Bader Al-Fadhel (born 22 April 1997) is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Al-Arabi and Kuwait national football team.
Bader made his debut for the first team mainly as a winger as he was called up at the age of 19 after signing his first team contract.
while with the first team Bader played for the under 19âÂÂs and under 21âÂÂs as being a substitute for the first team. while eventually being a rotational player and being a major key role in the clubâÂÂs success when they won Emir Cup in 2020 and the infamous 2020-21 League Championship.
In the 2021-22 season Bader was not given much play time, in the January transfer window after winning Crown Prince Cup and Super Cup he was loaned to Al-Shabab on a short term deal from February till July.
Upon making his return coming on as a substitute scoring against Al-Riffa SC in the 2022 AFC Cup. Moving from that point Bader became a significant rotational player, and kept the dominant midfielder role.
At the end of the 2023-24 season new came out that Bader would not join the clubâÂÂs preseason tour due to his late salary payments from the previous season and was considered terminating his contract amid legal actions. with soon rejoin the team after agreeing to continue.
Bader made his debut against Jordan when he was called up in the 2018 March international window. Scored his first goal against the Philippines on March 24, 2023, alongside his second goal 4 days later against Tajikistan. After a two year of being left out of the national team squad he was called up again in September camp to play against Syria
Bader studied his BachelorâÂÂs degree in Mechanical Engineering at the American University of the Middle East, where he represented AUMâÂÂs Sports division in the university leagues, continued his education of MasterâÂÂs degree in Marketing in Gulf University for Science and Technology in a sports scholarship.