Known for being Qatar’s all-time top scorer, Ali became the first player in Asia to score four goals in a single game – all in the first half – helping Qatar’s national team qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and bringing his tally to 12 goals in the Asian qualifiers. He played a major role in Qatar’s 2019 Asian Cup win, which was the nation’s first-ever AFC Asian Cup title, finishing as the tournament’s top scorer with nine goals and breaking the single-tournament record of eight set by Ali Daei in 1996. Ali, of Sudanese origin, currently plays for AlDuhail SC in the Qatar Stars League and holds a market value of over $4 million as of May 2025, according to Transfermarkt.