Taisir Al-Jassim

{{short description|Saudi Arabian footballer (born 1984)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Taiseer Al-Jassim

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Taiseer Jaber Abdulmohsen Al-Jassim

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|7|25}}

| birth_place = Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia

| height = 1.69 m{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=19 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1995–2001

| youthclubs1 = Hajer Club

| youthyears2 = 2001–2003

| youthclubs2 = Al-Ahli

| years1 = 2002–2019

| years2 = 2007

| years3 = 2009

| years4 = 2018–2019

| years5 = 2019–2020

| clubs1 = Al-Ahli

| clubs2 = → Al-Gharafa (loan)

| clubs3 = → Qatar SC (loan)

| clubs4 = → Al-Wehda (loan)

| clubs5 = Al-Nasr (Kuwait)

| caps1 = 472

| caps2 = 2

| caps3 = 2

| caps4 = 8

| caps5 = 10

| goals1 = 64

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 2

| nationalteam1 = Saudi Arabia

| nationalcaps1 = 134

| nationalgoals1 = 19

| nationalyears1 = 2004–2018

| pcupdate = 21:05, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 17:01, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

}}

Taiseer Jaber Abdulmohsen Al-Jassim ({{langx|ar|تَيْسِير جَابِر عَبْد الْمُحْسِن الْجَاسِم}}, can also be spelled as Taisir Al-Jassim, born 25 July 1984) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of Al-Ahli Saudi FC and vice-captain of the Saudi Arabia national team. He retired from international football in 2018 and from all levels of football as a player in 2020.

Club career

=Al-Ahli=

Taiseer started his career at Hajer before joining Al-Ahli on 19 June 2001.{{cite web |title=لاعب هجر تيسير الجاسم ينتقل للأهلي |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2001/20010619/t/sp4.htm}} His older brother Misfer also joined Al-Ahli from Hajer before his signing. He made his debut for Al-Ahli on 18 October 2002 in the Federation Cup final against Al-Ettifaq.{{cite web |title=بهاتريك الباشا... ضاع الاهلي وتلاشى|date=19 October 2002|url=https://www.alyaum.com/articles/25027/%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7-%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%89}} He made his league debut on 31 October 2002 in the 4–0 win against Al-Ettifaq.{{cite web |title=بالمشعل والواكد وحسين.. الأهلي يخزي العين |date=November 2002|url=https://www.alyaum.com/articles/28060/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9}} On 26 February 2005, Taiseer scored his first goal for Al-Ahli in the 3–2 derby loss against Al-Ittihad.{{cite web |title=الاتحاد جدَّد تفوقه على الأهلي |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2005/20050227/sp1s.htm}} On 8 March 2005, Taiseer made his continental debut and scored once for Al-Ahli in the 2005 AFC Champions League against Iraqi side Al-Zawraa.{{cite web |title=مدرب الأهلي راض عن فوز فريقه على الزوراء |date=9 March 2005|url=https://lym.news/a/251806}} On 6 October 2005, Taiseer appeared in his second Federation Cup final for Al-Ahli in the 2–0 loss against Al-Hilal.{{cite web |title=في دقيقتين.. حسمها الزعيم بهدفين |date=7 October 2005|url=https://www.alyaum.com/articles/317503/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2}} On 27 December 2005, Taiseer scored his first hat-trick for Al-Ahli against Abha in the Round of 16 of the 2005–06 Saudi Crown Prince Cup.{{cite web |title=المنطق فرض نفسه في ثُمن النهائي لمسابقة كأس ولي العهد |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2005/20051228/sp1s.htm}} On 7 April 2006, he started the 2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final which ended in a 1–0 defeat against Al-Hilal.{{cite web |title=الهلال يهزم الأهلي ويتوج بطلاً لكأس ولي العهد السعودي |date=8 April 2006 |url=https://www.albayan.ae/five-senses/2006-04-09-1.907851}} On 9 February 2007, Taiseer appeared in his third Federation Cup in the 3–0 win Al-Ittihad.{{cite web |title=تألق الأخضر وأعاد للأذهان تاريخه مع المجد |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2007/20070210/sp35.htm}} Two months later on 27 April 2007, Taiseer started and scored in the 2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final against Al-Ittihad to help Al-Ahli win their fifth title.{{cite web |title=كأس ولي العهد بين (اتحاد) متحفز و(أهلي) جريح |url=http://www.alriyadh.com/245113}} On 8 May 2007, Taiseer was loaned out to Qatari side Al-Gharafa and appeared twice and scored once in the Emir Cup, as Al-Gharafa were eliminated in the semi-finals.{{cite web |title=الغرافة القطري يتعاقد مع السعودي تيسير الجاسم |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2007%2F05%2F08%2F34243}}

