33·Legends

Ali Mabkhout vs Zuhair Bakhit

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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Zuhair Bakhit

United Arab Emirates · 1986–96 · LM

Almanac rating
82
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#8 of 33
Clubs
Al Wasl

The 1987-88 season ended with him as the league's leading scorer, and he was still at Al Wasl sixteen years later, the only club he ever played for. Italia 90 was the peak of an international run worth 112 caps and 27 goals, with Al Wasl league titles in 1987-88, 1991-92 and 1996-97, the 1986-87 President's Cup, and five Gulf Cups and three Asian Cups on the way. Career record: club career at Al Wasl.

The verdict

The almanac puts Ali Mabkhout ahead by 3 rating points, 85 against 82.

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