Ali Al-Habsi
{{short description|Omani footballer (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|Al-Habsi}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ali Al-Habsi
| image = Ali Al-Habsi 27-02-2016 1.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Al-Habsi playing for Reading in 2016
| fullname = Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi{{Cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 |year=2010 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |isbn=978-1-84596-601-0 |page=18}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Muscat, Oman
| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1998–2002
| clubs1 = Al-Mudhaibi
| caps1 = 35
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2002–2003
| clubs2 = Al-Nasr
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2003–2006
| clubs3 = Lyn Oslo
| caps3 = 62
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2006–2011
| clubs4 = Bolton Wanderers
| caps4 = 10
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2010–2011
| clubs5 = → Wigan Athletic (loan)
| caps5 = 34
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2011–2015
| clubs6 = Wigan Athletic
| caps6 = 102
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2014
| clubs7 = → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2015–2017
| clubs8 = Reading
| caps8 = 78
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2017–2019
| clubs9 = Al-Hilal
| caps9 = 34
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2019–2020
| clubs10 = West Bromwich Albion
| caps10 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| totalcaps = 360
| totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2001–2019
| nationalteam1 = Oman
| nationalcaps1 = 136
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi ({{langx|ar|علي بن عبد الله بن حارب الحبسي}}; born 30 December 1981) is an Omani retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for the Oman national team for nearly two decades, from 2001 to 2019.
Club career
=Early career=
Al-Habsi was born in Oman and started his early career in the country, racking up appearances before his move.
=Bolton Wanderers=
His transfer from Lyn Oslo to Bolton Wanderers in January 2006 was a transfer highlighted in the Stevens inquiry report, in June 2007. The report expressed concerns because of the apparent conflict of interest between agent Craig Allardyce, his father Sam Allardyce – and the club itself.{{cite news |title=What Stevens said about each club |newspaper=www.telegraph.co.uk |date=16 June 2007 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/06/16/sfnste116.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011230224/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=%2Fsport%2F2007%2F06%2F16%2Fsfnste116.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2007 |access-date=17 June 2007 |location=London }}
Al-Habsi did not make any first team appearances in his first year at Bolton. Al-Habsi made his full Bolton debut in the 2–1 extra time League Cup victory over Fulham in September 2007.
Al-Habsi then went on to make a further 15 appearances during the course of the 2007–08 season, most notably his performance against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup against whom he produced several good saves against the star-studded German team. He made his first Premier League start against Wigan Athletic.{{cite web|url=http://kr.goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=640052|title=Goal.com – Asia – Ali Al-Habsi Focused On Bolton Survival}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In December 2008, he was rewarded for his work with an extension to his contract until 2013. Despite this, Al-Habsi lost his place when Jussi Jääskeläinen returned from injury.
=Wigan Athletic (loan)=
File:Ali Al Habsi portrait, Wigan Athletic v Birmingham, 19 March 2011.jpg in 2011]]
In July 2010, Al-Habsi joined local rivals Wigan Athletic on a season-long loan.{{cite news |title=Latics sign goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi on loan for the season |date=15 July 2010 |url=http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10429~2092902,00.html |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721134835/http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10429~2092902%2C00.html |archive-date=21 July 2010 |url-status=dead}} He made his debut on 24 August 2010 in a League Cup match against Hartlepool United{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8936262.stm |title=Hartlepool 0–3 Wigan |work=BBC Sport |date=24 August 2010 |access-date=28 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826062805/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8936262.stm |archive-date=26 August 2010 |url-status=live}}
and made his League debut four days later against Tottenham Hotspur. He was named Wigan's player of the season for the 2010–11 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-athletic/player_of_the_year_ali_aiming_to_stay_at_latics_1_3394650 |title=Player of the Year Ali aiming to stay at Latics - Wigan Today |access-date=21 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025557/http://www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-athletic/player_of_the_year_ali_aiming_to_stay_at_latics_1_3394650 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}
=Wigan Athletic=
On 4 July 2011 Al-Habsi joined the club permanently, signing a four-year contract for an estimated £4 million transfer fee from Bolton.{{Cite news |title=Al Habsi Signs Permanent Deal at Wigan |date=4 July 2011 |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/932092/al-habsi-signs-permanent-deal-at-wigan?cc=5901 |access-date=4 July 2011 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026100440/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/932092/al-habsi-signs-permanent-deal-at-wigan?cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}
Al-Habsi established himself as an outstanding penalty saver, saving approximately 50% of all the penalties he faced since joining Wigan. Robin van Persie, Carlos Tevez, Javier Hernández and Mikel Arteta are among the penalty takers Al-Habsi has stopped. This earned him links to Liverpool and Arsenal.{{Cite news |title=Arsenal will rival Liverpool for Wigan keeper Ali Al Habsi |date=17 November 2012 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-will-rival-liverpool-for-wigan-goalkeeper-1441429 |last=Law |first=Matt |access-date=27 November 2013 |publisher=Mirror}} During the back end of the 2012–13 season, Al-Habsi was dropped to the bench as his position as Wigan's number one was threatened by the arrival of the athletic, young Spaniard Joel Robles on loan.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21070611 |title=Wigan sign Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Joel Robles on loan |work=BBC Sport |date=17 January 2013 |access-date=17 January 2013}} Al-Habsi started Wigan's FA Cup semi-final win over Millwall but was on the bench for the final itself.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/apr/13/fa-cup-semi-final-millwall-wigan-live|title=Millwall v Wigan: FA Cup semi-final – as it happened|publisher=Guardian|date=13 April 2013 |access-date=11 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22409634 |title=Wigan 1-0 Man City |publisher=BBC|date=11 May 2013 |access-date=11 May 2020}} Shortly after the final Wigan were relegated back to the championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22430454 |title=Arsenal 4-1 Wigan |publisher=BBC|date=14 May 2013 |access-date=11 May 2020}}
=Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)=
On 31 October 2014, Al-Habsi signed for fellow Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion on a one-month loan.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29849228 |title=Ali Al-Habsi: Brighton sign Wigan goalkeeper on loan |work=BBC Sport |date=1 November 2014 |access-date=1 November 2014}} After playing only one game for the club, Al-Habsi returned to his parent club Wigan.
