Hamad Al-Montashari

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Personal information
Hamad Al-Montashari
Full name	Hamad Al-Montashari
Date of birth	June 22, 1982 (1982-06-22) (age 25)
Place of birth	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Height	181cm
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Al-Ittihad
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-	Al-Ittihad
National team²
2002-	Saudi Arabia	35 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Hamad Al-Montashari (Arabic: حمد المُنتشري) (born June 22, 1982) is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player for Al-Ittihad. Al-Montashari, a defender, was declared the 2005 Asian Football Player of the Year, defeating Uzbekistan and FC Dynamo Kyiv striker Maksim Shatskikh. With Al-Ittihad, Al-Montashari has won the 2004 and 2005 AFC Champions Leagues. In 2006 he had a trial with Manchester side pub side Bar XS but 7 starts and no goals saw him move on to The Turnpike FC based in the Withington area where similar stats saw him spending more time on the fruit machines, of which he is a skilled player.

Preceded by Ali Karimi	Asian Footballer of the Year 2005	Succeeded by Khalfan Ibrahim

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Al-Ittihad (Jeddah) – current squad

1 Zaid • 2 Dokhi • 3 Keita • 4 Tukar • 5 Jamaan • 6 Al-Owairan • 7 Ameen • 8 Abushgeer • 9 Idris • 10 Wagner • 11 Reinaldo • 12 Al-Aboud • 13 Al-Muwallad • 14 Khariri • 16 Al-Saeed • 17 Al-Otaibi • 18 Noor • 19 Al-Saqri • 20 Haidar • 21 Al-Montashari • 22 Malayekah • 23 Al-Waked • 24 Suhail • 25 Al-Antaif • 26 Naif • 27 Suwayed • 28 Al-Merqeb • 29 Al-Eissa • 30 Al-Nemri

v • d • e Saudi Arabia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Al‑Deayea • 2 Dokhi • 3 Tukar • 4 Al‑Montashari • 5 Al‑Qadi • 6 Al‑Ghamdi • 7 Ameen • 8 Noor • 9 Al‑Jaber • 10 Al‑Shalhoub • 11 Al‑Harthi • 12 Khathran • 13 Sulaimani • 14 Khariri • 15 Al‑Bahri • 16 Aziz • 17 Al‑Bishi • 18 Al‑Temyat • 19 Massad • 20 Al‑Qahtani • 21 Zaid • 22 Khouja • 23 Mouath • Coach: Paquetá