On 3 December 2008, Taiseer appeared in his sixth cup final for Al-Ahli but this time in the Gulf Club Champions Cup against Saudi side Al-Nassr. Al-Ahli defeated Al-Nassr 3–0 on aggregate to win their third title.{{cite web |title=الأهلي أربك النصر من البداية |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2008/20081204/sp49.htm}} On 8 May 2009, Taiseer joined Qatar SC on loan to participate in the Emir Cup, he made two appearances and scored once as his team were eliminated in the semi-finals once again.{{cite web |title=الجاسم يلتحق بقطر معارا... ومغادرة مدرب الاهلي واجانبه |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2009/20090508/sp55.htm}} On 9 October 2009, Taiseer signed a new four-year contract with Al-Ahli.{{cite web |title=الأهلي يجدد عقد الجاسم لأربع سنوات |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/465051}} On 24 June 2011, Taiseer helped Al-Ahli win their eleventh King Cup title after defeating Al-Ittihad 4–2 on penalties.{{cite web |title=الأهلي عاد للذهب والاتحاد خرج من الموسم صفر اليدين |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2011/20110625/sp30.htm}} During the 2011–12 and 2012–13 season, Taiseer played an instrumental role in leading Al-Ahli to the 2012 AFC Champions League Final and also finishing as runners-up in the 2011–12 Saudi Professional League. He also started the 2012 King Cup Final win against Al-Nassr.{{cite web |title=بحضور الملك.. الأهلي بطل الأبطال|date=19 May 2012|url=https://www.aleqt.com/2012/05/19/article_658097.html}} Following the departure of Mohammad Massad in January 2013, Taiseer was named as club captain. On 6 December 2013, Taiseer renewed his contract with Al-Ahli for another four years.{{cite web |title=الأهلي يجدد عقد الجاسم بـ 32 مليون ريال لمدة 4 مواسم |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/890301}} On 13 February 2015, Taiseer captained Al-Ahli in the 2–1 win against Al-Hilal in the 2015 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final.{{cite web |title=الأهلي يهزم الهلال ويتوج بطلاً لكأس ولي العهد |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1021613}} During the 2015–16 season, Taiseer captained Al-Ahli to their first league title since the 1983–84 season.{{cite web |title=تيسير الجاسم لاعب الأهلي: بين الشوطين سر فوزنا على الهلال |url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A9/380191/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84}}

=Loan to Al-Wehda=

On 19 August 2018, Taiseer was loaned to fellow Pro League Al-Wehda until the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|title=انهت ادارة النادي التوقيع مع النجم الدولي تيسير الجاسم ( اعارة ) |url=https://twitter.com/alwehdaclub1/status/1031186831797374976|date=21 August 2018}} His loan was ended early on 26 January 2019 and Taiseer returned to Al-Ahli.{{cite web |title=الأهلي يعلن عودة تيسير الجاسم‎|date=26 January 2019|url=https://al-ain.com/article/alahli-mbs-tayseer-aljasem-alwahda}}

=Al-Nasr=

On 4 September 2019, Taiseer joined Kuwait Premier League side Al-Nasr.{{cite web |title=رسمياً.. النصر الكويتي يوقع مع تيسير الجاسم |date=4 September 2019|url=https://www.okaz.com.sa/sport/na/1744950}} He became the first Saudi player since Jamal Farhan to play in the Kuwait Premier League. On 2 July 2020, Al-Nasr ended Taiseer's contract early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait.{{cite web |title=النصر الكويتي ينهي تعاقده مع تيسير الجاسم |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2020/20200702/sp21.htm}}

International career

=2007 AFC Asian Cup=

Taiseer represented Saudi Arabia at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and scored two goals against Bahrain, as his team reached the final before losing to Iraq.

=19th Arabian Gulf Cup=

He also participated in the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2009 and reached the final against Oman. However, he was the only player to miss in the decisive penalty shoot-out after the match ended 0-0, ultimately giving Oman the trophy after a 6-5 win.

