The legend of Al Ain Club and the record holder in the number of goals with the team in the league championship, former striker Ahmed Abdullah, nicknamed “The Gazelle of Al Ain”, confirmed that during his career with “Al Zaeem”, he scored 124 goals, not 117 as is commonly reported, and indicated that he wishes the striker all the best. The team’s current player, Togolese Laba Kodjo, has 113 goals and ranks second on the list, but he stressed that Kodjo needs to score 11 more goals. To equal his number, and not just five as rumored.
Ahmed Abdullah, who has been a member of the Al Ain team’s technical staff since his retirement, explained to “Emirates Today” that the total number of goals he scored during his career amounts to 124 goals, noting that he keeps a notebook in which he documents the goals he scored from the beginning of his career until the last goal he scored in Sharjah goal in 1994.
In response to a question about how to resolve the controversy over the goal difference, between the number he mentions and the number recorded in official records, including the official website of Al Ain Club, Ahmed Abdullah said: “As I mentioned, I have a notebook containing all the goals that I scored, however, proving the number Reality requires the intervention of the Football Association.”
“Ghazal Al Ain” showed his full support for striker Laba Kodjo to continue scoring goals, even if that means breaking his historical record, saying: “It is true that the number of his goals is close to my number, but I wish him all the best. Laba Kodjo is a great striker, and certainly he must continue.” Scoring goals.
The team’s all-time leading scorer pointed out his pride that his record stood for 31 years, from the time he scored his first goal in 1978 until his last goal in 1994. He added: “I concluded my scoring career against Sharjah in 1994, and I retired the following year, 1995. This means “I have been away from the field for more than three decades.”
According to official records, specifically the official website of Al Ain Club, Laba Kodjo needs to score only four goals to equal the number of goals of “Al Ain Ghazal”, and five goals to be the team’s all-time top scorer, and Kodjo has 113 goals in his “Al Zaeem” shirt since joining Al Ain. He came from the Moroccan club Nahdet Berkane in 2019, but he is not currently experiencing his best levels, as he was unlucky in a number of opportunities during the last two matches against Sharjah. And Shabab Al-Ahly, and also missed a penalty kick against Shabab Al-Ahly, but scored a goal, yesterday, in the match between Al-Ain and Ajman, which Al-Ain lost 2-4.
The 32-year-old Togolese star scored 19 goals in his first season, 13 goals in the second season, 26 goals in the third, 28 goals in the fourth, and 12 goals in the fifth, while he tops the list of scorers in the current season with 15 goals so far, with 14 matches remaining. For the team until the end of the season.
If Laba Kodjou is able to break the historical record of Ahmed Abdallah, who has stood for more than three decades, he will retain the title for a long time, given the large difference between him and the closest player currently on the scorers list, which is the Moroccan player Sofiane Rahimi, who occupies third place in the list. The team’s top scorer with 31 goals, followed by defender Bandar Al-Ahbabi with 22 goals.
Ahmed Abdullah:
. I am proud that my record for the number of goals has stood for 31 years.
. I keep a notebook documenting the goals I scored throughout my playing career.
. I scored my first goal in 1978, and my last goal was against Sharjah in 1994.
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