Naif Hazazi
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| Full name | Naif Ahmad Hazazi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1989[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Al-Shabab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2006 | Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2013 | Al-Ittihad | 80 | (32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Al-Shabab | 10 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Saudi Arabia U23 | — | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008– | Saudi Arabia | 33 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Naif Hazazi (born 11 January 1989), also nicknamed El Saqr - means The Falcon, is a Saudi Arabian footballer, who plays for Al-Shabab and the Saudi national team as a striker.[2] He was named in the 2012 Asian Squad.
Personal life
Hazazi lives in Jeddah. He recently got engaged to Yemeni Singer Balqees Ahmed Fathi.[3][4][5]
Career
Al-Ittihad
Naif began his career at the Al-Ittihad he was playing for the Al-Ittihad Under-17, but because his forward talent, the Belgian coach Dimitri Davidovic Included him to the first team, He Received an offer from Club Sevilla when he was at International travels, about admiration for his performance, But the deal failed to reject the coach Manuel Jose to keep him with the team.[6]
2006–08
Hazazi starts his first team career in 2006. On 25 January 2007, He played first game with the first team against Al Nassr in Prince Faisal Cup.
On 1 December 2007, Hazazi make his debut in the season as a reserve on late the second half against Al-Hilal. Against Syrian Ittihad-Aleppo He scored the second goal by head in the 42nd minute, The match was ended 3–0 to Al-Ittihad.
2008–09 season
Upon Hamzah's departure from the club, Hazazi inherited his number 9 jersey.[7] On 2008-09 season hazazi established himself as a regular first team player. Hazazi usually entered as a reserve player, On 12 October, First match for Hazazi as a key player He scored the first goal in the match against Al-Shabab to make win 2–1. Hazazi caused of first goal in the game by assist to Aboucherouane to score against Al-Ahli. Emerged his skills, especially, when he scored 2 goals against Al-Watani in a 7–2 victory.
| “ | He has the advantage is not on the level of our stadiums, but in the Arab world, which have great header ability as typical model. | ” |
On 12 April, the final match for Al-Ittihad on the season versus Al-Hilal, Hazazi opened match with a one goal in the 18th minute and finished 2–1. He won his first title league with Al-Ittihad.[8][9] 11 May in away Champions Cup-match, He score a one goal against Al-Hazm as the only goal in the match to make the difference 1–0. On 15 May, He played against Al-Shabab without help to make the victory. He lost 0–4 from Al-Shabab. Hazazi Replaced Renato on AFC Champions League match against Esteghlal. He also played against Al-Jazira, He played against Umm-Salal SC full match and He scored a hat-trick of 7–0.[10] Round of 16, He plays against Al-Shabab, He making the ball to teammate Aboucherouane to Score the second goal in the game.
2009–10 season
he played twice games without any goal. On 26 August, He played against Al-Qadasiya and scored hat-trick on 7–1 won, to become the second hat-trick in his history. Hazazi has been Injured in this season by cruciate ligament. On 28 April, was the comeback match against Zob Ahan, and entered as a substitute in the second half after its improved. On 3 May, Hazazi entered as a reserve on the late minutes, he scored a goal to converted to beat Al-Shabab on last 10 minutes. He played also on the final as a reserve against Al-Hilal he won his first title Champions Cup by penalties finished 5–4.
2010–11 season
In the 2010–11 season, Scoring 12 in 22 matches in the league,[11] In all completions scoring 18 in 39 matches. including 6 matches without any goal in Champions League. On 14 August 2010, Hazazi scored his first goal for the season against Al-Ettifaq, with a strange shot passed through the goalkeeper hands. He scored against Najran SC on Round 4. On 29 August, Hazazi make the third hat-trick in his history against Al-Hazm in a 4–0 won, He assist the 4th goal. He assists the first goal against Al-Ahli, Hazazi replaced in the second half and entered Mohammed Noor because of injury influence. Hazazi played against Al-Raed, He scored the first goal after a powerful shot from outside the penalty area. ended 2-1. Hazazi scored the only goal of his team against Al-Qadasiya and scored another goal correctly ruled out for offside. He scored 2 goals on a match against Al-Shabab but the match ended 2–2. He played against Al Nassr and received the red card before match end, His response was a smile on referee. Hazazi played as a reserve against Al-Faisaly, This is the first time on the season plays as a reserve. He played against Al-Raed, He scored the first goal and caused a penalty kick will be the third goal, that Mabrouk Zaid scored it. Played against Al-Wahda, He scored the second goal to make it 2–1. 15 May, He play the last match on the season against Al-Shabab, Hazazi assist to Mohammed Noor to score the first goal, match is ended 1–1. On Champions Cup. He assist the tie-goal, by passing to Al-Rashid against Al Nassr on away. On Home-match, He scored the tie-goal and qualifying goal. He scored against Al-Hilal a tie-goal, ended 1–1. Hazazi played on the final as a reserve against Al-Ahli, He lost the final by penalties 2–4.
