Ahmed Thoriq

Ahmed Thoriq (born 4 October 1980) is a Maldivian retired professional footballer, nicknamed "Tom".

Biography

He is from the island of Mahibadhoo in Alif Dhaal Atoll.

His first competitive international tournament was the 2003 South Asian Football Federation Championship held in Bangladesh. He made only one appearance in the competition, by replacing Ali Umar as a substitute in their first match where they won 6–0 to Bhutan. He also was the joint top scorer in the 2005 with the fellow national teammates Ali Ashfaq and Ibrahim Fazeel with 3 goals, and 2009 SAFF Championship with Enamul Haque and Channa Ediri Bandanage by scoring a total of 4 goals.

He officially retired from the national team, on 14 February 2013 with the teammate Assad Abdul Ghanee, after the friendly match played between Pakistan at Rasmee Dhandu Stadium. He was awarded with a "golden plaque" by Football Association of Maldives as recognition of his contribution to the national team.

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Maldives	2003	4	2
2004	3	1
2005	4	3
2008	5	1
2009	8	4
2011	9	5
2012	1	0
2013	1	0
Total	35	16

Scores and results list Maldives' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thoriq goal.

List of international goals scored by Ahmed Thoriq
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 December 2003	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Mongolia	9–0	12–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	11–0
3	13 October 2004	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Vietnam	1–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	7 December 2005	People's Football Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	Afghanistan	5–1	9–1	2005 SAFF Gold Cup
5	6–1
6	8–1
7	3 June 2008	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Pakistan	2–0	3–0	2008 SAFF Championship
8	5 December 2009	National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Nepal	1–0	1–1	2009 SAFF Championship
9	7 December 2009	National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Afghanistan	1–1	3–1	2009 SAFF Championship
10	9 December 2009	National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	India U23	1–0	2–0	2009 SAFF Championship
11	11 December 2009	National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	1–0	5–1	2009 SAFF Championship
12	6 August 2011	Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles	Comoros	1–0	2–2	2011 Indian Ocean Island Games
13	22 November 2011	National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Seychelles	1–0	3–0	Friendly
14	2–0
15	6 December 2011	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India	Bangladesh	1–0	3–1	2011 SAFF Championship
16	2–0

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