Odai Al-Saify

Odai Al-Saify

Personal information
Full name	Odai Yusuf Ismaeel Al-Saify
Date of birth	May 26, 1986 (age 25)
Place of birth	Amman, Jordan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Al-Salmiya SC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2009	Shabab Al-Ordon	49	(27[1])
2009	→ Dhafra (loan)	?	(?)
2009–2011	Skoda Xanthi	6	(0)
2010–2011	→ Alki Larnaca (loan)	21	(2)
2011-	Al-Salmiya SC	7	(2)
National team‡
2006-2008	Jordan U-23		(7)
2007–	Jordan	35	(14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 June 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 January 2010

Odai Yusuf Ismaeel Al-Saify (born on March 26, 1986) is a Jordanian footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Kuwaiti Premier League club Al-Salmiya SC,^[2] and is a member of the Jordan national football team.^[3]

International career

He scored 7 goals in 7 games, which 5 of them were in a first round match against Macau at the 2006 Asian Games.^[4]

He scored the 3rd goal for his team against Lebanon in the 58th minute(June 20, 2007 WAFF)^[5] He scored against Qatar in the 90th minute for the Semi Finals of 2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship (August 13, 2008) and played most of the games^[6]

Odai has played for the senior Jordan national football team in six qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup scoring no goals ^[7] . However, he is part of the reason why Jordan made it to the 2011 Asian Cup. Well to begin with, on match day 2 with Singapore, a penalty was made on Odai by one of the Singapore defenders in their penalty area after trying to receive a cross from his teammate Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh, which allowed their teammate Hatem Aqel to take the penalty shot and score the tie goal on Singapore at 41 min. But unfortunately, Singapore was able to score the winning goal on Jordan at 62 min. On matchday 4 with Iran in their home stadium at Amman during their 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, he let his teammate Amer Deeb score on Iran the one and only goal of the match thanks to a high and far cross from their defending teammate Hatem. When Odai ran forward to receive Hatem's far cross from behind as a free kick against Iran, he received it on the left of Iran's penelty area and passed the ball to his teammate Amer on his right to let him score at the 78 min. And on match day 6 with Singapore during qualification, Odai scored the first goal of the match with a header in the first 8 min, thanks to Amer Deeb and his cross to Odai in the Singapore's penalty area. He then participated in the 2011 Asian Cup and did not want to miss the oppuratunity. During the 2011 Asian Cup on matchday 3 with Syria at the end of group stage, Odai scored the winning goal against Syria at 58 min, and thanks to him, Jordan was able to go on to the quarter-finals, against Uzbekistan. Odai also participated in the 2011 Asian Cup.

Odai's most historic goals ever were his header against Singapore, in Amman on match day 6 during the 2011 Asian Cup qualification, and against Syria in the 2011 Asian Cup on match day 3 in group stage.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
8	November 24, 2006	Al-Wakrah	Macau	13-0	Win	Football at the 2006 Asian Games (5 goals on Macau)
8	December 2, 2006	Doha	United Arab Emirates	1-1	Draw	Football at the 2006 Asian Games
8	December 5, 2006	Doha	Uzbekistan	3-1	Loss	Football at the 2006 Asian Games
15	June 20, 2007	Amman	Lebanon	3-0	Win	2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship
15	December 11, 2007	Muscat	Oman	3-0	Win	Friendly
15	March 16, 2008	Doha	Qatar	2-1	Loss	Friendly
15	August 13, 2008	Tehran	Qatar	3-0	Win	2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship
8	March 3, 2010	Amman	Singapore	2-1	Win	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9	January 2, 2011	Sharjah	Uzbekistan	2-2	Draw	Friendly
9	January 17, 2011	Doha	Syria	2-1	Win	2011 AFC Asian Cup

References

1. ^ http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?team=5756&mode=r
2. ^ "الأردني الصيفي ينضم رسميا للسالمية الكويتي". kooora. http://www.kooora.com/?n=122126. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
3. ^ "Stats Centre: Odai Al Saify Facts". Guardian.co.uk. http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=31&CPID=76&TEID=684&PLID=217285&pStr=Player. Retrieved 2009-11-21. 
4. ^ http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/news/article.aspx?id=944
5. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_West_Asian_Football_Federation_Championship
6. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_West_Asian_Football_Federation_Championship
7. ^ Odai Alsaify – FIFA competition record

External links

• Profile at National Football Teams

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Name	Al-Saify, Odai
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Date of birth	26 April 1986
Place of birth	Amman, Jordan
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