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Taisir Al-Jassam
Personal information
Full name Taiseer Jaber Al-Jassam
Date of birth (1984-07-25) 25 July 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1995–2003 Hajer Club
2003–2004 Al-Ahli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2019 Al-Ahli 256 (63)
2007 → Al-Gharafa (loan) 14 (2)
2009 → Qatar SC (loan) 2 (1)
2018–2019 → Al-Wehda (loan) 8 (1)
2019–2020 Al Naser 10 (1)
International career‡
2004–2018 Saudi Arabia 134 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:05, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:01, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Taisir Jaber Al-Jassam (Arabic: تيسير جابر الجاسم, born 25 July 1984) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Al-Jassim was the former captain of Al-Ahli and the vice-captain of the Saudi Arabian national team. He retired from the Saudi Arabian national team in 2018.

Since his debut in 2006, Taiseer has been a regular on the squads of both his club team and the national team.

Club career

Al-Ahli

Taiseer Al-Jassim helped Al-Ahli win the Saudi Federation Cup and the Saudi Crown Prince Cup in 2007 after scoring a goal in the final match with Ittihad FC club. He also won with his team the Gulf Cup for clubs in front of Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia 2008. He was instrumental also in his involvement in leading Al-Ahli to the Final game AFC Champions League 2012; he also led Al-Ahli to win the King Cup of Champions in 2011 and 2012.

Loan to Al-Gharafa

He was loaned to Al-Gharafa in 2007. He made a quick impact with the Qatar Stars League runners-up as he scored a goal and created another in the Emir Cup before returning to Al-Ahli.

Loan to Qatar SC

In the Emir Cup 2009, Taiseer scored a goal to[clarification needed] Al-Rayyan and they were knockout by penalty kicks 3–3 (4–2) before returning to Al-Ahli at the end of the tournament.

Loan to Al-Wehda

On 19 August 2018, Al-Jassim was loaned to fellow Pro League Al-Wehda until the end of the 2018–19 season.[2]

International career

2007 AFC Asian Cup

He participated with the Saudi team in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup as a key player in the feet[clarification needed] and the level of the tournament, where he scored two goals against the Bahrain national football team. He was in the youth team in the tournament, which reached the final before the Iraq national football team and was one of four players with Malek Mouath, Yasser Al-Qahtani and Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani.

2009 Gulf Cup of Nations

He also participated in the 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations for the Saudi Arabia national football team, who reached the final against the Oman national football team. However, Al-Jassam's shot was wide of the post in the penalty shoot-out, the match ending 0–0, ultimately giving Oman the trophy by winning the penalties 6–5.

2011 AFC Asian Cup

Al-Jassim scored a goal against the Syria national football team in the 2011 Asian Cup, with Saudi Arabia losing 1–2. Saudi Arabia did not collect any points, so went out in the group stage.[3]

2015 AFC Asian Cup

Al-Jassim scored to[clarification needed] Iraq and his Saudi Arabia National Team won 2–1, and he helped them qualify for the Asian Cup in 2015.

2018 World Cup

On 19 December 2017, he announced his intentions to retire after the end of the 2018 World Cup.[4] In May 2018 he was named in Saudi Arabia’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[5] He made 2 appearances in the World Cup before his tournament ended prematurely due to injury.

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 20 June 2018.[6]
Saudi Arabia
Year Apps Goals
2004 1 0
2005 13 0
2006 4 0
2007 14 5
2008 3 0
2009 16 1
2010 9 1
2011 13 1
2012 4 0
2013 9 1
2014 11 1
2015 9 3
2016 8 4
2017 10 0
2018 10 2
Total 134 19

International goals

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[7][6]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 June 2007 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore  Singapore 2–0 2–1 Friendly
2. 18 July 2007 Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia  Bahrain 3–0 4–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup
3. 4–0
4. 2 November 2007 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Namibia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
5. 9 November 2007 Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Estonia 1–0 2–0
6. 26 May 2009 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Qatar 1–0 1–2
7. 9 October 2010 Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Uzbekistan 3–0 4–0
8. 9 January 2011 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Syria 1–1 1–2 2011 AFC Asian Cup
9. 15 November 2013 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia  Iraq 1–0 2–1 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10. 8 September 2014 Craven Cottage, London, England  Australia 2–3 2–3 Friendly
11. 3 September 2015 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  East Timor 5–0 7–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12. 8 September 2015 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia  Malaysia 1–1 3–0[A]
13. 17 November 2015 National Stadium, Dili, East Timor  East Timor 7–0 10–0
14. 24 March 2016 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Malaysia 2–0 2–0
15. 29 March 2016 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–1
16. 24 August 2016 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Laos 1–0 4–0 Friendly
17. 6 October 2016 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Australia 1–0 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
18. 26 February 2018 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Moldova 2–0 3–0 Friendly
19. 8 June 2018 BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany  Germany 1–2 1–2

Style of play

Taiseer has been described as intelligent, visionary, technically gifted, with excellent work ethics. His strengths are: shooting, especially long-range shooting, dribbling, and passing. He plays in almost all positions in the midfield but most notably as an attacking midfielder, winger, and as a central midfielder.

Honours

Club

Al-Ahli

Individual

  • Saudi Arabia Footballer of the Year: 2012
  • Al-Ahli Player of the Year: 2011–12
  • Best Saudi Midfielder: 2011–12

Personal life

Taisir is a devout Shia Muslim. He built a Shia mosque and named it Zainab in Al-Hasa. He celebrates Islamic occasions with Sunnis. He is married to a Lebanese woman.He also is the brother of former Saudi player Musfer Al-Jassim

Notes

  1. ^ Malaysia's home match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Saudi Arabia after game was abandoned due to crowd violence.[8]

References

  1. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ "انهت ادارة النادي التوقيع مع النجم الدولي تيسير الجاسم ( اعارة )". 21 August 2018.
  3. ^ Al-Jasim's Image
  4. ^ http://www.kooora.com/?n=654542
  5. ^ "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".
  6. ^ a b Taisir Al-Jassim at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ^ "Detailed Statistics for Taisir Al-Jassim". ksa-team.com. Saudi Team Website. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Crowd trouble halts Malaysia v Saudi Arabia World Cup qualifier". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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