=Reading=
Following his release from Wigan Athletic, Al-Habsi went on trial with Reading in July 2015.{{cite web |title=Breaking news: Al-Habsi training with Royals |url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/ali-al-habsi-goalkeeper-Reading-wigan-training-2520912.aspx |website=readingfc.co.uk/ |publisher=Reading F.C. |access-date=2 July 2015 |date=2 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702214908/http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/ali-al-habsi-goalkeeper-reading-wigan-training-2520912.aspx |archive-date=2 July 2015}} This ended in Al-Habsi signing a two-year contract with the club on 14 July 2015.{{cite web |title=Ali Al-Habsi signs for Royals |url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/ali-al-habsi-signs-for-royals-140715-2546563.aspx |website=readingfc.co.uk/ |publisher=Reading FC |access-date=15 July 2015 |date=14 July 2015}} On 5 January 2017, Al-Habsi extended his contract with Reading until the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web |title=Ali signs new Royals deal! |url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/ali-al-habsi-signs-a-new-two-and-a-half-year-contract-at-reading-3503286.aspx |website=readingfc.co.uk |publisher=Reading F.C. |access-date=5 January 2017 |date=5 January 2017}}
On 17 March 2017, Al-Habsi made several crucial saves in a 2–0 victory against playoff rivals Sheffield Wednesday. This performance and others throughout the season saw Al-Habsi named in the EFL Championship team of the season and awarded the Reading player of the season award.
=Al-Hilal=
On 17 July 2017, Al-Habsi moved to Al-Hilal for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract.{{cite web |title=Al Habsi completes move to Al-Hilal |url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2017/july/al-habsi-completes-move-to-al-hilal |website=readingfc.co.uk |publisher=Reading F.C. |access-date=17 July 2017 |date=17 July 2017}}
=West Bromwich Albion=
On 29 August 2019, Al-Habsi moved to Championship side West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer, signing a deal until the end of the season with the West Midlands club.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49516492|title=Ali Al-Habsi: West Brom sign veteran goalkeeper on deal until end of the season|work=BBC Sport|date=29 August 2019|access-date=30 August 2019}} Al-Habsi was released by the club in June 2020 without having made an appearance for the club. West Brom manager Slaven Bilić stated that he had been keen to extend Al-Habsi's contract until the end of the delayed 2019–20 season, but this was not pursued as he had returned to his native Oman and would have to undertake a two-week quarantine period before rejoining the squad.{{cite web|last=Masi|first=Joseph|title=New West Brom contracts are a big boost for Slaven Bilic|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2020/06/25/new-west-brom-contracts-are-a-big-boost-for-slaven-bilic/|access-date=28 June 2020|website=www.expressandstar.com|date=25 June 2020 |language=en}}
=Retirement=
On 21 August 2020, Al-Habsi announced his retirement.{{cite web |url=https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/football/wigan-athletic-hero-announces-retirement-2950005 |title=Wigan Athletic hero announces retirement |website=Wigan Today |date=21 August 2020 }}
International career
Al-Habsi began playing in his native country Oman at the age of seventeen, and joined the ranks of the Oman under-19s squad, before he was spotted by John Burridge in 2001. Due to the difficulty of securing a work permit, he was unable to move to Europe at this early stage of his career.
