
Photo: Doha Stadium Plus Qatar / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Ali Afif gives me a real sense of Gulf football. Born in Doha and listed at 172 cm, he plays left-back, one of the most demanding up-and-down roles, and doing it without size points to serious stamina and game intelligence. The Afif name carries weight in Qatari football, and I find myself wondering about the family lineage behind it. Sticking with Umm Salal while representing the national team speaks to genuine local pride. As part of the generation that lived through Qatar's rise as a host nation, born in 1988, he deserves quiet applause, and he has mine for a steady, homegrown career.
Overview
Ali Hassan Afif Yahya (Arabic: عَلِيّ حَسَن عَفِيف يَحْيَى; born 20 January 1988) is a Qatari footballer. He currently plays for Umm Salal and the Qatar national team as a left-back.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ali Afif
- Name (Japanese)
- アリー・アフィーフ
- Reading
- ありー・あふぃーふ
- Born
- January 20, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Doha, Qatar
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 172 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Qatar →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.