List of international goals scored by Bader Al-Mutawa

Bader Al-Mutawa with Qadsia in 2007. He is the second most capped men's footballer of all time.

Bader Al-Mutawa is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who has represented the Kuwait national football team as a forward since his debut in 2003. He is the third highest-scoring Kuwaiti footballer ever, having scored 56 goals. With 196 senior appearances, he is also the second most capped male footballer, behind Cristiano Ronaldo. ^[1]

International goals

Scores and results list Kuwait's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Al-Mutawa goal. ^{[2] [3]}

List of international goals scored by Bader Al-Mutawa

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	4 September 2003	Singapore National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Singapore	2–1	3–1	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[4]
2	27 September 2003	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally, Kuwait	Singapore	2–0	4–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[5]
3	5 October 2003	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally, Kuwait	Palestine	2–0	2–1	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[6]
4	8 October 2003	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally, Kuwait	Palestine	2–0	4–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[7]
5				3–0
6	1 January 2004	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Yemen	3–0	4–0	16th Arabian Gulf Cup	[8]
7	31 March 2004	Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[9]
8	9 June 2004	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Hong Kong	2–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[10]
9	19 July 2004	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China	United Arab Emirates	2–0	3–1	2004 AFC Asian Cup	[11]
10				3–0
11	17 November 2004	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Malaysia	1–0	6–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[12]
12	11 December 2004	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Saudi Arabia	2–1	2–1	17th Arabian Gulf Cup	[13]
13	17 December 2004	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Yemen	2–0	3–0	17th Arabian Gulf Cup	[14]
14	18 March 2005	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Armenia	2–0	3–1	Friendly	[15]
15	29 July 2005	Stade de Genève, Lancy, Switzerland	United Arab Emirates	1–1	1–1 (6–7 p)	Friendly	[16]
16	17 August 2005	Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–0	2–3	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[17]
17	3 February 2006	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Singapore	2–0	2–2	Friendly	[18]
18	6 September 2006	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Australia	2–0	2–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[19]
19	9 November 2006	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Taiwan	8–0	10–0	Friendly	[20]
20	17 January 2007	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Yemen	1–1	1–1	18th Arabian Gulf Cup	[21]
21	23 January 2007	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–1	2–3	18th Arabian Gulf Cup	[22]
22	23 January 2009	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Syria	2–2	2–3	Friendly	[23]
23	3 November 2009	Cairo, Egypt	Kenya	3–0	5–0	Friendly	[24]
24				4–0
25	14 November 2009	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Indonesia	1–1	2–1	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[25]
26				2–1
27	11 August 2010	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[26]
28	3 September 2010	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Syria	2–0	3–0	Friendly	[27]
29	14 November 2010	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	India	2–0	9–1	Friendly	[28]
30				5–0
31				7–0
32				9–1
33	28 November 2010	Al-Wihda Stadium, Zinjibar, Yemen	Yemen	2–0	3–0	20th Arabian Gulf Cup	[29]
34				3–0
35	2 December 2010	22 May Stadium, Aden, Yemen	Iraq	1–0	2–2 (5–4 p)	20th Arabian Gulf Cup	[30]
36	31 December 2010	Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt	Zambia	3–0	4–0	Friendly	[31]
37	12 January 2011	Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Uzbekistan	1–1	1–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup	[32]
38	16 July 2011	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Saudi Arabia	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[33]
39	2 September 2011	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	2–0	3–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[34]
–	17 December 2011	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Saudi Arabia U23	2–0	2–0 [a]	2011 Arab Games	[35]
40	22 December 2011	Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Palestine	3–0	3–0	2011 Arab Games	[36]
41	17 January 2012	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[37]
42	16 October 2012	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Philippines	1–0	2–1	Friendly	[38]
43	8 December 2012	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Palestine	2–0	2–1	2012 WAFF Championship	[39]
44	6 January 2013	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town, Bahrain	Yemen	2–0	2–0	21st Arabian Gulf Cup	[40]
45	18 January 2013	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	5–1	6–1	21st Arabian Gulf Cup	[41]
46	6 September 2013	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	North Korea	1–0	2–1	Friendly	[42]
47				2–1
48	9 September 2013	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Bahrain	1–1	2–1	Friendly	[43]
49	17 November 2004	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	2–2	2–2	22nd Arabian Gulf Cup	[44]
50	3 September 2015	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Myanmar	7–0	9–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[45]
51				8–0
52				9–0
53	8 September 2015	New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos	Laos	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[46]
–	28 December 2018	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai. United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–0	2–0 [a]	Friendly	[47]
54	5 September 2019	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Nepal	5–0	7–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[48]
55	14 November 2019	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Taiwan	4–0	9–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[49]
56	19 November 2019	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Nepal	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[50]

Hat-tricks

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Goals	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	14 November 2010	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	India	4 - (25', 55', 66', 90')	9–1	Friendly	[28]
2	3 September 2015	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Myanmar	3 - (69' pen, 89', 93')	9–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[45]

Statistics

Appearances and goals by year [2] [3] National team Year Apps Goals Kuwait 2003 13 5 2004 22 8 2005 13 3 2006 8 3 2007 4 2 2008 9 0 2009 18 5 2010 15 10 2011 19 4 2012 8 3 2013 12 5 2014 9 1 2015 9 4 2017 4 0 2018 3 0 2019 12 3 2021 10 0 2022 8 0 Total 196 56 Goals by competition [2] [3] Competition Goals AFC Asian Cup qualification 8 FIFA World Cup qualification 12 Friendlies 20 AFC Asian Cup 3 Arabian Gulf Cup 9 Arab Games 1 WAFF Championship 1 Total 56

Goals by opponent [2] Opponent Goals   United Arab Emirates 6   Yemen 6   Palestine 5   India 4   Myanmar 3   Singapore 3   Uzbekistan 3   Bahrain 2   Indonesia 2   Kenya 2   Malaysia 2     Nepal 2   North Korea 2   Saudi Arabia 2   Syria 2   Taiwan 2   Armenia 1   Australia 1   Azerbaijan 1   Hong Kong 1   Iraq 1   Laos 1   Philippines 1   Zambia 1 Total 56

Notes

1. Not recognised as full international matches by FIFA

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