Abdelkarim Hassan


Abdelkarim Hassan is a Qatari footballer who currently plays for Al Sadd, as a defender. He also currently plays for the Qatar national team.

Club career

Abdelkarim Hassan graduated from Aspire Academy in 2011.
He was the youngest player to appear in the 2011 AFC Champions League at 17 years old, coming off the bench against Esteghlal. His team subsequently emerged champions of the Champions League that year. He was awarded Young Player of the Year in the 2012–13 Qatar Stars League. It was announced in June 2017 that Al Sadd had loaned him to Belgian First Division A side Eupen.
Later on, he won the 2018 Asian Footballer of the Year.

2019 Club World Cup

Abdelkarim played in the round of 16 loss against C.F Monterrey, however they did score with goals from Baghdad Bounedjah and himself. They went to the 5th placed play-off and he was shown a red card.

International career

Youth teams

Abdelkarim scored a goal against UAE U20 in the 10th International Friendship Youth Tournament.
In a friendly match against the Malaysia U-23 side on 17 June 2012, Abdelkarim sparked a mass melee between the two sides after a two-footed lunge on Mohd Azrif in the 43rd minute. He was duly shown a red card for his challenge. Afterwards, a Malaysian player, Nazmi Faiz, ran half the length of the pitch to confront him, and punched him. Being 5 inches shorter than Abdelkarim, Nazmi's punch turned into nothing more than a push on his chest. Nazmi Faiz was shown a red card, whereas Qatar went on to lose 2–0.
He scored a goal in Qatar's opening game against Maldives in the qualifying stage for the 2014 AFC U-22 Asian Cup.

Senior national team

Abdelkarim made his debut for the senior national team on 18 November 2010 against Haiti.
He was the youngest player to appear in the preliminary squad list for the 2011 Asian Cup at the age of 17 years and 123 days old.
He scored Qatar's only goal against Malaysia in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers to ensure Qatar a berth in the Asian Cup. He also scored a goal in Qatar's 4–1 victory against Yemen in the qualifiers.
Though his team lost all their group stage games in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, he was extolled as one of the stars of the tournament. A FIFA.com featured article theorized that he would form the basis of young players who go on to represent Qatar at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
He was named part of Qatar's squad for the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup held in Kuwait in from December 2017 to January 2018.
He was part of Qatar's squad at 2019 AFC Asian Cup which helped them to win their first continental title.

Career statistics

Club career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 24 May 2014
1Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.
2Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.

International goals

. Qatar score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hassan goal.
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
131 January 2013Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar21–01–0Friendly
27 March 2013Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar41–13–1Friendly
315 November 2013Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar182–14–12015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
46 November 2014Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar293–03–1Friendly
527 December 2014Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar352–03–0Friendly
630 March 2015Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar401–01–0Friendly
78 September 2015Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong462–03–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
829 May 2016Stadion Hartberg, Hartberg, Austria521–01–3Friendly
96 June 2017Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar601–02–2Friendly
1013 January 2019Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates786–06–02019 AFC Asian Cup
115 September 2019Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar874–06–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
1229 November 2019Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar941–06–024th Arabian Gulf Cup
1329 November 2019Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar942–06–024th Arabian Gulf Cup
1429 November 2019Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar944–06–024th Arabian Gulf Cup

Honours

Club

;Al-Sadd
;Qatar U-23
;Qatar