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My Take
There is something I deeply admire about athletes who become legends within their own borders, and Ismail Abdullatif is exactly that. Bahrain's all-time top scorer is a title that needs no embellishment, earned in a small nation where every goal carries outsized weight. Captaining Al-Khaldiya and leading the national line, he is the kind of dependable elder figure a team builds itself around. He may be invisible to Japanese fans, but to Bahraini kids he is a poster on the wall. I would rather celebrate a genuine local hero than another globally marketed name.
Overview
Ismail Abdullatif Ismail Hassan (Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيل عَبْد اللَّطِيف إِسْمَاعِيل حَسَن; born 11 September 1986) is a Bahraini professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bahraini Premier League club Al-Khaldiya, which he captains, and the Bahrain national team. He is Bahrain's all-time top scorer.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ismail Abdul-Latif
- Name (Japanese)
- イスマイール・アブドゥラティフ
- Reading
- いすまいーる・あぶどぅらてぃふ
- Born
- September 11, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Tiger
- Origin
- Al-Muharraq, Muharraq Governorate, Bahrain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182 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
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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.