Ali Umar

Ali Umar
Personal information
Date of birth	5 August 1980 (age 46)
Place of birth	Malé, Maldives
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Positions	Midfielder; forward;
Team information
Current team	New Radiant
Number	10
Youth career
	Ameer Ahmed School
	Youth Sports Club
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Youth Sports Club
1998–2004	Club Valencia
2005	Island
2006	New Radiant
2007–2011	VB Sports
2012–2013	New Radiant
International career
1999–2013	Maldives
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ali Umar (Dhivehi: އަލީ އުމަރު; born 5 August 1980) is a Maldivian former professional footballer until his retirement in 2013.^[1]

Post-playing career

After he retired, he became a member of the Normalization Committee appointed by FIFA to Football Association of Maldives (FAM) from 2 December 2014 to 31 May 2016.^[1] Later he was elected to vice president and as an executive committee member for Football Association of Maldives.^[2] On 27 March 2018 to 22 May 2019 he was the Commissioner of Sports of Maldives.^[3]^[4]^[5]

He was also a member of the national football team until his retirement in 2013.^[2] He was appointed as FAM's deputy secretary in 2019 and was appointed as the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) vice president in 2023.^[1]^[2]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[6]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Maldives	1999	1	0
	2000	2	0
	2001	6	2
	2002	1	0
	2003	9	5
	2004	5	1
	2005	4	2
	2006	–
	2007	2	0
	2008	6	0
	2009	3	0
	2010	–
	2011	–
	2012	–
	2013	4	2
Total		43	12

Scores and results list the Maldives' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Umar goal.

List of international goals scored by Ali Umar^[6]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 April 2001	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Cambodia	1–0	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	1 April 2001	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Cambodia	4–0	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	11 January 2003	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bhutan	6–0	6–0	2003 SAFF Gold Cup
4	15 January 2003	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Nepal	3–1	3–2	2003 SAFF Gold Cup
5	20 January 2003	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	2003 SAFF Gold Cup
6	4 March 2003	Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Singapore	1–3	1–4	Friendly
7	21 March 2003	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Brunei	1–0	1–1	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8	8 September 2004	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Lebanon	2–5	2–5	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	7 December 2005	People's Football Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	Afghanistan	1–0	9–1	2005 SAFF Gold Cup
10	9 December 2005	People's Football Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2–0	2–0	2005 SAFF Gold Cup
11	2 September 2013	Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal	Sri Lanka	10–0	10–0	2013 SAFF Championship
12	4 September 2013	Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal	Bhutan	8–2	8–2	2013 SAFF Championship