Abdulaziz Al-Anberi, also spelled Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari (born 3 January 1954 in Kaifan) is a Kuwaiti

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 ...

Career

Al-Anberi began his sporting career as a basketball and volleyball player. However, in 1976, he decided to focus on football, his favourite sport. He began playing for

Kuwait SC Kuwait Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Kuwait City. The football team has won Kuwaiti Premier League 17 times. Kuwait SC also has over 50 trophies in Kuwaiti Club foot ...

as a youth player and until he was promoted to the first team. He was included in the

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

squad that won the 1980 AFC Asian Cup and the squad that qualified to the

1982 World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 i ...

References

1954 births Kuwaiti footballers 1976 AFC Asian Cup players 1980 AFC Asian Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Living people Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Kuwait {{Kuwait-footy-bio-stub Men's association football forwards Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Kuwait SC players Kuwait men's international footballers Kuwait Premier League players