Walid Abbas

{{short description|Emirati footballer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Walid Abbas

| image = UAE&AUS 20190125 Asian Cup 6 (cropped1).jpg

| upright = 1.1

| caption = Abbas with United Arab Emirates in 2019

| full_name = Walid Abbas Murad Yousuf Al-Balushi{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce14/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: United Arab Emirates |publisher=FIFA |page=16 |date=4 December 2021 |access-date=13 December 2022}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|6|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| height = 1.73 m

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub = Shabab Al-Ahli

| clubnumber = 5

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2002–2013

| clubs1 = Al Shabab

| caps1 = 256

| goals1 = 7

| years2 = 2013–2017

| clubs2 = Al-Ahli

| caps2 = 96

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2017–

| clubs3 = Shabab Al-Ahli

| caps3 = 118

| goals3 = 5

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2023

| nationalteam1 = United Arab Emirates

| nationalcaps1 = 106

| nationalgoals1 = 6

| club-update = 11 May 2021

| nationalteam-update = 3 December 2021

}}

Walid Abbas Murad Yousuf Al-Balushi ({{langx|ar|وَلِيد عَبَّاس مُرَاد يُوسُف الْبَلُوشِيّ}}; born 11 June 1985) is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shabab Al-Ahli.

International career

Abbas has played for the United Arab Emirates national team since 2008 and represented the Emirates at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 AFC Asian Cups. At the 2011 tournament, he scored two own goals in two matches against Iran and Iraq.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list the UAE's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/28129/Walid_Abbas_Al_Balooshi.html|title=Al-Balooshi, Walid Abbas|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=28 February 2017}}

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! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.11 September 2012Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai, UAE{{fb|KUW}}3–03–0Friendly
2.15 October 2013Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong{{fb|HKG}}4–04–02015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3.9 November 2013Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE{{fb|PHI}}2–04–0Friendly
4.15 November 2013rowspan=3| Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi{{fb|HKG}}2–04–0rowspan=2| 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5.19 November 2013{{fb|VIE}}1–05–0
6.9 November 2016{{fb|BHR}}2–02–0Friendly

References

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