List of international goals scored by Bader Al-Mutawa

Bader Al-Mutawa with Qadsia in 2007. He is the second most capped men's footballer of all time.

Bader Al-Mutawa is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who has represented the Kuwait national football team as a forward since his debut in 2003. He is the third highest-scoring Kuwaiti footballer ever, having scored 56 goals. With 196 senior appearances, he is also the second most capped male footballer, behind Cristiano Ronaldo.[1]

Goals

As of 14 June 2022[2][3]

Scores and results list Kuwait's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Al-Mutawa goal.

List of international goals scored by Bader Al-Mutawa[3][2]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 September 2003	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore	Singapore	2–1	3–1	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2	27 September 2003	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli, Kuwait	Singapore	2–0	3–0
3	5 October 2003	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli, Kuwait	Palestine	2–0	2–1
4	8 October 2003	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli, Kuwait	Palestine	2–0	4–0
5				3–0
6	1 January 2004	Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City	Yemen	3–0	4–0	16th Arabian Gulf Cup
7	31 March 2004	Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	9 June 2004	Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City	Hong Kong	2–0	4–0
9	19 July 2004	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	2–0	3–1	2004 AFC Asian Cup
10	17 November 2004	Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City	Malaysia	1–0	6–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	11 December 2004	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Saudi Arabia	2–1	2–1	17th Arabian Gulf Cup
12	17 December 2004	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Yemen	2–0	3–0
13	18 March 2005	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates	Armenia	2–0	3–1	Friendly
14	29 July 2005	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	United Arab Emirates	1–1[a]	1–1 (6–7 p)
15	17 August 2005	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–0	2–3	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
16	3 February 2006	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City	Singapore	2–0	2–0	Friendly
17	6 September 2006	Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City	Australia	2–0	2–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
18	9 November 2006	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates	Chinese Taipei	8–0	10–0	Friendly
19	17 January 2007	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Yemen	1–1	1–1	18th Arabian Gulf Cup
20	23 January 2007	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–1	2–3
21	23 January 2009	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City	Syria	2–2	2–3	Friendly
22	3 November 2009	Cairo, Egypt	Kenya	3–0	5–0
23				4–0
24	14 November 2009	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City	Indonesia	1–1	2–1	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
25				2–1
26	11 August 2010	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	1–1	1–1	Friendly
27	3 September 2010	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City	Syria	2–0	3–0
28	14 November 2010	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	India	2–0	9–1
29				5–0
30				7–0
31				9–1
32	28 November 2010	Al-Wihda Stadium, Zinjibar, Yemen	Yemen	2–0	3–0	20th Arabian Gulf Cup
33				3–0
34	2 December 2010	May 22 Stadium, Aden, Yemen	Iraq	1–0	2–2
35	31 December 2010	Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt	Zambia	3–0	4–0	Friendly
36	12 January 2011	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Uzbekistan	1–1	1–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup
37	16 July 2011	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Saudi Arabia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
38	2 September 2011	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	2–0	3–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
–	17 December 2011	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Saudi Arabia	2–0[b][3][2]	2–0	2011 Arab Games
39	22 December 2011	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Palestine	3–0	3–0
40	17 January 2012	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
41	16 October 2012	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City	Philippines	1–0	2–1
42	8 December 2012	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City	Palestine	2–0	2–1	2012 WAFF Championship
43	6 January 2013	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town, Bahrain	Yemen	2–0	2–0	21st Arabian Gulf Cup
44	18 January 2013	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	5–1	6–1
45	6 September 2013	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City	North Korea	1–0	2–1	Friendly
46				2–1
47	9 September 2013	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City	Bahrain	1–1	2–1
48	17 November 2014	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	2–2	2–2	22nd Arabian Gulf Cup
49	3 September 2015	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Myanmar	7–0	9–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
50				8–0
51				9–0
52	8 September 2015	New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos	Laos	2–0	2–0
53	5 September 2019	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City	Nepal	5–0	7–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
54	14 November 2019	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City	Chinese Taipei	4–0	9–0
55	19 November 2019	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Nepal	1–0	1–0
56	25 March 2022	Ta'Qali National Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta	Latvia	1–0[c]	1–1	Friendly

Statistics

As of 14 June 2022

Kuwait national team Appearances and goals by year Year Apps Goals[2][3] 2003 13 5 2004 22 7 2005 13 3[a] 2006 8 3 2007 4 2 2008 9 0 2009 18 5 2010 15 10 2011 19 4[d] 2012 8 3 2013 12 5 2014 9 1 2015 9 4 2016 0 0 2017 4 0 2018 3 0[e] 2019 12 3 2020 0 0 2021 10 0 2022 8 1[f] Total 196 56

Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 21 AFC Asian Cup qualification 8 AFC Asian Cup 2 FIFA World Cup qualification 12 Arabian Gulf Cup 11 WAFF Championship 1 Arab Games 1 Total 56

Notes

1. RSSSF doesn't include the goal against UAE.[3][2]
2. Neither RSSSF nor FIFA recognize the match, and so also the goal, against S. Arabia U-23 on 17 December 2011.
3. RSSSF doesn't include the goal in the match against Latvia on 25 March 2022.[3][2]
4. Neither RSSSF nor FIFA recognize the match, and so also the goal, against S. Arabia U-23 on 17 December 2011.[3][2]
5. RSSSF wrongly attributes a goal on Al-Mutawa in the match against Iraq on 10 September 2018.[3][2]
6. RSSSF doesn't include the goal in the match against Latvia on 25 March 2022.[3][2]

References

1. Hilton, Tommy (24 March 2023). "Who is Bader Al Mutawa, the Kuwaiti footballer whose record Cristiano Ronaldo beat?". The National. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
2. List of international goals scored by Bader Al-Mutawa at National-Football-Teams.com
3. Mohammed, Husain; Mamrud, Roberto (25 May 2022). "Bader Ahmed Al-Mutawa – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 June 2022.