{{short description|Maldivian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ashadh Ali | native_name = އަސްހަދު ޢަލީ | image = | office1 = Minister of State for Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment | president1 = [[Ibrahim Mohamed Solih]] | predecessor1 = [[Ali Umar]] | successor1 = | term_start1 = 6 December 2018 | term_end1 = 2 February 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2022 |title=Ashad Ali removed from state minister post following prison sentence |url=https://www.psmnews.mv/en/98173 |access-date=17 September 2025 |website=PSM News}}</ref> | party = [[Maldivian Democratic Party]] | height = 1.80 m | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|09|14}} | birth_place = [[Addu City]], [[Maldives]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | spouse = | children = | module = {{Infobox football biography |embed = yes |header-color = lavender | currentclub = [[Club Valencia]] | clubnumber = 12 | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] / [[Midfielder]] / [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Club Lagoons | years1 = 2006–2009 | clubs1 = [[Victory Sports Club|Victory]] | caps1 = 15+ | goals1 = 7+ | years2 = 2010–2012 | clubs2 = [[VB Sports Club]] | caps2 = 26+ | goals2 = 10+ | years3 = 2013| clubs3 = [[B.G. Sports Club|BG Sports Club]] | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = [[Maziya S&RC|Maziya]] | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 7 | years5 = 2015 | clubs5 = [[New Radiant SC|New Radiant]] | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2016–2017 | clubs6 = [[Maziya S&RC|Maziya]] | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2018 | clubs7 = [[Club Green Streets]] | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2021 | clubs8 = [[Club Eagles]] | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 2022– | clubs9 = [[Club Valencia]] | caps9 = | goals9 = | nationalyears1 = 2006 | nationalteam1 = [[Maldives national under-23 football team|Maldives U23]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2007–2018| nationalteam2 = [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]] | nationalcaps2 = 52 | nationalgoals2 = 2 }} }}
'''Ashad Ali''' (born 14 September 1986), nicknamed '''Adey''' or '''Adubarey''', is a Maldivian [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[Dhivehi Premier League]] club [[Club Valencia]]. He was a member of the [[Maldives national football team]].<ref name="NFT" />
==Club career== Ashad started his career at Victory Sports Club. He later joined [[VB Sports Club]] before joining the newly promoted side [[B.G. Sports Club|BG Sports Club]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maldivesoccer.com/p/191/2013 |title=Assad Ali (Adey) (2013) |website=MaldiveSoccer.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140531022031/http://www.maldivesoccer.com/p/191/2013 |archive-date=31 May 2014 |access-date=31 May 2014 }}</ref>
In 2018, he signed a one-year deal with [[Club Green Streets]].<ref>[https://mihaaru.com/local_sports/30023 Adey signs for Green Streets] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125135147/https://mihaaru.com/local_sports/30023 |date=25 January 2018 }} Mihaaru Sports. 25 January 2018</ref>
==International career==
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list the Maldives' goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/7312/Assad_Adey_Ali.html|title=Ali, Assad 'Adey'|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=7 June 2017|archive-date=18 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618141034/http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/7312/Assad_Adey_Ali.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 11 December 2009 || [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]] || {{fb|SRI}} || align=center | '''5'''–1 || align=center | 5–1 || [[2009 SAFF Championship]] |- | 2. || 23 March 2011 || [[National Football Stadium (Maldives)|National Football Stadium]], [[Malé]], [[Maldives]] || {{fb|KGZ}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 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 national football team|Afghanistan]], deceiving goalkeeper [[Mansur Faqiryar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Crafty penalty 'trip' routine in shootout helps Maldives beat Afghanistan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/30/penalty-trip-routine-maldives-afghanistan |work=The Guardian |accessdate=2015-08-13}}</ref> The match was won 7–8 to the [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The greatest penalty feint of all time |url=http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/the91stminute/2014/05/the-greatest-penalty-feint-of-all-time/ |website=topdrawersoccer.com |accessdate=2015-08-13 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190959/http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/the91stminute/2014/05/the-greatest-penalty-feint-of-all-time/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
A similar move was pulled off by [[Thomas Müller]] later that year during the [[2014 World Cup|2014 FIFA World Cup]] ([[Germany national football team|Germany]] v [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]]). 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Mueller admits botched Germany free-kick was trick that failed |url=http://www.smh.com.au/fifa-world-cup-2014/world-cup-news-2014/thomas-mueller-admits-botched-germany-freekick-was-trick-that-failed-20140702-zsss1.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=2015-08-13}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{NFT player|name=Assad 'Adey' Ali}} * {{Soccerway|ashad-ali/397360}} * {{ESPN FC|244252<!-- /ashad-ali -->}}
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