Abdulwasea Al-Matari


Abdulwasea Al-Matari is a Yemeni football midfielder who plays for Bahraini Premier League club Sitra and captains the Yemen national team.

International career

Al-Matari made his international debut in 2013 in a 2–0 defeat to Bahrain in the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers.
His first international goal came against Pakistan in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, a match which Yemen won 3–1.
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

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 March 2015Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar1–03–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.7 June 2016Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar1–02–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3.5 September 2017Panaad Park and Stadium, Bacolod, Philippines2–12–22019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4.27 March 2018Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar1–02–12019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5.27 March 2018Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar2–12–12019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.8 August 2019Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq2–12–12019 WAFF Championship
7.11 August 2019Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq1–21–22019 WAFF Championship
8.5 September 2019National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore1–12–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.9 January 2023Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq1–12–32023 Arabian Gulf Cup
10.12 October 2023Damac Club Stadium, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia3–03–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.17 October 2023Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka1–01–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.9 October 2025Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei1–02–02027 AFC Asian Cup qualification
13.26 November 2025Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar3–14–4
2025 FIFA Arab Cup qualification
14.26 November 2025Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar4–24–4
2025 FIFA Arab Cup qualification