Marzouk Al-Otaibi

Marzouk Al-Otaibi

Personal information
Full name	Marzouk saad Al-Otaibi
Date of birth	November 7, 1975
Place of birth	Saudi Arabia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1997-2000	Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)
2000-2007	Ittihad FC
2007-2008	Al Nassr FC
2008-2009	Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)
2010-2011	Al-Watani
2011-	Al-Markhiya
National team
1999–2006	Saudi Arabia	24	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Marzouk Al-Otaibi (born 7 November 1975) is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a center forward for Al-Markhiya in Qatar.

Club career

Al-Otaibi started his career at Al-Shabab Club. In 1999, he joined Al-Ittihad for a then-record 9 million Saudi riyals. He spent around 8 years with Al-Ittihad. While with Al-Ittihad, Al-Otaibi won several national and international titles. Al-Otaibi joined Al-Nassr in the summer of 2007.

Al-Otaibi joined Qatari 2nd Division club Al-Markhiya on 26 December 2011 on a six-month deal.^[1]

International career

Otaibi made several appearances for the senior Saudi Arabia national football team, including the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals and the 2002 and 2004 AFC Asian Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds.^[2]

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

He shined in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico where he finished as joint top scorer along with Ronaldinho and Cuauhtémoc Blanco with 6 goals each. He scored a super hat-trick (4 goals) against Egypt, which was relatively a weak team back then; he proved himself in the Semi-final by scoring two goals against Brazil.

References

1. المرخية يتعاقد مع السعودى مرزوق العتيبى
2. Marzouk Al-Otaibi – FIFA competition record

• Marzouk Al-Otaibi at National-Football-Teams.com