The Blue Wave’s skipper has now made the same number of appearances for his nation as the African football icon
Kuwait captain Bader Al-Mutawa had matched Egyptian legend Ahmed Hassan’s record for the most international appearances made by a player in football history.
Al-Mutawa made his 184th appearance for the Blue Wave in Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Chinese Taipei in a 2022 Fifa World Cup qualification encounter played at the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium.
In the process, he equalled the mark set by the four-time Africa Cup of Nations winner, who played his last game for the Pharaohs in May 2012.