادي شباب الأردن, lit=''Jordan Youth Club'') is a Jordanian professional Association football, football club based in Amman, that competes in the Jordanian Pro League. The club was established in 2002 an ...

, in which he was loaned out to Al-Dhafra in the United Arab Emirates. Then he joined

Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace and plays at Xanthi FC Arena. The club resigned from the Super League 2 due to financial issues. Founded in 1967, Xan ...

in Greece,

Alki Larnaca Alki Larnaca ( el, ΑΛΚΗ Λάρνακας, ''ALKI Larnakas'') was a Cypriot football club based in the town of Larnaca. The club was founded in 1948 and it was dissolved on the 6th of May of 2014 due to financial issues. The club's colours wer ...

in Cyprus, and Al-Salmiya,

and

Al-Nasr 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 yellow ...

in Kuwait.

International career

Al-Saify played 118 international matches for

, in which he participated in the

2011 AFC Asian Cup The 2011 AFC Asian Cup was the 15th 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 Qatar from 7 to 29 January 2011. It was the fifte ...

and

2015 AFC Asian Cup The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015. The tournament was ...

. On 12 November 2020, he returned to play for his national team after three years of absence.

Personal life

Odai is married to Nour Al-Saify and has four children; a daughter named Alma and three sons named Zaid, Yousef and Hashem.

International goals

With U-23

With Senior Team

:''Scores and results list Jordan's goal tally first.''

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* * * * * 1986 births Living people Jordanian footballers Jordanian people of Palestinian descent Jordan international footballers Xanthi F.C. players Alki Larnaca FC players Jordanian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Super League Greece players Cypriot First Division players Sportspeople from Amman Jordanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in Cyprus 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Expatriate footballers in Greece Jordanian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate footballers in Kuwait Association football forwards Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Sportspeople from Kuwait City Al Salmiya SC players Al Dhafra FC players Al-Nasr SC (Kuwait) players UAE Pro League players FIFA Century Club Asian Games competitors for Jordan {{Jordan-footy-bio-stub