Hussein Yasser

Hussein Yasser

Personal information
Full name	Hussein Yasser El-Mohammadi Abdulrahman
Date of birth	October 9, 1982 (1982-10-09)
Place of birth	Doha, Qatar
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder Striker
Club information
Current club	Lierse
Number	13
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2002	Al Rayyan	?	(?)
2002–2004	→ Royal Antwerp (loan)	30	(1)
2004–2005	AEL Limassol	16	(4)
2005	Al Sadd	?	(?)
2005–2006	Manchester City	0	(0)
2006–2007	Al Rayyan	?	(?)
2007–2008	Sporting Braga	8	(0)
2008	→ Boavista (loan)	11	(0)
2008-2010	Al-Ahly	20	(1)
2010–2011	Zamalek	33	(8)
2011-	Lierse	13	(0)
National team‡
2002–	Qatar	68	(20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:29, 6 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:29, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Hussein Yasser El-Mohammadi Abdulrahman (Arabic: حسين ياسر المحمدي عبد الرحمن; born 9 October 1982) is a Qatari-Egyptian footballer who plays as a midfielder and striker for Belgian club Lierse and the Qatar national team. His father was an Egyptian footballer who transferred to Qatar as a coach and consequently Hussein was born in Qatar. He is registered by FIFA as a Qatari and not an Egyptian national. His brother, Ahmed Yasser, plays for the Qatar national youth team.

Club career

Manchester City

In August 2005, Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce signed him on the recommendation of former City player Ali Benarbia, who played with Yasser in Qatar. However, Yasser made only one first team appearance, in a League Cup match against Doncaster Rovers. He was released in January 2006. Afterwards, he stated that leaving City was "the biggest mistake of his life".

Q-League

After his Manchester City tenure, Hussein returned to Qatar, playing for Al-Sadd, winning the Qatar Stars League and the Heir Apparent Trophy. In 2006-07, he signed with his previous club, Al-Rayyan, for one season.

Sporting Braga

During the summer of 2007, Hussein signed a deal with Portuguese club Sporting Braga. He became the first Qatari to play in the UEFA Cup. On 4 October 2007, he scored his first goal with his new team in UEFA Cup in a 4-0 him win against Swedish side Hammarby.

Moving to Egypt

In May 2008, Hussein Joined Al Ahly of Egypt, with a 3-year contract. He is legally considered an Egyptian (not Qatari) player in Egypt, despite being registered by FIFA as a Qatari player, because he is also an Egyptian citizen. Thus, he is not considered part of al-Ahly's foreign player quota. Hussein Yasser is represented by Ramy Abbas, legal advisor and licensed players' agent by the Colombian Football Federation. Out of favor for most of the season, he mutually terminated his contract with Al Ahly on January 27, 2010 and paid $300,000 as a compensation. Hours later, he signed a contract for three and a half years with the local rival Zamalek. Yasser signed for Zamalek SC in early 2010. He showed very good form and was highly praised by Zamalek coach, Hossam Hassan. He scored his first goal against El-Entag El-Harby. He scored his second goal against his former club, Al-Ahly, in the Cairo Derby which ended in a 3-3 tie he also scored a great goal in the first seconds of the ahly and zamalek match that ended 3-1 in the Egyptian cup. He would duplicate his achievement one year later by once again scoring in the derby against his former club thus breaking a new record by scoring 3 goals in 3 matches played against Ahly with one goal per game average. After a long legal battle with Zamalek, which involved the club dragging Hussein to FIFA due to the fact that he signed with Belgian club Lierse S.K. when his contract was valid until 2014, he finally escaped Zamalek in the summer. The main cause of his departure from Zamalek was delayed payments.

Lierse

Hussein Yasser made his league debut 22 October in a match against Sint-Truiden after coming on as a substitute for Gonzague Vandooren.

International career

Yasser played in the 2007 Gulf Cup, held in the United Arab Emirates in late January. Qatar team did not win, but Hussein impressed many. There was a request for him to enter one of the Emirati clubs, but he said that he still had a contract with Al-Rayyan and wasn't thinking far into the future for now.

Honours

• Qatar Crown Prince Cup:
  • 2000-01
• Egyptian Premier League:
  • 2008-09, 2009-10
• CAF Super Cup:
  • 2009

External links

• Hussein Yasser at National-Football-Teams.com
• Stats at zerozero.pt (Portuguese)
• Stats at Royal Antwerp F.C. (Dutch)