Mukhtar Fallatah

Mukhtar Omar Othman Fallatah (Arabic: مختار فلاتة, born 15 October 1987) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for Al-Wadi as a striker former the Saudi Arabia national team.^[1]

Mukhtar Fallatah

Personal information
Full name	Mukhtar Omar Othman Fallatah
Date of birth	(1987-10-15) 15 October 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Al-Wadi
Number	44
Youth career
0000–2009	Al-Wehda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2011	Al-Wehda	50	(10)
2011–2012	Al Shabab	30	(6)
2012–2016	Al-Ittihad	69	(33)
2016–2017	Al-Wehda	23	(16)
2017–2019	Al-Hilal	7	(2)
2019	Al-Qadsiah	7	(0)
2020	Al-Shoulla	1	(0)
2020–2021	Jeddah	13	(3)
2021	Al-Tai	11	(0)
2021–2022	Al-Jubail	10	(4)
2022–2023	Al-Hedaya
2023–	Al-Wadi
International career^‡
2009–2018	Saudi Arabia	12	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:08, 6 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:15, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Club career

Al-Wehda

Mukhtar Fallatah started his professional career at Al-Wehda. He made 61 appearances and scored 17 goals during his three seasons with the first team. He helped the club reach the final of the 2010–11 Crown Prince Cup.

Al-Shabab

Following Al-Wehda's relegation, Fallatah joined Al-Shabab for a reported fee of SAR5.5 million.^[2] In his first season at the club, Fallatah helped Al-Shabab win the league title as he made 20 league appearances and scored four times.^[3] In his second season, Fallatah failed to nail down a spot in the starting 11 and left the club mid-season.

Al-Ittihad

On 14 January 2013, Fallatah joined Al-Ittihad on a three and a half year contract.^[4] In his first season, Fallatah played a crucial role as Al-Ittihad won the King Cup. He scored four times including once in the final against former club Al-Shabab.^[5] His good form continued to the next season as Fallatah scored 32 goals in all competitions. His good form earned him a call-up to the national team for the first time since 2012.^[6] Fallatah left Al-Ittihad following the expiry of his contract.

Return to Al-Wehda

On 14 July 2016, Fallatah returned to Al-Wehda on a free transfer. He signed a three-year contract with the club.^[7] He scored 16 goals in 23 appearances in the league; however, his efforts were not enough to prevent Al-Wehda's relegation to the First Division.

Al-Hilal

On 4 June 2017, Fallatah joined Al-Hilal on a free transfer.^[8] He scored his first goal for Al-Hilal in the 1–1 draw against former club Al-Ittihad.^[9] Fallatah made seven appearances and scored twice as Al-Hilal won the league title.^[10] In his second season, Fallatah made just one appearance for the club. He was released from his contract on 17 January 2019.^[11]

Al-Qadsiah

On 19 January 2019, Fallatah joined Al-Qadsiah on a six-month contract.^[12] He made seven appearances and failed to score as Al-Qadsiah were relegated at the end of the season.^[13]

Al-Shoulla

After nine months without a club, Fallatah joined MS League side Al-Shoulla on 31 January 2020.^[14] He signed a 6-month contract with the club.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 May 2021^[15]

Club	Season	League			King Cup		Crown Prince Cup ^[a]		Asia		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Wehda	2008–09^[16]	Pro League	12	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
	2009–10		18	4	1	0	1	0	—		—		20	4
	2010–11		20	6	4	6	4	1	—		—		28	13
	Al-Wehda Total		50	10	6	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	61	17
Al-Shabab	2011–12	Pro League	20	4	2	0	1	1	—		—		23	5
	2012–13		10	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		11	2
	Al-Shabab Total		30	6	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	34	7
Al-Ittihad	2012–13	Pro League	4	1	4	4	0	0	—		—		8	5
	2013–14		25	20	4	3	1	1	9	6	1^[b]	2	40	32
	2014–15		23	7	2	2	1	0	—		—		26	9
	2015–16		17	5	3	2	4	1	5	1	—		29	9
	Al-Ittihad Total		69	33	13	11	6	2	14	7	1	2	103	55
Al-Wehda	2016–17	Pro League	23	16	2	1	2	0	—		—		27	17
Al-Hilal	2017–18	Pro League	7	2	2	0	—		6^[c]	0	—		15	2
	2018–19		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1^[d]	0	1	0
	Al-Hilal Total		7	2	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	16	2
Al-Qadsiah	2018–19	Pro League	7	0	0	0	—		—		—		7	0
Al-Shoulla	2019–20	MS League	1	0	0	0	—		—		—		1	0
Jeddah	2020–21	MS League	13	3	—		—		—		—		13	3
Al-Tai	2020–21	MS League	11	0	—		—		—		—		11	0
Career total			211	70	25	18	15	4	20	7	2	2	273	101

1. Discontinued in September 19, 2017
2. Appearances in Super Cup
3. 2 appearances in 2017 ACL and 4 appearances in the 2018 edition
4. Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

International

Source:^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Saudi Arabia
	2009	1	0
	2010	0	0
	2011	0	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	0	0
	2014	3	0
	2015	2	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	4	2
Total		12	2

International goals

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.^[18]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 November 2017	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal	Latvia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	22 December 2017	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	2–0	2–1	23rd Arabian Gulf Cup

Honors

Club

Al Shabab

• Saudi Professional League: 2011–12

Al Ittihad

• Kings Cup: 2013

Al Hilal

• Saudi Professional League: 2017–18
• Saudi Super Cup: 2018

References

1. "مختار فلاته - Mukhtar Falata".
2. "مختار فلاته يوقع للشباب مقابل خمسة ملايين ريال".
3. "الشباب بطلاً لدوري زين".
4. "الاتحاد يوقع رسميا مع مختار فلاتة".
5. "اتحاد 2013 بروح الشباب هزم «الليث» برباعية وتوج بطلاً لكأس الملك".
6. "Saudi Arabia 2 – 3 Australia".
7. "رسمياً.. الوحدة السعودي يضم مختار فلاتة".
8. "فلاتة هلالي بثلاثة ملايين ونصف".
9. "مختار فلاتة يدخل تاريخ كلاسيكو الهلال واتحاد جدة".
10. "الهلال بطلا للدوري السعودي للمحترفين للمرة الثانية تواليا والـ 15بتاريخه بفوزه على الفتح برباعية".
11. "رسميًا .. #الهلال يُعلن مخالصة مختار فلاتة".
12. "رسميًا.. القادسية يوقع مع مختار فلاتة والجزائري مختار بلخيتر".
13. "القادسية يهبط والفيحاء يضمن البقاء.. والحزم يتأهل للملحق".
14. "مُختار فلاتـة #شعلاوي".
15. "MUKHTAR FALLATAH".
16. . Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
17. "( Mukhtar FALLATAH ) Matches Played".
18. "Fallatah, Mukhtar". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

External links

• Mukhtar Fallatah at Soccerway