The star of Al-Qadisiya Club and the Kuwaiti national team, veteran player Badr Al-Mutawa, participated in the second half of the friendly match where the Kuwaiti team lost to their Iraqi hosts by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday in Basra.
With this participation, Badr Al-Mutawa is considered the second most capped player in international matches worldwide. Al-Mutawa has played for various Gulf clubs in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and he is one of the most frequently participating players with the Kuwaiti national team, being one of the prominent players in the Gulf and Asia.
According to the German news agency, Al-Mutawa is only 4 matches away from taking the title of the world's senior player from former Egyptian international Ahmed Hassan, who tops the list of players with the most international matches with a record of 184 matches. Al-Mutawa is in second place with 180 matches.
Ahmed Kanoo, the star of the Oman national team, ranks third with 180 matches as well, followed by Sergio Ramos, the star of the Spanish national team and Real Madrid, in fourth place with 178 matches, and former Saudi goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Deayea in fifth place, also with 178 matches.
It is worth noting that Kuwaiti star Badr Al-Mutawa holds a position among the best goal scorers in the world during the 21st century, according to the latest ranking by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), where he ranked 27th globally with 322 goals scored between 2001 and 2020, for local teams and his national team, according to the classification.
