Malek Mouath
Malek Ali Mouath Al-Hawsawi () (also named Malek Maaz officially by FIFA ) (born 10 August 1981) is a former Saudi Arabian professional footballer. Mouath originally played as an attacking midfielder but was converted into a striker after moving to Al Ahli. He played for the Saudi Arabian national team and participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Club career. Early life. Mouath was born in Medina, Saudi Arabia in 1981, when he was a teenager. His soccer profession was discovered by Medina's soccer club, Al-Ansar and he officially played for Al-Ansar in the year 2000 . Al-Ahli 2004–2012. Al-Ahli management offered Mouath 700,000 US$ to move play for Al-Ahli. The new team changed Mouath's position from a midfielder to a striker, this step was the key of success and fame of the player. He was the greatest player Saudi Arabia of all time in 2006–2007, he also obtaining the Saudi Crown Prince Cup and Saudi Federation Cup in 2007 against Al-Ittihad. On 20 May 2008 Malek played Al-Nasr for farewell match by legendary Majed Abdullah against Real Madrid C.F., Malek scored 2 goals in 54 minutes and 90+1  minutes and they team won scores are 4–1. On 2 September 2011 he move to Al-Nasr Club as loan for one season only. Al-Nasr (loan) 2011–2012. On the 2011–12 Saudi Professional League, Malek has played 16 appearances and made 3 goals. after the end of tournament with Al-Nasr, Al-Ahli thinking about it if he need him or not in the next season, Al-Ahli decided to release his contract to promised dues. Mouath said "I Will not be move to a weak team and I'm thinking the UAE Pro-League or retire". on 2012, Mouath  announced to retire. International career. Malek joined the Saudi Team in early 2006. During 2006 FIFA World Cup, Mouath used 23 as a squad number. Later when Sami Al-Jaber the former Saudi Striker retired, Saudi Team's manager changed Mouath's number from 23 to 9. He was chosen to play for the Saudi Arabia national football team in 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2007 AFC Asian Cup. He was announced as the best player of the 2006/2007 season by Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF). During the 2007 AFC Asian Cup he notably helped Saudi Arabia progress to the  final by scoring 2 goals in the semi-final against Japan. The final was subsequently lost to Iraq.