Ashad Ali

Ashad Ali, nicknamed Adey or Adubarey, is a Maldivian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dhivehi Premier League club Club Valencia. He was a member of the Maldives national football team.

Club career

Ashad started his career at Victory Sports Club. He later joined VB Sports Club before joining the newly promoted side BG Sports Club
In 2018, he signed a one-year deal with Club Green Streets.

International career

International goals

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 December 2009	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh		5–1	5–1	2009 SAFF Championship
2.	23 March 2011	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives		1–0	2–1	2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Penalty feinting incident

Adey gained global notability after simulating a fall prior to the run up of a penalty shootout in the third place match of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup against Afghanistan, deceiving goalkeeper Mansur Faqiryar. The match was won 7–8 to the Maldives.
A similar move was pulled off by Thomas Müller later that year during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In the 88th minute, Thomas Müller deceptively stumbled while lining up the kick, before getting up and running through the Algerian wall. A few days later, Müller admitted to a German TV reporter that the free kick was a designed play.