33·Legends

Ali Mabkhout vs Faisal Khalil

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

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Ali Mabkhout

United Arab Emirates · 2010–15 · ST

Almanac rating
85
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#4 of 33
Clubs
Al Jazira Club

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.

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Faisal Khalil

United Arab Emirates · 1999–2007 · SS

Almanac rating
81
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#9 of 33
Clubs
Shabab AlAhli Dubai Club, Al Wasl, Al-Shaab CSC

The number that follows him is 82 league goals in 126 games for Al Ahli between 1999 and 2006, a run that ended with a move to Châteauroux in France where he never played a competitive match. The 2007 Gulf Cup with the UAE sits above two league titles and three President's Cups at Al Ahli, and in 2007/08 he was both the league's leading scorer and its Best Emirati Player. Career record: club career at Shabab AlAhli Dubai Club, Al Wasl, Al-Shaab CSC.

The verdict

The almanac puts Ali Mabkhout ahead by 4 rating points, 85 against 81.

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