Mukhtar Fallatah

Mukhtar Fallatah

Personal information
Full name	Mukhtar Omar Othman Fallatah
Date of birth	(1987-10-15) 15 October 1987
Place of birth	Saudi Arabia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Al-Shoulla
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	0	(0)
International career‡
2009–	Saudi Arabia	12	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:08, 29 April 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:15, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

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

Club career

Al Wehda

Mukhtar Omar Othman Fallatah started his professional career at Al-Wehda. In the 2010-11 season, Mukhtar played 20 matches and scored 6 goals.

Al Shabab

After season 2010-11, Mukhtar moved to Al-Shabab. In his first season Al Shabab became champions of the Saudi Premier League. In this season Mukhtar played 20 matches and scored 4 goals. The second season started less successfully for Mukhtar, when he was used most often as a substitute. During this season Mukhtar moved to Al-Ittihad.

Al Ittihad

After Mukhtar moved to Ittihad FC, they won the Saudi Champions Cup in 2013. The season 2013-2014 was the most successful season for Mukhtar himself. In this season he ended third on the league scorers list of the Saudi Premier League with 20 goals in 25 matches. In 2014 Mukhtar also made his international debut for the Saudi Arabian national football team.

Al Wehda

Mukhtar returned to Al-Wehda, he had a successful season, Scoring 16 goals in 23 appearances. After Al-Wehda was relegated, Mukhtar left Al-Wehda after one season.

Al Hilal

On 4 June 2017, Mukhtar moved to Al-Hilal because his former team Al-Wehda was relegated.

Al-Shoulla

After 9 months without a club, Fallatah joined MS League side Al-Shoulla on 31 January 2020. He signed a 6-month contract with the club.

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 August 2019

Club	Season	League			King Cup		Crown Prince Cup		Asia		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Wehda	2008–09	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	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	0	—		15	2
	2018–19		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
Career total			186	51	25	18	15	4	20	7	2	2	248	82

International

Source:

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.

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 Premier League (1): 2011-12

Al Ittihad

• Kings Cup (1): 2013

Al Hilal

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

External links

• Mukhtar Fallatah at Soccerway