Education
Muftah attended the New Rayyan School. The school"s football pitch was shared by First Rate (at Lloyd's) Rayyan"s first team He chose to play for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Rayyan, a decision which elicited his brother to beat him.
Muftah attended the New Rayyan School. The school"s football pitch was shared by First Rate (at Lloyd's) Rayyan"s first team He chose to play for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Rayyan, a decision which elicited his brother to beat him.
He was the top scorer in the Qatar Stars League a record 4 times, as well as being the top scorer for the Qatar national team till this day with 53 goals. Youth career He joined in on an First Rate (at Lloyd's) Rayyan training session, and scored two goals in a training match, prompting head coach Ashour Salem to ask him to join First Rate (at Lloyd's) Rayyan"s youth teams. Muftah rejected as he was a fan of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arabi, and was under pressure from his family to play for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arabi.
This caused the two respective clubs to involve the QFA, which offered him a chance to select between the two clubs.
Muftah made his international debut in the 1976 Gulf Cup of Nations against Saudi Arabia. He scored 4 goals in 6 games in the tournament, including a two-minute brace against Bahrain.
He also featured in the 1979 Gulf Cup of Nations held in Iraq, scoring a single goal against United Arab Emirates, and again in 1982 Gulf Cup of Nations, scoring a goal against Oman. In 1981, he participated in the World Military Cup held in Qatar, helping them finish as runners-up.
From 1980 til 1986, the national team was coached by Evaristo de Macedo, who he describes as "undoubtedly the most influential person in his playing career".
After Qatar made an early exit, Muftah, who was team captain, stated he felt humiliated for not at least reaching the knock-out stage. In a post-tournament interview, he apologized to the Qatari fans on behalf of the team Despite losing the tournament, he earned 45,000 QR for winning 2 of the games.
He retired from international football in 1990, due to differences with the coach, Dino Sani.
In total, he participated in 6 Gulf Cup of Nations and 3 AFC Asian Cups. Starting from the 2013-2014 Qatar Stars League, the top scorer award was renamed the "" to honor his immense contribution to Qatari football.
Obtained from qnasports.com and aawsat.com. Mansour Muftah was the second most-capped player in the Qatar Stars League behind Mubarak Anber of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Sadd with 246 caps.
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