Wael Sulaiman


Wail Sulaiman Al-Habashi was the first player of the Kuwait national football team to score a golden goal. The goal was scored against the UAE in 1994.

Club career

Sulaiman played his entire career for Al-Jahra, where he won the 1989–90 Kuwait Premier League.

International career

Sulaiman was part of the Kuwaiti team which won the 8th Arabian Gulf Cup. However, he played his first international match against China in the 1986 Asian Games quarterfinals, where his team reached the third place. Later on, he won both the 10th Arabian Gulf Cup and 13th Arabian Gulf Cup. Between the two aforementioned tournaments, he managed to finish third with his team at the 1994 Asian Games, where he was the top scorer with six goals.
He retired on 27 December 1998, becoming the first Kuwaiti to have more than 100 caps.

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