2022 is a quadrennial World Cup year, this time hosted by the West Asian country of Qatar. I believe that for many fans, Qatar football is very unfamiliar, here can first understand the current hottest player: Akram Afif.
At present, the 25-year-old Qatari international striker has successfully scored 31 goals in the 18 rounds of the league and played a stunning performance!
Thaad is the absolute hegemon of Qatar's star football league, and the current team has won 20 wins and 2 draws in 22 rounds, accumulating 62 points to top the table, scoring 80 goals but conceding only 24 goals.
In this team, Akram Afif is an important offensive knife in the team and the most eye-catching player in statistics. He currently scored 31 goals in 18 rounds of the season, scoring an exaggerated 14 goals and 17 assists, topping the league top scorers list and assists.
In the 19th round of Qatar United on February 21, THAAD defeated the Doha Nationals 8-2 away from home, and Afif single-handedly shot 1 goal and 3 assists, becoming the key figure in the team's big win.
Akram Afif is a jewel in the football talent development system created by Qatar many years ago and a former genius in Asian football. Sade has loaned him to Sevilla U19, Villarreal U19, and TheRadean team Auburn, where he has studied and practiced in European football.
In July 2016, Afif managed to join Villarreal after leaving Sade, but returned to THAAD in July 2020 for a transfer fee of €1 million.
Spending a period of time in the Ocean has greatly benefited Akram-Afif. Today, the former star of hope has grown into Qatar's homegrown player, worth 4 million euros and ranking first among Qatari players.
In the 2019 Asian Cup, he played a total of 1 goal and 11 assists, setting a new record for the number of assists in a single session in the history of the Asian Cup. In the final, facing the powerful Japan, he staged 1 goal and 2 assists in a single game, helping Qatar win the Asian Cup for the first time in history with a perfect record of 7 wins.
In this year, he was successfully elected the 2019 Asian Footballer of the Year, which is well deserved.
This season, Akram Afif's 14 goals and 17 assists in 18 games are enough to make him one of the best in world football, ranking second in the list of goals and assists with 31 goals, surpassing Levan, Salah and Benzema who scored 30 straight goals. In front of him, there are only 30 games with 24 goals and 10 assists, and the first team in the first division team, St. Giros forward Ondalf.
Now that we are getting closer to the opening of the 2022 Qatar World Cup on November 21 this year, I wonder what kind of historic record the number one star in Qatar will lead the team to create?