=2011 AFC Asian Cup=

Taiseer scored a goal for Saudi Arabia against Syria at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, but it wasn't enough as his team lost 2-1 and exited the tournament from the group stage.[http://www.afcasiancup.com/shared/media/images/players/KSA_1371_17.jpg Al-Jasim's Image]

=2015 AFC Asian Cup=

Taiseer scored in Saudi Arabia's 2-1 win against Iraq to help them qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

=2018 World Cup=

On 19 December 2017, after Saudi Arabia qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he announced his intentions to retire after the end of the tournament.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/?n=654542|title = كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول| date=9 July 2019 }}{{cite web|title= World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/440833652018}} He made 2 appearances in the World Cup before his tournament ended prematurely due to injury.

Style of play

Taiseer has been described as intelligent and technically gifted with excellent work ethics. Long-range shooting, dribbling and passing are his strong points. He played in almost all midfield positions, most notably as an attacking midfielder, a winger or a central midfielder.

Personal life

Taiseer's older brother Misfer was also a footballer who played for Hajer and Al-Ahli.{{cite web |title=تيسير مع شقيقه |date=6 May 2007|url=https://www.alyaum.com/articles/486269/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B4%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%87}} Taiseer is married to a Lebanese woman.{{cite web |title=فيديو وصور.. زفاف لاعب المنتخب السعودي تيسير الجاسم |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/saudi-today/2018/07/14/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85}} He belongs to the Shia minority of Saudi Arabia and helped build a Shia mosque in his hometown.

Career statistics

=Club=

As of 1 May 2020.{{cite web |title=TAISIR AL JASSIM |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/taisir-al-jassim/10947/}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

! colspan="2" | National Cup{{efn|Includes King Cup, Emir of Qatar Cup and Kuwait Emir Cup}}

!colspan="2"|League Cup{{efn|Includes Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Qatar Crown Prince Cup and Kuwait Crown Prince Cup}}

!colspan="2"|Asia

!colspan="2"|Arab/Gulf

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan=18|Al-Ahli

|2002–03

|Saudi Premier League

|2

0colspan=2|—00colspan=2|—001{{efn|name=FA|Appearances in Saudi Federation Cup}}030
2003–04

|Saudi Premier League

|14

0colspan=2|—40colspan=2|—1104{{efn|name=FA}}0330
2004–05

|Saudi Premier League

|11

1colspan=2|—104112000282
2005–06

|Saudi Premier League

|15

1colspan=2|—53colspan=2|—colspan=2|—2{{efn|name=FA}}1225
2006–07

|Saudi Premier League

|17

2colspan=2|—52colspan=2|—1002{{efn|name=FA}}0344
2007–08

|Saudi Premier League

|18

1000010colspan=2|—2{{efn|name=FA}}1212
2008–09

|Saudi Pro League

|19

32010colspan=2|—20colspan=2|—243
2009–10

|Saudi Pro League

|10

0103030colspan=2|—colspan=2|—170
2010–11

|Saudi Pro League

|21

35020colspan=2|—colspan=2|—colspan=2|—283
2011–12

|Saudi Pro League

|25

94111112colspan=2|—colspan=2|—4113
2012–13

|Saudi Pro League

|22

55011101colspan=2|—colspan=2|—387
2013–14

|Saudi Pro League

|24

75131colspan=2|—colspan=2|—colspan=2|—329
2014–15

|Saudi Pro League

|25

3105083colspan=2|—colspan=2|—396
2015–16

|Saudi Pro League

|25

2404140colspan=2|—colspan=2|—373
2016–17

|Saudi Pro League

|23

3502091colspan=2|—1{{efn|name=SC|Appearances in Saudi Super Cup}}0404
2017–18

|Saudi Pro League

|11

110colspan=2|—51colspan=2|—colspan=2|—172
2018–19

|Saudi Pro League

|8

100colspan=2|—3000colspan=2|—111
colspan="2"|Total

!290

4233237958935012246564
Al-Gharafa (loan)

|2006–07

|Qatar Stars League

|0

02100colspan=2|—colspan=2|—colspan=2|—21
Qatar (loan)

|2008–09

|Qatar Stars League

|0

02100colspan=2|—colspan=2|—colspan=2|—21
Al-Wehda (loan)

|2018–19

|Saudi Pro League

|8

110colspan=2|—colspan=2|—colspan=2|—colspan=2|—91
Al-Nasr

|2019–20

|Kuwait Premier League

|10

11020colspan=2|—colspan=2|—3{{efn|name=KFA|Appearances in Kuwait Federation Cup}}2163
colspan=3|Career total

