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Mataz Saleh

Omani footballer, midfield

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ60646577 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mataz Saleh Abd Raboh Bayt Abd Raboh (Arabic: معتز صالح عبد ربه; born 28 May 1996), commonly known as Mataz Saleh, is an Omani footballer who plays for Dhofar in the Oman Professional League and the Oman national football team as a midfielder.

Career

International

Saleh made his debut for the Oman national football team in a friendly match on 8 August 2016 against Turkmenistan. He was included in Oman's squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 December 2018

International goals

Scores and results list Oman's goal tally first.

Editorial summary

“Mataz Saleh” enters the record as omani footballer, midfield. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mataz, Saleh and Omani can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1996, 2016, 2019, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1996-05-28. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mataz, Saleh and Omani.
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Why this record matters

“Mataz Saleh” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mataz, Saleh and Omani provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q60646577. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1996, 2016, 2019 and 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mataz Saleh” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.