Ismail Matar

Ismail Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al Mukhaini Al Junaibi is an Emirati former forward born in Abu Dhabi on 7 April 1983. He won the Golden Ball at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship and captained the United Arab Emirates to its first trophy, the 2007 Gulf Cup, and he won 136 caps for his country. ^{1 2 3}

Apart from a brief loan at Al Sadd in 2009, he spent his entire club career at Al-Wahda of Abu Dhabi, from 2001 until his retirement in 2024. At the 2007 Gulf Cup in Abu Dhabi he was the tournament's best player and its top scorer with five goals in five games, scoring the goal that beat Oman in the final. ^{1 2 3}

For his religious affiliation the record is silent in a specific way: neither the English nor the Arabic article states any religion for him — in text, infobox or categories — and his Wikidata item carries no religion value at all. With no source naming an affiliation for him personally, his affiliation is entered as unknown. ^{1 2 3}