Ali Ashfaq

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b. 1985forward Maldives

Photo: The President's Office, Maldives · CC BY 4.0

Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.

Ali Ashfaq is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays as a forward for New Radiant and the Maldives. Nicknamed "Man of Steel", he is regarded as one of the best players in the South Asian region, and the greatest Maldivian footballer of all time. A prolific and individualistic goalscorer, he is a free-kick specialist and a clinical finisher. His trademark style of scoring is beating the defenders and rounding off the keeper to score. He is considered as the best Maldivian footballer ever, most notably when he was named as the "World's 2nd best top goal scorer" in 2013 by IFFHS, and the "AFC best goal-scorer of XXI century" after 2023, with 476 top-level goals. He is the player with most pokers scored in XXI Century. He was also named as South Asia's Best Player in 2014 by a sports website called eultimate goal. — Wikipedia

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Every goal

from the international archive · 14 goals in 7 matches

Date	Opponent	Result	Minutes	Venue
2019-11-19	Guam	W3–1(h)	90'	Malé
2019-10-10	Syria	L1–2(n)	70'	Dubai
2016-03-29	Bhutan	W4–2(h)	81' (pen) 90'	Malé
2015-10-08	Bhutan	W4–3(a)	23' 33' 57' (pen)hat-trick	Thimphu
2007-10-28	Yemen	W2–0(h)	67'	Malé
2004-10-13	Vietnam	W3–0(h)	68' 85'	Malé
2003-12-03	Mongolia	W12–0(h)	4' 61' 63' 68'hat-trick	Malé