Wael Sulaiman Al-Habashi ( ar, وائل سليمان Ø£Øمد المØيسن الØبشي; born August 8, 1964) was the first player of the
Kuwait national football team to score a
golden goal
The golden goal or golden point is a rule used in association football, lacrosse, field hockey, and ice hockey to decide the winner of a match (typically a knock-out match) in which scores are equal at the end of normal time. It is a type of sud ...
. The goal was scored against the
UAE in 1994.
Club career
Sulaiman played his entire career for
Al-Jahra, where he won the 1989–90
Kuwait Premier League
The Kuwait Premier League (), known as STC Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Kuwait football pyramid system. Formed in 1961, Al-Arabi, Qadsia and Kuwait both hold the best record in the competition, having won ...
.
International career
Sulaiman was part of the
Kuwaiti team which won the
8th Arabian Gulf Cup. However, he played his first international match against
China
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in the
1986 Asian Games
The 1986 Asian Games ( ko, 1986ë…„ 아시아 경기대회/1986ë…„ 아시안 게임, Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad ( ko, ì œ10í ...
quarterfinals, where his team reached the third place. Later on, he won both the
10th Arabian Gulf Cup and
13th Arabian Gulf Cup. Between the two aforementioned tournaments, he managed to finish third with his team at the
1994 Asian Games, where he was the top scorer with six goals.
He retired on 27 December 1998, becoming the first Kuwaiti to have more than 100 caps.
Honour
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AFC Century Award
See also
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List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
In men's association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official match appearance for their national team. In total, over 600 players have played in 100 or more international matches. The r ...
References
External links
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People from Kuwait City
Kuwaiti footballers
1964 births
Living people
Men's association football defenders
FIFA Men's Century Club
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games
Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games
Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games
1988 AFC Asian Cup players
1996 AFC Asian Cup players
Asian Games bronze medalists for Kuwait
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
Kuwait men's international footballers
Kuwait Premier League players
Al-Jahra SC players
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