33·Legends

Fahad Khamis vs Faisal Khalil

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

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Fahad Khamis

United Arab Emirates · 1982–90 · ST

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

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.

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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 Fahad Khamis ahead by 1 rating point, 82 against 81.

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