Yasser Al-Qahtani

Yasser Al-Qahtani
Personal information
Full nameYasser Saeed Al-Qahtani
Date of birth10 October 1982
Place of birthKhobar, Saudi Arabia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Al-Hilal
Number20
Youth career
2000–2003Al-Qadisiya
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2003–2005Al-Qadisiya45(27)
2005–Al-Hilal234(115)
2011–2012→ Al Ain (loan)26(12)
National team‡
2002–2013Saudi Arabia112[1](45)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 January 2013

Yasser Saeed Al-Qahtani (Arabic: ياسر القحطاني‎; born 10 October 1982) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a striker currently plays for Al-Hilal FC in Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabian national team. In 2005, he moved to Al-Hilal for 23 million Saudi riyal.

Club career statistics

Club Season League Crown Prince Cup King Cup ACL Other Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Al-Qadisiya 2002–03 105 20 125
2003–04 179 10 189
2004–05 145 43 21 188
Total 4119 73 21 5023
Al-Hilal 2005–06 137-51-------000188
2006–07 1610-40----61-43-3014
2007–08 1610-43-30-30----2613
2008–09 1610-41-30-52----2813
2009–10 209-42-44-85----3620
2010–11 1611-32----54----2417
2012–13 3013-81-0--92-0--4716
2013–14 165-22-0--72-0--259
Total 14375-3412-114-4316-43-235110-!-
Al-Ain FC 2011–12 127-65-0--0--53-2315
Total 127 65 2315
Career Total 196101-4018-114-4316-117-308148-

Personal Life


Married in 2008 and has a son "Abdulaziz" born in 1/1/2010 .

International career

He played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup where he scored a goal against Tunisia, which marked his great movement and composure in front of goal. He also played in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup where he was named the top goalscorer of the competition. Apart from this, he was the youngest Saudi captain ever, leading the national team to the final, while also being the top scorer in the competition.

Al-Qahtani was ranked highly in The World's Top Goal Scorers 2007 by IFFHS. He currently boasts an impressive 59 goals for Saudi Arabia. He captained Saudi Arabia in the 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations. He helped his teams to reach the final where they lost to hosts Oman on penalties.

Al-Qahtani failed to help Saudi Arabia to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World cup, where Bahrain were able to level the score in the dying moments of the closely contested match.

International goals

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[2]

Honours

Country

Club

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Al-Qahtani, Yasser at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ "Yasser Al-Qahtani – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Bahrain A'ala Hubail
Iran Ali Karimi		 Asian Cup Top scorer
2007
Shared with
Iraq Younis Mahmoud
Japan Naohiro Takahara 		Succeeded by
South Korea Koo Ja-Cheol