Haytham Tambal

Haytham Tambal
Personal information
Full name	Haytham Kamal Mahmoud Tambal
Date of birth	November 28, 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1998	Wad Nubawi SC (Omdurman)
1998–2001	Al-Ahli SC
2002–2006	Al-Hilal Club
2006–2007	Orlando Pirates
2007–2011	Al-Merrikh SC
International career‡
2003–2011	Sudan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11/12/2010; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24/6/2024

Haytham Tambal (born November 28, 1978, in Sudan) is a former Sudanese football striker.^[1] He is the all-time Sudan national football team top scorer. In 2008 in the Sudanese league he scored 21 goals in 20 games^{[citation needed]}. He used to play rivals Al-Hilal Club and Al-Merrikh SC and made a single appearance for South African club, Orlando Pirates.

Honours

clubs

Al-Hilal Club
Sudan Premier League
Champion (3):2003, 2004, 2005
Sudan Cup
Winners (1):2004
Al-Merrikh SC
Sudan Premier League
Champion(1):2008
Sudan Cup
Winner(3):2007, 2008, 2010

National

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	29 March 2003	Omdurman, Sudan	Benin	1–0	3–0	2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.	29 March 2003	Omdurman, Sudan	Benin	3–0	3–0	2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.	17 September 2003	Sanaa, Yemen	Yemen	1–1	2–3	Friendly
4.	19 September 2003	Sanaa, Yemen	Yemen	1–0	2–1	Friendly
5.	12 October 2003	Khartoum, Sudan	Eritrea	1–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	12 December 2004	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Kenya	2–2	2–2	2004 CECAFA Cup
7.	14 December 2004		Uganda	1–0	2–1
8.	18 December 2004		Somalia	3–0	4–0
9.	24 December 2004		Kenya	1–0	2–1
10.	24 December 2004		Kenya	2–0	2–1
11.	27 March 2005	Yaounde, Cameroon	Cameroon	1–1	1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.	22 May 2005	Khartoum, Sudan	Chad	2–0	4–1	Friendly
13.	22 May 2005	Khartoum, Sudan	Chad	4–1	4–1	Friendly
14.	5 June 2005	Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	1–5	1–6	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.	17 August 2005	Omdurman, Sudan	Benin	1–0	1–0
16.	8 October 2005	Omdurman, Sudan	Ivory Coast	1–3	1–3
17.	29 November 2005	Kigali, Rwanda	Somalia	4–1	4–1	2005 CECAFA Cup
18.	5 December 2005	Kigali, Rwanda	Djibouti	4–0	4–0	2005 CECAFA Cup
19.	3 September 2006	Khartoum, Sudan	Seychelles	2–0	3–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
20.	3 September 2006		Seychelles	3–0	3–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
21.	24 December 2006		Mauritania	2–0	2–0	Friendly
22.	16 June 2007	Victoria, Seychelles	Seychelles	2–0	2–0	2008 African Cup of Nations qualification
23.	14 June 2008	Khartoum, Sudan	Mali	3–1	3–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
24.	6 September 2008	Cairo, Egypt	Chad	1–1	1–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification