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In 2001, he won his first trophy, Dhivehi League. With Club Valencia, New Radiant, VB Sports Club and PDRM FA, he has won the Dhivehi League ten times, six Maldives FA Cups, four President's Cups, two Maldives Cup Winners' Cups, three Maldivian Charity Shields, two POMIS Cups and one Malaysia Premier League.Īshfaq began his career with Club Valencia, where he played for five years. In November 2003, Ashfaq was honored with the most prestigious awards a Maldivian footballer would get, in the age of 18 – Maldivian Footballer of the Year and Golden Boot Award in 2003 season. He is the first Maldivian footballer to play abroad, and the only player to win a title with a foreign club. In March 2016, Ashfaq scored his 50th goal for Maldives.

He was also named as South Asia's Best Player in 2014 by. He is considered as the best Maldivian footballer ever, most notably when he was named as the 'World's 2nd best top goal scorer' in 2013 by IFFHS.

His trademark style of scoring is beating the defenders and rounding off the keeper to score. A prolific and individualistic goalscorer, he is a free-kick specialist and a clinical finisher. Nicknamed 'Man of Steel' ( Dhivehi: ދަގަނޑޭ, romanized: Dhagandey), he is regarded as one of the best players in the South Asian region.

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*Club domestic league appearances and goalsĪli Ashfaq ( Dhivehi: އަލީ އަޝްފާގު born 6 September 1985) is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Maldives national team.