Taisir Al-Jassim

Taiseer Al Jassam
Personal information
Full name Taiseer Jaber Al-Jassam
Date of birth (1984-07-25) July 25, 1984
Place of birth Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al-Ahli
Number 8
Youth career
1995–2003 Hajer Club
2003–2004 Al-Ahli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004– Al-Ahli 220 (60)
2007 → Al-Gharafa (loan) 14 (2)
2009 → Qatar SC (loan) 2 (1)
National team‡
2004– Saudi Arabia 113[1] (17)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:18, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Taiseer Jaber Al-Jassam (Arabic: تيسير جابر الجاسم‎‎, born 25 July 1984) is a Saudi football player who currently captains Al-Ahli, He also plays for the Saudi Arabia national football team.

Since his debut in 2006, Taiseer has been a regular on the squads of both his club team and the national team. Taiseer is a key player, and considered one of the best players in Saudi Arabia in the last 10 years.

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 winning 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.

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.[2]

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.

International goals

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[1]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 June 2007 Kallang, Singapore  Singapore 2–0 2–1 Friendly
2 18 July 2007 Palembang, Indonesia  Bahrain 3–0 4–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup
3 4–0
4 2 November 2007 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Namibia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
5 9 November 2007 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Estonia 1–0 2–0
6 26 May 2009 Doha, Qatar  Qatar 1–0 1–2
7 9 October 2010 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Uzbekistan 3–0 4–0
8 9 January 2011 Al Rayyan, Qatar  Syria 1–1 1–2 2011 AFC Asian Cup
9 15 November 2013 Dammam, Saudi Arabia  Iraq 1–0 2–1 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10 8 September 2014 London, England  Australia 2–3 2–3 Friendly
11 3 September 2015 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Timor-Leste 5–0 7–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 8 September 2015 Shah Alam, Malaysia  Malaysia 1–1 3–0[upper-alpha 1]
13 17 November 2015 Dili, East Timor  Timor-Leste 7–0 10–0
14 24 March 2016 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Malaysia 2–0 2–0
15 29 March 2016 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–1
16 24 August 2016 Doha, Qatar  Laos 1–0 4–0 Friendly
17 6 October 2016 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Australia 1–0 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

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

Notes

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Detailed Statistics for Taisir Al-Jassim"
  2. ↑ Al-Jasim's Image
  3. ↑ "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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