Assim Madibo

Assim Madibo (Arabic: عاصم ماديبو‎; born 22 October 1996) is a Qatari footballer of Sudanese descent who currently plays for Al-Duhail as a midfielder and for the Qatar national under-23 football team.

Assim Madibo
Madibo with Qatar at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Assim Omer Al Haj Madibo
Date of birth (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996
Place of birth Qatar
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al-Duhail
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2014 AJ Auxerre
2014–2015 Aspire Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 LASK Linz 1 (0)
2015–2016 FC Pasching/LASK Linz II 4 (0)
2016 Cultural Leonesa 1 (0)
2016–2017 Lekhwiya 2 (0)
2017– Al-Duhail 12 (0)
2017 → Eupen (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → Al-Gharafa (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2014 Qatar U19 5 (0)
2014 Qatar U21 4 (0)
2015 Qatar U20 2 (0)
2016– Qatar U23 6 (0)
2017– Qatar 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2018

Club career

Madibo started his youth football career at AJ Auxerre.[1] In 2015, he graduated from Aspire Academy in Qatar.

In January 2015, Madibo joined the senior team of Austrian club LASK Linz. He made his professional league debut against Austria Lustenau on 13 August 2015. In January 2016, he left the club to join Cultural Leonesa.[2]

It was announced that in July 2017 that Madibo was loaned to Belgian First Division A side Eupen from Lekhwiya for a duration of one season.[3]

International career

Being born in Qatar from a Sudanese family, Madibo can represent either Qatar and Sudan, of which he chose the former. Madibo has represented his country at various age groups. He was a member of Qatar national under-19 football team for 2014 AFC U-19 Championship, and he won the championship. He played in 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup as Qatar national under-20 football team.

Career statistics

International
As of matches played 8 January 2018.[4]
National teamYearAppearancesGoals
Qatar201750
Total50

Honours
Madibo in January 2018

Club
Al-Duhail

International
Qatar U19
Qatar

References
  1. "Assim Madebo". footballdatabase.
  2. "Assim Madibo". Soccerway.
  3. "Deux nouveaux joueurs qataris pour Eupen (Two new Qatari players for Eupen)". sudinfo.be (in French). 14 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  4. Assim Madibo at National-Football-Teams.com
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