!308

4439439958935015449470

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=International=

:Statistics accurate as of match played 20 June 2018.{{NFT player|id=9807}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=3|Saudi Arabia

YearAppsGoals
200410
2005130
200640
2007145
200830
2009161
201091
2011131
201240
201391
2014111
201593
201684
2017100
2018102
Total||134||19

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://ksa-team.com/english/players.php?id=88|title=Detailed Statistics for Taisir Al-Jassim|website=ksa-team.com|publisher=Saudi Team Website|access-date=14 September 2015}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.27 June 2007National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore{{fb|SIN}}align=center | 2–0align=center | 2–1Friendly
2.rowspan=2 | 18 July 2007rowspan=2 | Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesiarowspan=2 | {{fb|BHR}}align=center | 3–0rowspan=2 align=center | 4–0rowspan=2 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup
3.align=center | 4–0
4.2 November 2007King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia{{fb|NAM}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 1–0rowspan=4 | Friendly
5.9 November 2007Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia{{fb|EST}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 2–0
6.26 May 2009Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar{{fb|QAT}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 1–2
7.9 October 2010Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia{{fb|UZB}}align=center | 3–0align=center | 4–0
8.9 January 2011Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar{{fb|SYR}}align=center | 1–1align=center | 1–22011 AFC Asian Cup
9.15 November 2013Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia{{fb|IRQ}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 2–12015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10.8 September 2014Craven Cottage, London, England{{fb|AUS}}align=center | 2–3align=center | 2–3Friendly
11.3 September 2015King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia{{fb|TLS}}align=center | 5–0align=center | 7–0rowspan=5 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.8 September 2015Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia{{fb|MAS}}align=center | 1–1align=center | 3–0{{efn-ua|Malaysia's home match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Saudi Arabia after game was abandoned due to crowd violence.{{cite news |title=Crowd trouble halts Malaysia v Saudi Arabia World Cup qualifier |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/34193170 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=9 September 2015 |access-date=8 October 2016}}}}
13.17 November 2015National Stadium, Dili, East Timor{{fb|TLS}}align=center | 7–0align=center | 10–0
14.24 March 2016King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia{{fb|MAS}}align=center | 2–0align=center | 2–0
15.29 March 2016Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates{{fb|UAE}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 1–1
16.24 August 2016Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar{{fb|LAO}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 4–0Friendly
17.6 October 2016King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia{{fb|AUS}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 2–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.26 February 2018King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia{{fb|MDA}}align=center | 2–0align=center | 3–0rowspan=2|Friendly
19.8 June 2018BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany{{fb|GER}}align=center | 1–2align=center | 1–2

Honours

=Club=

;Al-Ahli

Friendly tournaments

  • Al Jazeera International Cup: 2013

National team

  • Islamic Games Gold Medal 2005
  • Singapore Asian Championship 2007

=Individual=

  • Saudi Professional League Player of the Season: 2011–12{{cite web |title=في جائزة الرياضية للتميز الرياضي: آل سعيد أفضل رياضي.. الفهمي أفضل واعد .. وتيسير أفضل لاعب قدم.. وجائزة الهداف مناصفة بين فيكتور والشمراني |url=https://arriyadiyah.com/413408}}
  • Saudi Professional League Best Midfielder: 2011–12{{cite web |title=ناصر الشمراني يخطف جائزة "القناة الرياضية" لأفضل لاعب في الموسم |url=https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=21&article=676956&issueno=12220#.YD-rIpMzbUo}}
  • Al-Ahli Player of the Year: 2011–12
  • Entering Centennial Club 2015

numbers and priorities

  • The first player to complete 200 matches in the history of the Saudi Professional League.
  • He participated with the Saudi Arabia national team in 134 international matches in an international career that lasted for 14 years.
  • He participated with Al-Ahli in the Saudi Professional League more than 200 matches, scored 46 goals and assisted 44 goals.
  • His contributions to goals with Al-Ahli club reached more than 100 goals, even though he is a midfielder.
  • Al-Ahli's third top scorer in the AFC Champions League, scoring 9 goals.
  • assisted the Saudi Arabia national team in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers with 8 goals and contributed 14 goals in total (The most).
  • Al-Ahli's top scorer for Saudi Arabia national players in the AFC Champions League.
  • Al-Ahli's top scorer for Saudi Arabia national players in the Saudi Professional League.

Notes

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See also

References