Bader Al-Mutawa

Bader Ahmed al-Mutawa (; born 10 January 1985) is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who plays for Qadsia and the Kuwait national team. He usually operates as a second striker. He wears the jersey number 17 for both club and country. Al-Mutawa is the second-most-capped international player behind Cristiano Ronaldo. Club career Al-Mutawa was born in Kuwait City. His performance for both club and national teams lead to him being nominated for best Asian player in 2006 and 2010, though Al-Mutawa did not win the prize. He was awarded the Kuwaiti league's top scorer for local players in the 2008–09 season with 10 goals. On 23 July 2012, he began training with Nottingham Forest as their new owners, the Al-Hasawi family, arranged a one-month trial for the striker. He impressed manager Sean O'Driscoll enough that the club were looking to sign him on a permanent basis but he was denied a work permit and the club wasn't able to sign him.