2011–12 season
Hazazi begin his season with 2 goals Against Al-Ansar, scored two goals, and hat-trick goal was canceled.[12] In ACL home match against Jeonbuk Motors FC, he score 2 goals in the first 20 minutes. He lost 3–2.[13] In Away, Hazazi received a red card by the referee in the first minutes.[14] He lost 5–3 in aggregate to Jeonbuk Motors FC. against Al-Shabab, He score the second goal from a penalty. He plays against Al Fateh with a loss 1–2. in Jeddah derby, he lost 3–1 from Al Ahli. Hazazi score the second goal against Al Nasser to win 3–1 in Riyadh, in Away against Al Hilal, score goal from header in last minutes in the second half, to change the match to tie. After landing for the first time this season to sixth place, Hazazi called Ittihad Jeddah to sign his brother Ibrahim to club, who plays for Al Ahli.[15][16] the supporters of the club criticized Hazazi career by problem called Fasting of the scoring, After he moved away from score in the league and competitions.[17] the goal against Al-Faisaly was the comeback goal, Hazazi celebrated after Went bad luck with him. Hazazi scored his first historical goal against Al Ahli,[18] and was the only goal in the game and the winning goal, which caused move Al Ahli away from top of the league.[19] On 20 March 2012, He score two goals against Al-Arabi and received a yellow card for Get out from the stadium and celebrate with club supporters.[20] On 2 May 2012, Hazazi broke Hamza Idris record in Asian Tournaments when he scored his 10th goal against Pakhtakor.[21] Hazazi confirmed the difficulty of the game and said:
This is our response to those who doubted our ability.[22]
On 23 May 2012, He played against Persepolis with a 3–0 won,[23][24][25] he scored the first goal from penalty kick, which caused by teammate Faouzi. and also was injured during the match which he continued the match to the 60th minute till he has been substituted, the tests results proved that injury is a broke of his nose that keep him away for two months.[26][27]
International career
Naif made his international debut at the age of 19. Hazazi make his debut in a friendly against Thailand and score the first goal in his international career in 65th minute. Hazazi also scored two goals in a 4–0 friendly win over Bahrain. On 30 August 2009, he played a friendly match against Malaysia and injured his cruciate ligament, which kept him out of action for a period of time.[28]
2010 World Cup qualification
He was part of the 2010 Saudi Qualification squad. Appear in the fourth round in the tournament with Mouath and Al-Qahtani. Hazazi was able to be in the starting line-up after coach Jose Peseiro decided to rule out Al Qahtani for the qualifiers against Iran and the United Arab Emirates for disciplinary reasons. Al Qahtani's loss was Hazazi's gain, However, the youngster able to make his second qualifying appearance in Tehran against Iran. Only 11 minutes remaining, Hazazi calmly converted the equaliser that ignited one of his country's most famous comebacks in a 2–1 victory.[29] On 1 April 2009 against United Arab Emirates in Riyadh, Saudis were again trailing in the second half against UAE and, despite gaining a fortuitous equaliser through an own goal, Hazazi was a symbol of luck to qualify before the end of the match five minutes with the Winning Golden Header.[30]
2011 AFC Asian Cup
On 9 January 2011, Hazazi in first official match in Asian competition in 1–2 loss against Syria, He entered in 56th minute as substitute in bad experience.[31] he tried to help the attack to score but couldn't against Jordan with a 0–1 loss. in the third match, Motaz Al Mosa came on as a substitute for Naif in the 46th minute, Hazazi apologized for ignoring the sports channels after the end of the game with Japan which ended 0–5 loss.[32]
Style of play
| “ | He has speed, talent and he can score in any situation. If he continues to develop at this rate, he will soon be one of Asia's top players. | ” |
| —Mohammed Noor, speaking about Hazazi | ||
Hazazi's skills emerged at a young age and agree with major players skills. Hazazi has been compared to Chelsea striker Didier Drogba,[33] has also been referred to as a classic centre forward, owing to his excellent heading ability, and his spirit. He is the symbol of the header throws, Dangerous in the air as his head more dangerous than his leg.[34] He is very spirited footballer and also have a determination, have a Good Character. He always looking for the yellow card for the excite the fans after the goal. He has a special celebration is performed after the goal. He received a red card from the most famous accidents as he oppressed. It was one of the most famous ten cases the expulsion of the football history in Saudi Arabia.[35]
Outside football
Hazazi is a very popularity footballer, that fame did not receive his country footballers, Only his teammate Mohammed Noor, also the legend Majed Abdullah. He awarded Al-Riyadia's the most popular footballer. He has signed with Nike for 4-year deal in Dubai to become the first ad for Nike in the Middle East.[36][37] Nike has been selected Hazazi based on his achievements with club and his country despite for his young age. He has also signed other sponsorships from Soccertown, and from Red Bull on 31 May 2012.[38]
He is known for his work for the charitable community service, and became Arab Childhood Ambassador. He and the club owners visited the Abdulateef Jamil Hospital, making a tour of various hospital alongside player Osama Al-Muwallad.[39]
He also participated in a documentary film at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, about the dangers of smoking.[40][41]
In October 2012, he got engaged to Yemeni-Emarati singer Balqees Ahmed Fathi.[42]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Others1 | Total | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saudi Arabia | AJ League | Champions Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Champions League | Others | Total | |||||||
| Al-Ittihad | 2006–07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2008–09 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 14 | |
| 2009–10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 39 | 18 | ||
| 2011–12 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 20 | |
| 2012–13 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 80 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 133 | 60 | |
| Al-Shabab | 2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 2013–14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | |
| Total | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 14 | |
| Career totals | 90 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 149 | 74 | |
- 1Includes Federation Cup.
International
- As of 16 December 2013.[45]
International goalsUnder–23
Senior team
Career totals
HonoursClubWinners
Runner-Up
Individual
References
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