Ahmed Khalil Sebait Mubarak Al-Junaibi (; born 8 June 1991) is an Emirati footballer who plays as a forward for UAE First Division League club Al-Ittifaq.
In 2006, Ahmed won the 2006 GCC U-17 Championship with UAE U17, in which he was top scorer with five goals. Later in the same years, he joined the first team. The following season with Al-Ahli, Ahmed won his first club honour, the President Cup, and was the top scorer with four goals. In 2008, Ahmed won Super Cup and his first Pro-League 2008âÂÂ09, and with UAE U20 won the AFC U-19 Championship 2008, and was named player of the tournament and the top scorer with four goals. He was named the most promising Arab Player of the Year by Al-Ahram and Al Hadath magazines and also Asian Young Footballer of the Year. In 2009, Ahmed led UAE U20 to the Quarter-finals in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and scored two goals in the tournament, and was named for the second consecutive time Al-Ahram Most promising Arab player of the Year and nominee of the Asian Young Footballer of the Year for two times. In 2010, Ahmed continued his outstanding performance, by leading UAE Olympic football team to win the 2010 GCC U-23 Championship by scoring five goals in the tournament and win the top scorer, and for the first ever football silver medal in UAE history at the Asian Games and scored three goals in the tournament. He was named the Best Young Athlete Player of the Year by Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award.
Ahmed won the Asian Footballer of the Year in 2015 after leading his club to the final of the AFC Champions League and UAE to the third-place in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
Ahmed was born on 8 June 1991 in Sharjah, descended from a family of footballers. His father, Khalil Sebait, is a former player for an old football club during his time in Kuwait and his brothers Fahd, Fouad (Retired), Faisal, Fathi, Mohamed, and finally Ahmed, all of whom played for Al Ahli.
Ahmed started his career in the Red Fort at the age of eight, and included in the youth teams until he reached the first team, in the middle of the 2006âÂÂ07 season under French coach Alan Michel On 13 May 2007, (at 16 years) in 89 min and 3 sec, Ahmed scored his first goal for the club and in the league, in a 4âÂÂ1 victory over Al Wahda.
On 18 March 2010, Ahmad scored his first hat-trick of the season against Al-Nasr SC. The match ended a 4âÂÂ2 win for Al Ahli. On 30 March 2010, against Al-Hilal in the AFC Champions League, Khalil scored a goal in the 42nd minute, before the end of the first half. The game ended 3âÂÂ2 to Al-Hilal.
On 24 June 2009 news spread that Khalil will move to the Premier League after what Sulaiman Al-Fahim said that Portsmouth is in need the services of Khalil.
On 26 August 2010, Ahmed start the season with a 2âÂÂ0 defeat against Al Dhafra in his first match. On 2 September 2010, Ahmed scored his first goal in this season in a 4âÂÂ1 victory over arch rivals Al Wasl. His goalscoring run ended after this match. On 24 September 2010, Ahmed assisted teammate Ahmad Khamis against Al Jazira which ended in a 2âÂÂ2 draw, He once again assisted teammate Ahmad Khamis to score a goal in a 3âÂÂ1 win against Dubai on 15 October 2010. After his absence from the scoring for a five games he back to score against Al Sharjah with a free kick on a 2âÂÂ1 win. In the last match in 2010 he assisted teammate Pinga in a 1âÂÂ0 win against Baniyas. His first goal in 2011 came against Al Jazira with a penalty kick on a 5âÂÂ1 away loss. He continued his goalscoring in the next fixture against Dubai on a 2âÂÂ1 away loss. After two games without goalscoring, he scored the tie goal 1âÂÂ1 against Al Sharjah in a 2âÂÂ3 away victory.
Ahmed started the season with Al Ahli by beating Kazma 1âÂÂ0 in the first leg of the GCC Champions League Semi-final.
Starting from summer 2017, Ahmed joined Al Jazira Club on a free transfer deal.
Ahmed is one of the few who have played for 3 national team at the same time, (U-20, U-23 and UAE). He has been playing for the U-20 since he was just 15 in 2006, and has made over 70 appearances for UAE at junior levels (U-17, U-19, U-20 and U-23), as well as 13 appearances for the senior team.
The beginning of Ahmed with national teams was with under-17 by winning the 2006 GCC U-17 Championship in the Saudi Arabia. And he won the Golden Boot after scoring 5 goals in 5 matches of 5 Uae's matches in the tournament. In 2008, in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, with under-20, he was part of a team that won the 2008 AFC U-19 Championship and was a factor by scoring two winning goals in the final against Uzbekistan. He was named Player of the tournament and awarded the Golden Boot with four goals. A year later, he led the under-20 to the quarter-final in 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and he scored two goal, one against Honduras with a free kick in the 41st minute, and one against Venezuela in the 83rd minute a pass from teammate Ahmed Ali. Perhaps his most successful year was the 2010, in which he led the Olympic team to win the 2010 GCC U-23 Championship and was the top scorer with five goals of 4 matches. After only two months, he came back to lead the Olympic team for the first ever football silver medal in UAE history at Asian Games, and scored three goals, one against Bangladesh in the 3âÂÂ0 victory and two in a 0âÂÂ3 victory over Uzbekistan.
On 4 October 2010, Ahmed played against Japan and scored a last-minute draw goal but the match ended in 2âÂÂ1 loss, In second match was against Jordan ended 0âÂÂ0, In his third and final Group match, Ahmed scored a hat-trick in a 4âÂÂ0 win against Vietnam. In the quarter-finals, against Australia with the score at 1âÂÂ0 for Australia, he won a penalty and turned the match to draw 1âÂÂ1, again he turn the match to a 2âÂÂ2 draw in the last minutes, the match went to extra times but ended with a 4âÂÂ2 win. Ahmed scored six of his side's seven tournament goals, an amazing feat that cemented him as the runner-up for the tournament Golden Boot.
On 11 January 2011, Ahmed played his first official match in international competition in UAE 0âÂÂ0 draw with North Korea, he tried to help the attack to score but couldn't, and Al Kathiri came on as a substitute for Ahmed in the 77th minute. In his second game against Iraq, his form was too bad and the match ended in a 1âÂÂ0 loss. On the third and last group stage match UAE were eliminated from the Asian Cup with a 3âÂÂ0 loss against Iran. Ahmed failed to make an impact in the Asian Cup; his performance was so disappointing and did not score any goal.
He was included in Mahdi Ali's squad to participate in 2012 Summer Olympics in the country's first appearance. He played his first match against Uruguay; however, the match ended 1âÂÂ2 in favor of Uruguay. He also played UAE's next matches against Great Britain and Senegal which ended 1âÂÂ3 and 1âÂÂ1. UAE finished at the bottom of the group and Khalil failed to score in the tournament.
Khalil was named in United Arab Emirates' final squad for 2015 AFC Asian Cup, held in Australia. He started in UAE's opener match against Qatar and scored two goals at their 4âÂÂ1 win. He scored the first goal when Qatar was led the game 1âÂÂ0 and scored the second 20 minutes later. At the end, he was named as man of the match and is the second top scorer of the tournament behind his teammate Ali Mabkhout.
On 3 September 2015, Khalil scored four goals, in a 10âÂÂ0 defeat of Malaysia in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.
<sup>1</sup><small>Other tournaments include the President Cup and Etisalat Cup, Etisalat Super Cup</small>