Odai Al-Saify

Odai Yusuf Ismaeel Al-Saify (Arabic: عدي يوسف إسماعيل الصيفي) is a Jordanian footballer who plays for Qadsia SC^[1] and the Jordan national football team.

Odai Al-Saify

Personal information
Full name	Odai Yusuf Ismaeel Al-Saify
Date of birth	(1986-05-26) 26 May 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Qadsia SC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2009	Shabab Al-Ordon	64	(20)
2009	→ Al-Dhafra (loan)	4	(0)
2009–2011	Skoda Xanthi	6	(0)
2010–2011	→ Alki Larnaca (loan)	21	(2)
2011–2019	Al-Salmiya	133	(42)
2020–2021	Qadsia SC	16	(8)
2021–2022	Al-Nasr	16	(5)
2022–	Qadsia SC	0	(0)
International career‡
2006–2007	Jordan U23	18	(7)
2007–2023	Jordan	118	(15)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 March 2023

Club career

Al-Saify started his career playing for Shabab Al-Ordon, in which he was loaned out to Al-Dhafra in the United Arab Emirates. Then he joined Skoda Xanthi in Greece, Alki Larnaca in Cyprus, and Al-Salmiya, Qadsia SC and Al-Nasr in Kuwait.

International career

Al-Saify played 118 international matches for Jordan, in which he participated in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup and 2015 AFC Asian Cup.^[2] On 12 November 2020, he returned to play for his national team after three years of absence.^[3]

Personal life

Odai is married to Nour Al-Saify and has four children; a daughter named Alma and three sons named Zaid, Yousef and Hashem.

Career statistics

International goals

With U-23

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	November 24, 2006	Al-Wakrah	Macau	13–0	Win	2006 Asian Games
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6	December 2, 2006	Doha	United Arab Emirates	1–1	Draw	2006 Asian Games
7	December 5, 2006	Doha	Uzbekistan	3–1	Loss	2006 Asian Games

Senior

Scores and results list Jordan's goal tally first.^[4]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 June 2007	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Lebanon	3–0	3–0	2007 WAFF Championship
2.	11 December 2007	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Oman			Friendly
3.	16 March 2008	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–1	1–2
4.	13 August 2008	Takhti Stadium, Tehran, Iran		3–0	3–0	2008 WAFF Championship
5.	3 March 2010	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Singapore	1–0	2–1	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.	2 January 2011	Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	2–1	2–2	Friendly
7.	17 January 2011	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Syria	2–1	2–1	2011 AFC Asian Cup
8.	31 January 2013	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Indonesia	1–0	5–0	Friendly
9.	21 December 2014	Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–2
10.	16 June 2015	Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid, Jordan	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	3–0
11.	28 March 2017	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Cambodia	4–0	7–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
12.	5 September 2017		Afghanistan	2–0	4–1
13.	10 October 2017	Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan		2–1	3–3
14.	24 May 2021	Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–5	1–5	Friendly
15.	6 October 2021	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Malaysia	2–0	4–0

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps