Abdulwasea Al-Matari

Abdulwasea Al-Matari (Arabic: عبد الواسع المطري; born 4 July 1994) is a Yemeni football midfielder who plays for Bahraini Premier League club Sitra and captains the Yemen national team.

Abdulwasea Al-Matari
عبد الواسع المطري

Personal information
Full name	Abdulwasea Al-Matari
Date of birth	(1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth	Sana'a, Yemen
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sitra
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Al Yarmuk Al Rawda
2015–2018	Al-Orouba		(9)
2018–2019	Dibba Al-Hisn	18	(4)
2019–2020	Al-Nahda
2020–2021	Al-Nasr
2021-2022	Al-Ittihad	20	(3)
2023–	Sitra
International career‡
2013–	Yemen	63	(11)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 December 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 June 2024 [2]

International career

Al-Matari made his international debut in 2013 in a 2–0 defeat to Bahrain in the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers.^[3]

His first international goal came against Pakistan in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, a match which Yemen won 3–1.^[4]

On 12 October 2023, Al Matari scored his 10th international goal against Sri Lanka, scoring a free kick in the dying minute of the match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

International goals

Scores and results list Yemen's goal tally first.^[5]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 March 2015	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Pakistan	1–0	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	7 June 2016		Maldives	1–0	2–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3.	5 September 2017	Panaad Park and Stadium, Bacolod, Philippines	Philippines	2–1	2–2	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4.	27 March 2018	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Nepal	1–0	2–1
5.				2–1
6.	8 August 2019	Karbala International Stadium, Karbala	Lebanon	2–1	2–1	2019 WAFF Championship
7.	11 August 2019		Iraq	1–2	1–2
8.	5 September 2019	National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Singapore	1–1	2–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	9 January 2023	Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq	Oman	1–1	2–3	2023 Arabian Gulf Cup
10.	12 October 2023	Damac Club Stadium, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia	Sri Lanka	3–0	3–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	17 October 2023	Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka		1–0	1–1