Ashad Ali

Ashadh Ali
Ashadh Ali
އަސްހަދު ޢަލީ
Minister of State for Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 December 2018
President	Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
Preceded by	Ali Umar
Personal details
Born	14 September 1986 (age 37); Addu City, Maldives
Political party	Maldivian Democratic Party
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)
Position(s)	Forward / Midfielder / Defender
Team information
Current team	Club Valencia
Number	12
Youth career
	Club Lagoons
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2009	Victory
2010–2012	VB Sports Club
2013	BG Sports Club
2013–2014	Maziya
2015	New Radiant
2016–2017	Maziya
2018	Club Green Streets
2021–	Club Eagles
International career
2006	Maldives U23
2007–2018	Maldives
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ashad Ali (born 14 September 1986), nicknamed Adey or Adubarey, is a Maldivian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Valencia. He was a member of the Maldives national football team.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Ashad started his career at Victory Sports Club. He later joined VB Sports Club before joining the newly promoted side BG Sports Club^[2]

In 2018, he signed a one-year deal with Club Green Streets.^[3]

International career[edit]

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list the Maldives' goal tally first.^[1]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 December 2009	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	5–1	5–1	2009 SAFF Championship
2.	23 March 2011	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Kyrgyzstan	1–0	2–1	2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Penalty feinting incident[edit]

Adey gained global notability after simulating a fall prior to the run up of a penalty shootout in the third place match of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup against Afghanistan, deceiving goalkeeper Mansur Faqiryar.^[4] The match was won 7–8 to the Maldives.^[5]

A similar move was pulled off by Thomas Müller later that year during the 2014 FIFA World Cup (Germany v Algeria). In the 88th minute, Thomas Müller deceptively stumbled while lining up the kick, before getting up and running through the Algerian wall. A few days later, Müller admitted to a German TV reporter that the free kick was a designed play.^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Ali, Assad 'Adey'". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^ "Assad Ali (Adey) (2013)". MaldiveSoccer.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
^ Adey signs for Green Streets Mihaaru Sports. 25 January 2018
^ "Crafty penalty 'trip' routine in shootout helps Maldives beat Afghanistan". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^ "The greatest penalty feint of all time". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^ "Thomas Mueller admits botched Germany free-kick was trick that failed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

External links[edit]

Assad 'Adey' Ali at National-Football-Teams.com
Ashad Ali at Soccerway
Ashad Ali at ESPN FC

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[NFT-1] "Ali, Assad 'Adey'". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[2] "Assad Ali (Adey) (2013)". MaldiveSoccer.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

[3] Adey signs for Green Streets Mihaaru Sports. 25 January 2018

[4] "Crafty penalty 'trip' routine in shootout helps Maldives beat Afghanistan". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[5] "The greatest penalty feint of all time". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[6] "Thomas Mueller admits botched Germany free-kick was trick that failed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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