United Arab Emirates against United Arab Emirates. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
United Arab Emirates · 2010–15 · ST
Fourteen seconds into the UAE's group game against Bahrain in Canberra on 15 January 2015, Mabkhout had already scored, the fastest goal in Asian Cup history. He finished that tournament as top scorer with five goals, won the Gulf Cup in 2013, took silver at the 2010 Asian Games, and stands as the UAE's record scorer with 85 goals in 115 caps, with three league titles and 218 league goals for Al Jazira. Career record: club career at Al Jazira Club.
United Arab Emirates · 1982–90 · ST
Italy, summer 1990: the UAE walked out for the only World Cup they have ever reached, and it was Khamis in the number seven shirt wearing the captain's armband against Colombia and Yugoslavia. He scored 28 goals in 68 caps, took the GCC Golden Boot in 1982/83 and the Gulf Cup scoring prize in 1986, played the Asian Cups of 1984 and 1988, and spent seventeen senior seasons at Al Wasl across five of the club's league titles. Career record: club career at Al Wasl.
The almanac puts Ali Mabkhout ahead by 3 rating points, 85 against 82.
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