About Bader Al-Mutuwa Bader Al-Mutuwa (born January 10, 1985) is a Kuwaiti football player. Al-Mutwa plays for the Kuwaiti Sports Club Team known as the Qadsia Sporting Club, as well as the Kuwait national football team, where he usually operates as a second striker behind fellow Al Qadisiya team mate Khalaf Al Salama or Kuwaiti newcomer Fahad Al-Rashidi. He wears the jersey number 17 for both club and country. Since making his debut for the Kuwaiti national team in 2003 at the age of 18, Al-Mutwa has been one of the rising stars in gulf football. He is considered by many as the most talented Kuwaiti footballer since Bashar Abdullah (who also debuted at the age of 18 years old, in 1996), and is touted as the long term successor for the retired Kuwaiti star.