33·Legends

Ahmed Khalil vs Khalid Ismail

United Arab Emirates against United Arab Emirates. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.

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Ahmed Khalil

United Arab Emirates · 2010–15 · ST

Almanac rating
83
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#5 of 33

Four of the ten went to him on 3 September 2015, when the UAE buried Malaysia at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in a World Cup qualifier that finished 10-0. Asian Footballer of the Year in 2015, Gulf Cup winner in 2013, 48 goals in 105 caps, three Pro League titles and the 2015 Asian Champions League final with Al Ahli, and Asian Games silver in 2010.

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Khalid Ismail

United Arab Emirates · 1985–94 · LM

Almanac rating
82
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#7 of 33

A minute into the second half at the San Siro on 15 June 1990, two goals down to West Germany, he scored the first World Cup goal the United Arab Emirates ever had, and Lothar Matthäus answered sixty seconds later. Fifty caps and seven goals between 1985 and 1994 took in the 1988 and 1992 Asian Cups, a fourth-place finish in Japan, and the only World Cup his country has ever reached.

The verdict

The almanac puts Ahmed Khalil ahead by 1 rating point, 83 against 82.

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