Bashar Abdullah

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bashar Abdullah

| image =

| fullname = Bashar Abdullah Salem Abdulaziz

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|10|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kuwait City, Kuwait

| height = {{height|m=1.74}}

| years1 = 1994–2010

| years2 = 1998–1999

| years3 = 2000

| years4 = 2001–2002

| years5 = 2002–2003

| years6 = 2004–2005

| years7 = 2010–2011

| clubs1 = Al-Salmiyah

| clubs2 = → Al-Hilal (loan)

| clubs3 = → Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) (loan)

| clubs4 = → Al Rayyan (loan)

| clubs5 = → Al Ain FC (loan)

| clubs6 = → Al Kuwait (loan)

| clubs7 = Al Kuwait

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = 1987–1994

| youthclubs1 = Al-Salmiyah

| caps1 = 543

| goals1 = 97

| caps2 =

| goals2 = 2

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| caps4 = 16

| goals4 = 8

| caps5 = 1

| goals5 =

| caps6 =

| goals6 = 5

| caps7 =

| goals7 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 1996–2018

| nationalteam1 = Kuwait

| nationalcaps1 = 134

| nationalgoals1 = 75

}}

Bashar Abdullah Abdul Aziz ({{langx|ar|بشار عبد الله سالم عبد العزيز}}; born 12 October 1977) is a Kuwaiti former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a part of the mini revival of Kuwaiti football between 1996 and 1998. His part included winning two Gulf Cups, reaching the semi-finals of the AFC Asian Cup and coming second in the Arab Cup and Asian Olympics. He was also in the national team that reached the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He also helped his club Al-Salmiyah win the league three times and Emir Cup once.

On 26 November 2015, he announced his retirement Friendly match on January 13, 2016, between Al-Salmiya SC and Al-Hilal FC.{{cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/?n=448635&window.pg=1&o=n3004588|title=السالمية الكويتي يستضيف الهلال السعودي في مهرجان اعتزال بشار عبدالله|work=Kooora|language=ar|date=26 November 2015|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012134701/http://www.kooora.com/?n=448635&window.pg=1&o=n3004588|url-status=live}}

On 25 May 2018, he came back to play a testimonial match for Kuwait against Egypt.{{cite web|url=https://alqabas.com/540246/|title=وداعاً بشار عبد الله|work=alqabas|language=ar|date=24 May 2018|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330121420/https://alqabas.com/540246/|url-status=live}}

Club career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Kuwait Emir Cup !colspan="2"\| Kuwait Crown Prince Cup !colspan="2"\| AFC Champions League !colspan="2"\| AFC Cup !colspan="2"\| Arab Club Champions Cup !colspan="2"\| GCC Champions League !colspan="2"\| Al-Khurafi Cup !colspan="2"\| Other !colspan="2"\|Total
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Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
align=center \|rowspan="18" align=center valign=center\|Al-Salmiya \|1994–95 \|rowspan="17"\|KPL	\|9													colspan="2"\|—
1995–96	\|4												3	colspan="2"\|—
1996–97	\|4													colspan="2"\|—
1997–98	\|10		5											colspan="2"\|—
1998–99	\|0						1							colspan="2"\|—
1999–2000	\|18														2
2000–01	\|10												1
2001–02	\|0
2002–03	\|5		2		4
2003–04	\|2
2005–06	\|12				4								2		5
2006–07	\|10		2		3										4		1{{Efn\|Goals in Super ALHassawi}}
2007–08	\|10		1		1								2	colspan="2"\|—
2007–08	\|10													colspan="2"\|—
2007–08	\|10													colspan="2"\|—
2008–09	\|1													colspan="2"\|—
2009–10	\|0													colspan="2"\|—		2{{Efn\|Goals in Kuwait Federation Cup}}
align=center !colspan="2"\|Total !!!97!!!!16!!!!24!!!!1!!!!0!!!!0!!!!8!!!!12!!!!3!!!!161
align=center \|rowspan="4" align=center valign=center\|Kuwait \|2004–05 \|rowspan="3"\|KPL	\|5		0		1	6	2	colspan="2"\|—		1	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—
2009–10	\|1		0		1	colspan="2"\|—	5	1	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—
2010–11	\|1		0		0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—
align=center !colspan="2"\|Total !!!7!!!!0!!!!2!!6!!2!!5!!1!!!!1!!!!0!!!!0!!!!0!!!!13
align=center !colspan="3"\|Career total !!!104!!!!16!!!!26!!!!3!!!!1!!!!1!!!!8!!!!12!!!!0!!!!174

International career

He obtained 134 international caps with his national team, thus entering the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a century of caps. He also scored 75 international goals for Kuwait.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/babdullah-intlg.html |title=Bashar Abdullah Salem Abdulaziz – Century of International Appearances |author=Hussain Mohammed |author2=Roberto Mamrud |website=RSSSF |access-date=2012-03-13 |archive-date=2023-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324185345/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/babdullah-intlg.html |url-status=live }}