Kuwait national team captain, Bader Al-Mutawa has surpassed Ahmed Hassan record for the most international appearances made by a player in football history.
The 36-year-old overtook the Egyptian legend’s feat having earned his 184th cap in the Blue Wave’s 2-1 win over Chinese Taipei in a 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier played on June 15.
Al-Mutawa had set a new after being named in Thamer Enad’s starting lineup in Friday’s Fifa Arab Cup qualification fixture versus Bahrain at the Khalifa International Stadium.
“The chairman of the board of directors of the Kuwait Football Association, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, and the members of the board of directors congratulate the captain of the national team Bader Al-Mutawa, on the occasion of his participation in the 184th international match, equalling the number of the dean of the Egyptian player, Ahmed Hassan,” Kuwait Football Association posted on Instagram.
Al-Mutawa made his debut for Kuwait at the age of 17 on September 4, 2003 – making him one of the Blue Wave’s youngest players to ever represent the senior team.
The Fifa Arab Cup is a dress rehearsal competition for Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup which will be held in the Middle East nation.
