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Al-Mutawa surpasses Hassan to become most-capped player in men’s international football

The Blue Wave’s skipper has overtaken the African legend to top the list of players with the most caps at the national team level

Kuwait captain Bader Al-Mutawa has eclipsed Ahmed Hassan to set the record for the most international appearances made by a player in football history.

The 36-year-old had equalled the African football legend’s feat having earned his 184th cap in the Blue Wave’s 2-1 win over Chinese Taipei in a 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier played on June 15.

The Kuwait Football Association went on social media to felicitate with the former Qadsia and Al Nassr goal machine following that achievement.