Marzouk Al-Otaibi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marzouk saad Al-Otaibi | ||
Date of birth | November 7, 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Saudi Arabia | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997-2000 | Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) | ||
2000-2007 | Ittihad FC | ||
2007-2008 | Al Nassr FC | ||
2008-2009 | Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) | ||
2010-2011 | Al-Watani | ||
2011- | Al-Markhiya | ||
International career | |||
1999–2006 | Saudi Arabia | 24 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marzouk Al-Otaibi (born 7 November 1975) is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a center forward for Al-Markhiya in Qatar.
Club career
Al-Otaibi started his career at Al-Shabab Club. In 1999, he joined Al-Ittihad for a then-record 9 million Saudi riyals. He spent around 8 years with Al-Ittihad. While with Al-Ittihad, Al-Otaibi won several national and international titles. Al-Otaibi joined Al-Nassr in the summer of 2007.
Al-Otaibi joined Qatari 2nd Division club Al-Markhiya on 26 December 2011 on a six-month deal.[1]
International career
Otaibi made several appearances for the senior Saudi Arabia national football team, including the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals and the 2002 and 2004 AFC Asian Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds.[2]
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
He shined in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico where he finished as joint top scorer along with Ronaldinho and Cuauhtémoc Blanco with 6 goals each. He scored a super hat-trick (4 goals) against Egypt, which was relatively a weak team back then; he proved himself in the Semi-final by scoring two goals against Brazil.
References
- ^ المرخية يتعاقد مع السعودى مرزوق العتيبى
- ^ Marzouk Al-Otaibi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Marzouk Al-Otaibi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Use dmy dates from September 2010
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Saudi Arabian footballers
- Saudi Arabian expatriate footballers
- Saudi Arabia international footballers
- 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2000 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2004 AFC Asian Cup players
- Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) players
- Ittihad FC players
- Al-Nassr FC players
- Al-Jabalain players
- Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) players
- Expatriate footballers in Qatar
- Al-Najmah Club players
- Al-Watani players
- Al-Rabee Club players
- Al-Makhiya Sports Club players
- Saudi Arabian football biography stubs