Abdelkarim Hassan

Abdelkarim Hassan
Personal information
Full nameAbdelkarim Hassan Fadlalla
Date of birth28 August 1993
Place of birthDoha, Qatar
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Al Sadd
Number3
Youth career
2007–2010Al Sadd
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–Al Sadd75(14)
National team
2010–2014Qatar U-205(1)
2011–Qatar U-2317(3)
2010–Qatar30(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Abdelkarim Hassan (born 28 August 1993) is a Qatari footballer who currently plays for Al Sadd as a defender.[1] He also currently plays for the Qatar Olympic team and the Senior national team.

Club career

Abdelkarim graduated from Aspire Academy in 2011.[2]

He was the youngest player to appear in the 2011 AFC Champions League at 17 years old, coming off the bench against Esteghlal.[3] His team subsequently emerged champions of the Champions League that year. He was awarded Young Player of the Year in the 2012–13 Qatar Stars League.[4]

Club career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 24 May 2014[2]

Club Season League League Cup1 League Cup2 Continental3 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al Sadd 2010–11 QSL 1000000100200
2011–12 90006000150
2012–13 183300000213
2013–14 232302070352
Total 6056080170910

1Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.

2Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.

3Includes AFC Champions League.

International career

Youth teams

U20 national team

Abdelkarim scored a goal against UAE U20 in the 10th International Friendship Youth Tournament.[5]

Olympic national team

In a friendly match against the Malaysia U-23 side on 17 June 2012, Abdelkarim sparked a mass melee between the two sides after a two-footed lunge on Mohd Azrif in the 43rd minute. He was duly shown a red card for his challenge. Afterwards, a Malaysian player, Nazmi Faiz, ran half the length of the pitch to confront him, and punched him. Being 5 inches shorter than Abdelkarim, Nazmi's punch turned into nothing more than a push on his chest.[6] Nazmi Faiz was shown a red card, whereas Qatar went on to lose 2–0.[7]

He scored a goal in Qatar's opening game against Maldives in the qualifying stage for the 2014 AFC U-22 Asian Cup.[8]

Senior national team

Abdelkarim made his debut for the senior national team on November 18, 2010 against Haiti.[9]

He was the youngest player to appear in the preliminary squad list for the 2011 Asian Cup at the age of 17 years and 123 days old. He scored Qatar's only goal against Malaysia in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers to ensure Qatar a berth in the Asian Cup.[10] He also scored a goal in Qatar's 4–1 victory against Yemen in the qualifiers.

Though his team lost all their group stage games in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, he was extolled as one of the stars of the tournament. A FIFA.com featured article theorized that he would form the basis of young players who go on to represent Qatar at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[11]

International career statistics

Scores and results list the Qatar's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 31 January 2013 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Lebanon
1–0
1–0
Friendly
2. 7 March 2013 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Egypt
1–1
3–1
3. 15 November 2013 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates  Yemen
2–1
4–1
2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4. 6 November 2014 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar  North Korea
3–0
3–1
Friendly
5. 27 December 2014  Estonia
2–0
3–0
6. 30 March 2015  Slovenia
1–0
1–0

Honours

Club

Al Sadd

International

Qatar

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Player profile". al-saddclub.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Player profile" (in Arabic). superkora.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. ↑ العين الأكثر شباباً بمتوسط 22,8 عام (in Arabic). alittihad.ae. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Al Sadd is the best". al-saddclub.com. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  5. ↑ منتخب الشباب يواجه اليونان في «الصداقة الدولية» الليلة (in Arabic). alittihad.ae. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nazmi loses cool in friendly against Qatar". asiaone.com. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Harimau Muda down Qatar in fiery game marred by free-for-all". thestar.com.my.
  8. ↑ "Match summary". AFC. 23 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Match report" (in Arabic). superkoora.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Abdulkarim goal gives Qatar Asian Cup berth". dohastadiumplusqatar.com. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "Bright new stars light up Asia". FIFA. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

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