Taisir Al-Jassim

Taiseer Al-Jassam
Personal information
Full name Taiseer Jaber Al-Jassam
Date of birth (1984-07-25) 25 July 1984
Place of birth Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al-Wehda
(on loan from Al-Ahli)
Number 17
Youth career
1995–2003 Hajer Club
2003–2004 Al-Ahli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004– Al-Ahli 248 (62)
2007 → Al-Gharafa (loan) 14 (2)
2009 → Qatar SC (loan) 2 (1)
2018– → Al-Wehda (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2004– Saudi Arabia 134 (19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:05, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:01, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Taiseer Jaber Al-Jassam (Arabic: تيسير جابر الجاسم‎, born 25 July 1984) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Wehda on loan from Al-Ahli and the Saudi Arabian national team. Al-Jassim is the captain of Al-Ahli and the vice-captain of the Saudi Arabian national team.

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 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 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 Iraq and his Saudi Arabia National Team won 2–1, and he helped them qualify for the Asian Cup in 2015.

2018 World Cup

In May 2018 he was named in Saudi Arabia’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[4]

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 20 June 2018.[5]
Saudi Arabia
YearAppsGoals
200410
2005130
200640
2007145
200830
2009161
201091
2011131
201240
201391
2014111
201593
201684
201790
2018112
Total13419

International goals

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[6][5]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 June 2007National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Singapore2–02–1Friendly
2.18 July 2007Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia Bahrain3–04–02007 AFC Asian Cup
3.4–0
4.2 November 2007King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Namibia1–01–0Friendly
5.9 November 2007Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Estonia1–02–0
6.26 May 2009Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Qatar1–01–2
7.9 October 2010Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan3–04–0
8.9 January 2011Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Syria1–11–22011 AFC Asian Cup
9.15 November 2013Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Iraq1–02–12015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10.8 September 2014Craven Cottage, London, England Australia2–32–3Friendly
11.3 September 2015King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Timor-Leste5–07–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.8 September 2015Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia Malaysia1–13–0[upper-alpha 1]
13.17 November 2015National Stadium, Dili, East Timor Timor-Leste7–010–0
14.24 March 2016King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Malaysia2–02–0
15.29 March 2016Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate United Arab Emirates1–01–1
16.24 August 2016Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar Laos1–04–0Friendly
17.6 October 2016King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Australia1–02–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.26 February 2018King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Moldova2–03–0Friendly
19.8 June 2018BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany Germany1–21–2

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 Shia Muslim. He built a Shia mosque and named it Zainab in Al-Hasa. He celebrates Islamic occasions with Sunnis. He is engaged to a Lebanese woman

Notes

  1. ↑ Malaysia's home match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Saudi Arabia after game was abandoned due to crowd violence.[7]

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. ↑ "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".
  5. 1 2 Taisir Al-Jassim at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ↑ "Detailed Statistics for Taisir Al-Jassim". ksa-team.com. Saudi Team Website. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "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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