He was called up for Oman, and played in all of their three group matches at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup in China and also made four appearances for the team in their qualifying campaign for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which they exited in the first group stage after finishing second in a group with Japan, India and Singapore. He was also Oman's first-choice goalkeeper at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, appearing in all of their three group matches.{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=16823&modus=4 |title=Ali al Habsi > Spiele |access-date=14 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120123/http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=16823&modus=4 |archive-date=29 September 2007}}
Al-Habsi also has appeared as main keeper in four consecutive Arabian Gulf Cups. In each tournament he earned the award for best goalkeeper, most recently at the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup. He kept a clean sheet throughout the 2009 tournament that Oman eventually won.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}} He earned his 100th cap with Oman in a 0–4 loss to Australia in 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
On 5 January 2020, Al-Habsi announced his retirement from international football.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/oman-s-al-habsi-announces-international-retirement |title=Oman's Al Habsi announces international retirement |website=AFC |date=5 January 2020 }}
Personal life
Al-Habsi is a practising Muslim{{cite news |last=Ronay |first=Barney |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/dec/09/ali-al-habsi-wigan-athletic |title=Ali al-Habsi of Wigan Athletic is a goalkeeper with a difference |newspaper=The Guardian |date=9 December 2011 |access-date=26 December 2012}} and has said that his faith plays a big part in his life.{{cite AV media |date=14 September 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpk-dQQsOEY |title=Ali Al-Habsi - Exclusive Interview for The Association of Muslim Footballers (The AMF) |publisher=The AMF |via=YouTube |access-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221004615/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpk-dQQsOEY |archive-date=21 February 2022 |url-status=live}} He is married and has three daughters.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}
After finishing high school,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bQj5YD5lZo – 6:30 – Al-Jazeera interview he was a fireman in the Seeb International Airport in Muscat.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bQj5YD5lZo – 6:35 – Al-Jazeera interview In an interview with Al-Jazeera Sports, Al-Habsi accredited his previous profession with teaching him patience, hard work and patriotism.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bQj5YD5lZo – 6:50 – Al-Jazeera interview In another interview with AMF, he says that if he had not played professional football, he would have most likely continued with being a fireman.
Al-Habsi is the co-founder of Safety First, a non-profit road safety organisation in Oman that seeks to decrease car accident fatalities in the country.{{cite web |url=http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.aspx?detail=5335 |title=Sport stars blow the bugle of road safety |author=Mrudu Naik |date=23 May 2012 |work=Times of Oman |access-date=11 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223044217/http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.aspx?detail=5335 |archive-date=23 December 2015}}
Career statistics
=Club=
Source:{{soccerway|ali-al-habsi/10872|access-date=12 October 2017}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Norwegian Football Cup, FA Cup, King Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Football League Cup/EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Lyn
|2003 |rowspan="3"|Tippeligaen |13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2004
|24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 2005
|25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!62 | 0 | 9 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 73 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="7"|Bolton Wanderers
|rowspan="6"|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08{{soccerbase season|43617|2007|access-date=12 October 2017}}
|10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09{{soccerbase season|43617|2008|access-date=12 October 2017}}
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10{{soccerbase season|43617|2009|access-date=12 October 2017}}
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11{{soccerbase season|43617|2010|access-date=12 October 2017}}
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 18 | 0 | ||
| Wigan Athletic (loan)
|Premier League |34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 40 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Wigan Athletic
|2011–12{{soccerbase season|43617|2011|access-date=12 October 2017}} |rowspan="2"|Premier League |38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13{{soccerbase season|43617|2012|access-date=12 October 2017}}
|29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14{{soccerbase season|43617|2013|access-date=12 October 2017}}
|rowspan="2"|Championship |24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15{{soccerbase season|43617|2014|access-date=12 October 2017}}
|11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 13 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!136 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 155 | 0 | ||
| valign="center"|Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
|Championship |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Reading
|2015–16{{soccerbase season|43617|2015|access-date=12 October 2017}} |rowspan="2"|Championship |32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17{{soccerbase season|43617|2016|access-date=12 October 2017}}
|46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 3{{efn|Appearances in Championship play-offs}} | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!78 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | 91 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Al-Hilal
|rowspan="2"|Saudi Pro League |13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 4{{efn|Appearances in AFC Champions League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | |18 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|Appearance in Saudi Super Cup}} | 0 | |24 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| West Bromwich Albion
|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | |0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!321 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 380 | 0 |
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=International=
Source:{{cite web|last1=Mohammed|first1=Husain|last2=Mamrud|first2=Roberto|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/habsi-intl.html|title=Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi - Century of International Appearances|website=RSSSF|date=14 February 2019}}{{NFT|4972|name=Ali Al-Habsi|access-date=24 February 2016}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | ||
| National team||Year||Apps||Goals | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="19" |Oman
|2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 11 | 0 |
| 2004 | 19 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 |
| 2007 | 14 | 0 |
| 2008 | 11 | 0 |
| 2009 | 13 | 0 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 |
| 2011 | 8 | 0 |
| 2012 | 9 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 |
| 2015 | 13 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| colspan="2" |Total||136||0 |
Honours
Lyn Oslo
- Norwegian Football Cup runner-up: 2004
Wigan Athletic
Al Hilal
Oman
- Arabian Gulf Cup: 2009; runner-up: 2004, 2007
Individual
- Best Goalkeeper of the Gulf Cup: 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011
- Arab Goalkeeper of the Year: 2004
- Norwegian Goalkeeper of the Year: 2004
- Wigan Athletic Player of the Year: 2010–11
- Nominated for the Best at Sport award at the British Muslim Awards: 2015{{cite news |url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/business/11745550.British_Muslim_Awards_2015_finalists_unveiled/ |title=British Muslim Awards 2015 finalists unveiled |publisher=Asian Image |date=23 January 2015 |access-date=1 November 2015}}
- Reading FC Player of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17
See also
References
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