Career
He is representing the Lebanon national football team at the international level as a striker in the scorer position. On February 26, 2013 Mahmoud was accused of illegal betting on several national and continental games concerning Lebanese teams and the national team He was banned for life and fined $ 15,000.
Mahmoud joined in the 2005/06 season coming from his former club First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Rayyan.
El-Ali usually wears the number 17 shirt while representing the national football. He made six appearances in the 2010 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup qualifying rounds and scored seven goals for the national team
He has a life ban for match fixing scandals. Club honors.