Mohammed Kasola

Mohammed Kasola

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-08-13) August 13, 1985
Place of birth	Greater Accra, Ghana
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Center back
Club information
Current team	Al Sadd
Number	66
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2009	Mesaimeer	?	(?)
2009–2010	Al-Khor	23	(1)
2010–	Al Sadd	106	(5)
National team
2010–	Qatar	40	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1/7/2015. † Appearances (goals)

Mohammed Kasola (Arabic: محمد كاسولا‎; born on August 13, 1985 in Accra) is a naturalized Qatari footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al Sadd.

Club career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 21 August 2011^[1]

¹Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.

²Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

International career

He has made his first appearance for the senior Qatar national football team in a friendly match against Slovenia on March 3, 2010.^[2] He scored his first goal in a friendly against Russia in the 4th minute, and also gave his team an early lead in the 6th minute against Vietnam.

Kasola gained nationwide eminence for scoring a late equalizer in the 86th minute against Iran in the third round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.^[3] Qatar, entering the match with a 9-goal advantage of Bahrain, who were 3 points behind them, were trailing 2-1 in the second half of the match held in Iran. Meanwhile, Bahrain, who were beating Indonesia 10-0 in a home match in very controversial circumstances,^[4] looked to go through to the next round until Kasola's goal saved Qatar from elimination. Similarly, there was some controversy over Kasola's goal,^[5] but it was not pursued by FIFA. As a reward for scoring the goal, Kasola received an Arabian camel.^[6]

Goals for senior national team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	March 29, 2011	Doha, Qatar	Russia	1-1	Draw	Friendly
2.	July 23, 2011	Doha, Qatar	Vietnam	3-0	Won	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
3.	February 29, 2012	Tehran, Iran	Iran	2-2	Draw	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
4.	April 17, 2013	Doha, Qatar	Palestine	2-0	Won	Friendly

References

External links

• Mohammed Kasola at National-Football-Teams.com
• Goalzz.com Player Profile

Qatar squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup 1 Burhan 2 Ismail 3 Kasola 4 Quaye 5 Al-Haidos 6 Mohammed 7 Rizik 8 Al-Hamad 9 Marri 10 Yasser 11 Fabio 12 Ahmed 13 Majid 14 Ibrahim 15 Al-Bloushi 16 El-Sayed 17 Al-Sulaiti 18 Al-Ghanim 19 Muftah 20 Afif 21 Mubarak 22 Sheeb 23 Sebastián Coach: Metsu