Qatar’s forward Almoez Ali during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group E against North Korea in Al Ain, yesterday.
Al Ain: Qatar hotshot Almoez Ali etched himself into the AFC Asian Cup record books yesterday as he scored four times to equal the record for the most goals netted by a player in a single match at the Continent’s premier competition.
The 22-year-old Al Duhail SC forward was in rampant form throughout the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Group E encounter with DPR Korea, scoring twice in the first half before adding two more after the break as Qatar recorded a 6-0 win.
Ali, who scored six times at last year’s AFC U23 Championship in China, has now notched 11 goals in his last eight appearances at AFC competition Finals, and is currently topping the goalscoring chart at the AFC Asian Cup’s 17th edition in the United Arab Emirates with five.
He holds the record jointly with Ali Daei from Iran (1996), Bahrain’s Ismaeel Abdullatif (2011) and Jordanian Hamza Al Dardour (2015).
