Nasser Al-Shamrani

Nasser Al-Shamrani
Personal information
Full name Nasser Ali Al-Shamrani
Date of birth (1983-02-23) February 23, 1983
Place of birth Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Al-Shabab
Number 15
Youth career
2000–2004 Al-Wehda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Al-Wehda 56 (20)
2006 → Al-Shabab (loan) 6 (3)
2007–2013 Al-Shabab 123 (87)
2013–2017 Al-Hilal 75 (45)
2017 → Al Ain (loan) 10 (8)
2017– Al-Shabab 21 (7)
National team‡
2005–2018 Saudi Arabia 78 (19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 February 2018

Nasser Al-Shamrani (Arabic: ناصر الشمراني‎) (born 23 November 1983) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for Al-Shabab and the Saudi Arabia national team as a forward. Often considered one of the most versatile, effective Saudi Arabian strikers of all time, he has won the Asian Footballer of the Year award in 2014.

Club Career

Al-Wehda

Nasser began at the age of 20 playing with Al-Wehda's first team, in the 2003-04 season. He was young then, but with his teammate, Essa Al-Mehyani, were the main strikers in Al-Wehda. Even though Al-Wehda had talented young strikers, but Nasser could not win any tournament with Al-Wehda, and the highest rank they achieved in the Saudi Premier League was 3rd place in the 2006-2007 season.

Al-Shabab

During the 2005-2006 season, Al-Shabab decided to try Nasser out, and had a deal with Al-Wehda for a loan in the middle of the season, till the end of the season. Al-Wehda accepted because at that time Al-Wehda had no chance of competing in all of the local tournaments. During these couple of months, Nasser was able to prove his worth as a striker. He scored 4 goals in the AFC Champions League, which helped Al-Shabab qualify to the quarterfinals that year. In the league, he scored 3 goals, one which was the third goal in the Saudi Premier League final against Al-Hilal, which ended 3-0. After the end of the season, Al-Shabab were impressed by his performance, and tried sign a contract with him, but Al-Wehda refused and by the 2006-2007 season he returned to Al-Wehda.

Nasser had one of his best seasons with Al-Wehda, he was able to score 9 goals in the Saudi Premier League. He helped his team reach the 3rd rank in the league, even though he did not score any goal in the golden play-off games against Al-Shabab and Al-Ittihad. By the end of the season, Al-Wehda went through a financial problem. Al-Shabab soon noticed this and offered 13 million riyals for Nasser. Al-Wehda accepted, and Nasser moved to Al-Shabab by the beginning of the 2007-2008 season.

In July 2007, he signed a contract with Al-Shabab for 13 million riyals for 5 seasons. Nasser's move to Al-Shabab was anticipated by many Al-Shabab fans. But he began the season dry, without scoring any goal in the league. By the 6th round in the Saudi Premier League, he started his scoring with a hattrick in Al-Qadisiya. He then continued his score frenzy continually in every game by scoring 1 goal against Al-Watani, 1 against Al-Nasr, 2 against Al-Ittihad, 1 against Al-Ta'ee, 1 against Al-Ahli, 1 against Al-Wehda, and 2 against Najran SC. He was able to be the first in the league goalscorers, with 12 goals, but his teammate in Al-Wehda, Eisa Al-Mehyani, was closing the gap. After 3 rounds in the league, and the semi-final games against Al-Hilal in the Crown Prince Cup, Nasser could not score a goal. This has caused him to go behind in the league goalscorer's as Eisa Al-Mehyani was able to score 13 goals, and also Al Hasan Al-Yami with 13 goals.

By the end of the season, Nasser was able to score 18 goals with Al Shabab, and won the Saudi Premier League's top goal scorer. This is the first time for Nasser Al-Shamrani to win the goalscorer of the Saudi League.

Al-Hilal

On 30 June 2013, he agreed to a three-year deal with the club of the century in Asia Al-Hilal. After losing the 2014 Asian Champions League final, he spat at Western Sydney Wanderers player Matthew Spiranovic before attempting to headbutt him.[1][2] As a result of his conduct, Al-Shamrani was handed an 8 match Champions League ban from the Asian Football Confederation.[3][4][5]

Al Ain (loan)

In 2017, it was reported that Nasser joined United Arab Emirates' side Al Ain FC in a 2 millions Dhs deal for a six-month loan contract. This was his first experience playing outside Saudi Arabia, and in one of the most successful clubs in Asia. In his third match against Al Ahli FC he assisted a goal in minute 91 which helped Al Ain FC to win in the classico.

Return to Al-Shabab

On summer 2017, he returned to Al-Shabab.

Statistics

As of 12 May 2018
Club Season League Cup ACL Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Wehda 2003–04 162----162
2004–05 13322--155
2005–06 94----94
Al-Shabab (loan) 2005–06 63--53116
Al-Wehda 2006–07 181132--2113
Al-Wehda Total 562054006124
Al-Shabab 2007–08 191869--2527
2008–09 201254663126
2009–10 14911--1510
2010–11 2317231133523
2011–12 252142--2923
2012–13 221044833417
Total 1238722232512170122
Al-Hilal 2013–14 262132873730
2014–15 221387743524
2015–16 1545330237
2016–17 1274000167
Al-Ain (loan) 2016–17 108--531511
Al Hilal Total 75452012181111168
Al-Shabab 2017–18 21721--238
Career Total 29117049405329393239

International career

On 30 December 2014, Al-Shamrani pushed a fan prior to Saudi Arabia's 4–1 loss to Bahrain and later missed the 2015 AFC Asian Cup due to "injury".[6] In March 2015 Al-Shamrani received an 8-game ban for spitting at, and then attempting to headbutt Australian player Matthew Spiranovic.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[8]

As of 17 January 2017

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
129 January 2005King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Turkmenistan1–01–0Friendly
212 August 2009Al-Saada Stadium, Salalah, Oman Oman1–21–2Friendly
39 September 2009King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Bahrain1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
414 October 2009Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia Tunisia1–01–0Friendly
514 November 2009Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Belarus1–11–1Friendly
613 July 2011Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Jordan1–11–1 (4–3 p)Fox International Quartet Championship
723 July 2011Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Hong Kong1–03–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
83–0
928 July 2011Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong Hong Kong3–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
106 September 2011Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Australia1–21–32014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1129 February 2012AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia Australia2–12–42014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1215 October 2013Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Iraq2–02–02015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1315 November 2013Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Iraq2–12–12015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1416 November 2014King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Bahrain1–03–02014 Gulf Cup of Nations
1523 November 2014King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates1–03–22014 Gulf Cup of Nations
166 October 2016King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Australia2–22–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
1717 January 2017Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Cambodia1–17–2Friendly
182–1
193–1

Honors

Club

Al-Shabab
Al-Hilal

International

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Hassett, Sebastian (2 November 2014). "Nasser Al-Shamrani spits at Western Sydney Wanderers' Matthew Spiranovic". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ↑ "Furious Al-Hilal demand AFC investigation". ABC News. 4 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  4. ↑ "Al Shamrani banned for 8 matches for spitting". The Washington Times.
  5. ↑ "Wanderers coach Tony Popovic banned and fined for on-field altercation". the Guardian. 6 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Saudi star Nasser Al-Shamrani in altercation with fan in Asian Cup warmup". the Guardian. 31 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Saudi Arabia recall striker Nasser Al-Shamrani for crucial clash with Socceroos". Fox Sports. 4 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Al-Shamrani, Nasser". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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