Akram Afif

Akram Afif is a player I genuinely enjoy watching. The Doha-born left winger for Al Sadd and Qatar has become the face of Middle Eastern football, and the 2023 Asian Cup made the case emphatically, leading Qatar to back-to-back titles and scoring a hat-trick of penalties in the final. His flair, both in his dribbling and those memorable celebrations, gives the Qatari side a genuine star quality. At 177 cm he relies on craft and vision rather than size, which I find more compelling than raw power. Still in his late twenties, he has room to grow on even bigger stages. He's a talent Asian football can be proud of, and I'll keep watching.

Name (English)

Akram Afif

Name (Japanese)

アクラム・アフィーフ

Reading

あくらむ・あふぃーふ

Born

November 18, 1996 (age 29)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

Origin

Doha, Qatar

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/akramafif/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akram%20Afif
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19882804

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.