{{Short description|Qatari footballer (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ali Afif | image = KOR-QAT 20190125 Asian Cup15.jpg | caption = Afif with Qatar at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup | full_name = Ali Hassan Afif Yahya<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2011/pdf/FCWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=11 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119163204/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2011/pdf/FCWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1988|01|20}} | birth_place = Doha, Qatar | height = {{height|m=1.72|precision=0}} | currentclub = Umm Salal | clubnumber = 20 | position = Left-back, midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Al Markhiya | youthyears2 = 2002–2004 | youthclubs2 = Al Sadd | years1 = 2004–2012 | clubs1 = Al Sadd | caps1 = 101 | goals1 = 28 | years2 = 2012 | clubs2 = → Lekhwiya (loan) | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2012–2023 | clubs3 = Al-Duhail | caps3 = 161 | goals3 = 20 | years4 = 2023– | clubs4 = Umm Salal | caps4 = 37 | goals4 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2003–2005 | nationalteam1 = Qatar U17 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 2006–2019 | nationalteam2 = Qatar | nationalcaps2 = 54 | nationalgoals2 = 8 | club-update = 17 January 2026 | nationalteam-update = 27 March 2024 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|QAT}}}} {{MedalCompetition|AFC Asian Cup}} {{Medal|Winner|UAE 2019|Team}} }}
'''Ali Hassan Afif Yahya''' ({{langx|ar|عَلِيّ حَسَن عَفِيف يَحْيَى}}; born 20 January 1988) is a Qatari footballer. He currently plays for Umm Salal and the Qatar national team as a left-back.
==Personal== Afif has six siblings.<ref name="eupen">{{cite web|url=http://as-eupen.be/torgefaehrlicher-teamplayer/|title=Akram Afif bleibt bescheiden: "Es ist nicht wichtig, dass Akram gewinnt, sondern, dass die AS Eupen gewinnt"|publisher=KAS Eupen|date=13 February 2015|access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> His father, Hassan Afif, is of Somali descent and was born in Moshi, Tanzania.<ref name="koora">{{cite web|url=http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=28078270|title=من أجل عيون "الغرافة يونايتد"..عفيف يروي قصة الهروب من الهورسيد عبر كلمنجارو إلى الدوحة (Interview with Hassan Afif)|publisher=Kooora.com|date=17 May 2011|language=ar|access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> His father previously played for Simba in Tanzania and Horseed in Somalia before relocating to Qatar and playing for Al Ittihad. He was later naturalized. After retiring, he managed Al Gharafa from 1986 till 1987 and Al Markhiya from 2001 till 2003 and 2006 till 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=6786|title=Kooora Archive|publisher=Kooora.com|date=21 November 2001|language=ar|access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.net/news/pages/93011c22-8e92-4efb-98ff-40eb0b9a8249|script-title=ar:السد يهزم الاتفاق ويستعيد صدارة الدوري القطري|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=8 February 2003|language=ar|access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> His mother, Fayza, comes from Yemen.<ref name="eupen"/>
He has a brother, Akram Afif, who is also a member of Qatar's football team. He currently plays for Al Sadd.
==International career==
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/23050/Ali_Hassan_Afif.html|title=Afif, Ali Hassan|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 20 August 2008 || Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar || {{fb|TJK}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 5–0 || Friendly |- | 2. || 30 December 2008 || Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar || {{fb|LBY|1977}} || align=center | '''5'''–2 || align=center | 5–2 || Friendly |- | 3. || 26 May 2009 || Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar || {{fb|KSA}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 2–1 || Friendly |- | 4. || 10 June 2009 || International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan || {{fb|JPN}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 1–1 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 5. || 9 September 2009 || Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar || {{fb|OMA}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–1 || Friendly |- | 6. || 14 October 2009 || Parc des Sports Michel Hidalgo, Paris, France || {{fb|COD}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 2–2 || Friendly |- | 7. || 28 December 2009 || Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar || {{fb|IRN}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 3–2 || Friendly |- | 8. || 5 September 2013 || Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar || {{fb|MRI}} || align=center | '''3'''–0 || align=center | 3–0 || Friendly |- | 9. || 13 October 2013 || Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar || {{fb|YEM}} || align=center | '''6'''–0 || align=center | 6–0 || 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification |- | 10. || 25 December 2018 || Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar || {{fb|KGZ}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–0 || Friendly |}
==Honours== ===Club=== ;Al-Sadd *Qatar Stars League: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07 *Qatar Emir Cup: 2005, 2007 *Qatar Cup: 2006, 2007, 2008 *Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2006 *Qatari Stars Cup: 2010 *AFC Champions League: 2011 *FIFA Club World Cup bronze medalist: 2011
;Al-Duhail *Qatar Stars League: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2022–23 *Qatar Emir Cup: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 *Qatar Cup: 2013, 2015, 2018, 2023 *Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2015, 2016
===International=== ;Qatar *AFC Asian Cup: 2019
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{soccerway|10923}} *{{NFT player|23050}} *[http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=6986357 كــــووورة قطـــريــــة تلتقي بالنجــمـ الواعــد علي حســن العــفيــفــ (Interview)] {{in lang|ar}}
{{Umm Salal SC squad}} {{Navboxes |title=Qatar Squads |bg=#660033 |fg=white |bordercolor=white |list1= {{Qatar Squad 2007 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Qatar Squad 2011 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Qatar squad 2019 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Qatar squad 2019 Copa América}} }}
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