Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri (; born 23 February 1985), commonly known as Ahmed Mubarak or Ahmed Kano, is an Omani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Club career Kano has previously played for various clubs in GCC countries with clubs like Al-Wehda Club, Al-Ahli SC, Al-Fateh SC and Ettifaq FC of KSA, Al Ain S.C.C. and Dubai C.S.C. of the UAE, Al-Wakra, Al Rayyan Sports Club and Al-Sailiya Sport Club of Qatar and Al Naser Sporting Club of Kuwait. On 5 September 2013, he signed a one-year contract with 2012–13 Oman Elite League runners-up Fanja SC. On 13 July 2014, he signed a one-year contract with his first professional club Al-Oruba SC.

International career Kano was a part of the first team squad of the Oman national football team. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2003, along with Ahmed Hadid, Badar Al-Maimani and Ali Al-Habsi.

Arabian Gulf Cup

Kano has made appearances in the 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, and the 2017 editions of the Arabian Gulf Cup. In the 2003 edition of the tournament, he scored one goal in an important 2−0 win against the United Arab Emirates. In the 2014 edition, he scored one goal in a close 1−1 draw against Iraq. And in the 2017 edition, he managed to score a critical penalty kick in a difficult 1−0 win against the hosts Kuwait.

Kano won the most valuable player award of the 2017 Gulf Cup for his role in the success of the Omani team tournament campaign.

AFC Asian Cup Kano has made appearances in the 2004 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2004 Asian Cup, the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2007 Asian Cup, the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2015 Asian Cup, and the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers.

FIFA World Cup qualification Kano has made a total of four appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, six in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and fourteen in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, he scored one goal in a 1−1 draw against Japan. He scored three goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The first one came in the second round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in a 2−0 win over Myanmar, and the other two goals were scored in the fourth round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, one in a 2−1 win over Jordan and another in a 1−2 loss against Japan. Oman entered the last game of group play with a chance to qualify for at least the playoff-round, but a 1−0 loss to Jordan eliminated them from the competition.

Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAl-Oruba2003–04Omani League06000000062004–050100000001Total0700000007Al Ain (loan)2004–05UAE Pro League7000410001Al-Rayyan2005–06Qatar Stars League220300000002006–0722100000001Al-Sailiya2007–08Qatar Stars League224200002062008–0922000000000Al-Ahli2009–10Saudi Professional League10000500000Al-Fateh2010–11Saudi Professional League210100000220Al-Nasr2011–12Kuwaiti Premier League19300000104Al-Ettifaq2012–13Saudi Professional League2302031002812013–1462005000112Total292208100393Fanja2013–14Oman Professional League28100500001Al-Oruba2014–15Oman Professional League 6000006Suwaiq2021–22Oman Professional League191320000223Al-Oruba2022–23Oman Professional League4021000061Career total0250322203033

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsOman20036120041732005002006602007141200814120091202010100201111320128220131302014132201514220165120179420181202019163Total18023

Scores and results list Oman's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kano goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Ahmed KanoNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 31 December 2003 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Adiliya, Kuwait City, Kuwait 1–0 2–0 16th Arabian Gulf Cup2 31 March 2004 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, India 2–1 5–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification3 3–14 1 December 2004 Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain 1–0 3–2 Friendly5 28 June 2007 Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre, Singapore, Singapore 1–2 2–2 Friendly6 7 June 2008 Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman 1–0 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification7 29 March 2011 Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman 1–0 2–1 Friendly8 2–19 28 July 2011 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar 2–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification10 16 October 2012 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 1–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification11 14 November 2012 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 1–1 1–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification12 27 May 2014 Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1–0 1–0 Friendly13 17 November 2014 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1–1 1–1 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup14 2 October 2015 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 2–0 2–1 Friendly15 13 October 2015 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 1–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification16 24 March 2016 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification17 28 March 2017 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 2–0 14–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification18 13 June 2017 Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine 1–2 1–2 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification19 10 October 2017 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives 3–1 3–1 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification20 25 December 2017 Jaber International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 1–0 1–0 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup21 2 January 2019 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1–0 2–0 Friendly22 17 January 2019 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1–0 3–1 2019 AFC Asian Cup23 20 March 2019 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1–0 5–0 2019 Airmarine Cup24 28 August 2019 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Notes:

Honours Al-Oruba Omani League: 2001–02; runner-up 2000–01 Sultan Qaboos Cup: 2001; runner-up 2000 Oman Super Cup: 2000, 2002

Al-Ain UAE Pro League runner-up: 2004–05 UAE President's Cup: 2005 UAE Federation Cup: 2005 AFC Champions League runner-up: 2005

Al-Rayyan Emir of Qatar Cup: 2006 Sheikh Jassem Cup runner-up: 2006

Al-Sailiya Sheikh Jassem Cup runner-up: 2007

Al-Ahli Saudi Crown Prince Cup runner-up: 2010

Al-Ettifaq Saudi Crown Prince Cup runner-up: 2012

Fanja Sultan Qaboos Cup: 2013

See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

References

External links

Ahmed Mubarak at Goal.com (archived)

Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri - ASIAN CUP Australia 2015