Marzouk Al-Otaibi


Marzouk Al-Otaibi is a Saudi Arabian former footballer, who last played 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 in which 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.

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.
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 against Egypt, which was relatively a weak team back then; he proved himself in the Semi-final by scoring two goals against Brazil.

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 July 1999Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico1–05–11999 FIFA Confederations Cup
2.29 July 1999Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico2–05–11999 FIFA Confederations Cup
3.29 July 1999Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico4–15–11999 FIFA Confederations Cup
4.29 July 1999Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico5–15–11999 FIFA Confederations Cup
5.1 August 1999Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico1–22–81999 FIFA Confederations Cup
6.1 August 1999Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico2–22–81999 FIFA Confederations Cup
7.20 October 2000Saida International Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon1–05–02000 AFC Asian Cup
8.8 February 2001Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia6–06–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification