Yahia Nader
يحيى نادر
Personal information
Full name Yahia Nader Moustafa Elsherif[1]
Date of birth (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998[1]
Place of birth Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre back
Team information
Current team
 Al Ain
Number 6
Youth career
-2018 Al Ain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Al Ain 90 (3)
International career
2019–2021 United Arab Emirates U-23
2022– United Arab Emirates 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023

Yahia Nader Moustafa Elsharif (Arabic:يحيى نادر مصطفى الشريف) (born 11 September 1998) is an Emirati footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre back for Al Ain.[2][3]

Club career

Yahia Nader is a football player with Egyptian origins born in the United Arab Emirates. He played with Al Ain in juniors and participated in the first team in 2018 after allowing those born in the UAE to participate in the UAE Pro League.

International career

Nader was granted Emirati citizenship in 2019 and was chosen to participate with the Olympic team in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship.[4]

He received his first international cap for the United Arab Emirates' senior team when coming in as substitute for Abdullah Ramadan at the 75th minute of the World Cup 2022 AFC Playoff against Australia in June 2022.

On 4 January 2024, Nader was named in the UAE's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.
  2. ↑ XS Studios. "Yahia Nader". www.uaefa.ae. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  3. ↑ "Yahia Nader". www.kooora.com.
  4. ↑ "UAE Olympic team list in preparation for the Asian Cup scheduled in Thailand". twitter.
  5. ↑ "AFC Asian Cup 2023™ Qatar squad lists" (PDF). AFC.
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