Taisir Al-Jassim

Taisir Al-Jassim started his career at Hajer before joining Al-Ahli on 19 June 2001.[2] His older brother Misfer Al-Jassim also joined Al-Ahli from Hajer before Taisir's signing. He made his debut for Al-Ahli on 18 October 2002 in the Federation Cup final against Al-Ettifaq.[3] He made his league debut on 31 October 2002 in the 4–0 win against Al-Ettifaq.[4] On 26 February 2005, Al-Jassim scored his first goal for Al-Ahli in the 3–2 derby loss against Al-Ittihad.[5] On 8 March 2005, Al-Jassim made his continental debut and scored once for Al-Ahli in the 2005 AFC Champions League against Iraqi side Al-Zawraa.[6] On 6 October 2005, Al-Jassim appeared in his second Federation Cup final for Al-Ahli in the 2–0 loss against Al-Hilal.[7] On 27 December 2005, Al-Jassim scored his first hattrick for Al-Ahli against Abha in the Round of 16 of the 2005–06 Saudi Crown Prince Cup.[8] On 7 April 2006, he started the 2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final which ended in a 1–0 defeat against Al-Hilal.[9] On 9 February 2007, Al-Jassim appeared in his third Federation Cup in the 3–0 win Al-Ittihad.[10] Two months later on 27 April 2007, Al-Jassim started and scored in the 2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final against Al-Ittihad to help Al-Ahli win their fifth title.[11] On 8 May 2007, Al-Jassim 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.[12]

On 3 December 2008, Al-Jassim 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.[13] On 8 May 2009, Al-Jassim 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.[14] On 9 October 2009, Al-Jassim signed a new four-year contract with Al-Ahli.[15] On 24 June 2011, Al-Jassim helped Al-Ahli win their eleventh King Cup title after defeating Al-Ittihad 4–2 on penalties.[16] During the 2011–12 and 2012–13 season, Al-Jassim 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.[17] Following the departure of Mohammad Massad in January 2013, Al-Jassim was named as club captain. On 6 December 2013, Al-Jassim renewed his contract with Al-Ahli for another four years.[18] On 13 February 2015, Al-Jassim captained Al-Ahli in the 2–1 win against Al-Hilal in the 2015 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final.[19] During the 2015–16 season, Al-Jassim captained Al-Ahli to their first league title since the 1983–84 season.[20]

On 19 August 2018, Al-Jassim was loaned to fellow Pro League Al-Wehda until the end of the 2018–19 season.[21] His loan was ended early on 26 January 2019 and Al-Jassim returned to Al-Ahli.[22]

On 4 September 2019, Al-Jassim joined Kuwait Premier League side Al-Nasr.[23] He became the first Saudi player since Jamal Farhan to play in the Kuwait Premier League. On 2 July 2020, Al-Nasr ended Al-Jassim's early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait.[24]

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.

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.

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.[25]

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.

On 19 December 2017, he announced his intentions to retire after the end of the 2018 World Cup.[26] In May 2018 he was named in Saudi Arabia’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[27] He made 2 appearances in the World Cup before his tournament ended prematurely due to injury.

As of 1 May 2020.[30]

Statistics accurate as of match played 20 June 2018.[31]

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[32][31]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 June 2007	National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Singapore	2–0	2–1	Friendly
2.	18 July 2007	Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia	Bahrain	3–0	4–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup
3.				4–0
4.	2 November 2007	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Namibia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
5.	9 November 2007	Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Estonia	1–0	2–0
6.	26 May 2009	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	1–2
7.	9 October 2010	Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Uzbekistan	3–0	4–0
8.	9 January 2011	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Syria	1–1	1–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup
9.	15 November 2013	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia	Iraq	1–0	2–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10.	8 September 2014	Craven Cottage, London, England	Australia	2–3	2–3	Friendly
11.	3 September 2015	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Timor-Leste	5–0	7–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.	8 September 2015	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–1	3–0[upper-alpha 1]
13.	17 November 2015	National Stadium, Dili, East Timor	Timor-Leste	7–0	10–0
14.	24 March 2016	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Malaysia	2–0	2–0
15.	29 March 2016	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–0	1–1
16.	24 August 2016	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Laos	1–0	4–0	Friendly
17.	6 October 2016	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Australia	1–0	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.	26 February 2018	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Moldova	2–0	3–0	Friendly
19.	8 June 2018	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	Germany	1–2	1–2

Al-Ahli

• Saudi Professional League: 2015–16
• King Cup: 2011, 2012, 2016
• Crown Prince Cup: 2001/02 ,2006–07, 2014–15
• Saudi Federation Cup: 2001, 2002, 2007
• Arab club champions cup: 2003
• Saudi Super Cup: 2016
• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2002, 2008
• Friendship Football Tournament: 2001, 2002
• AFC Champions League : Runner-up: 2012

Friendly tournaments

• Al Jazeera International Cup: 2013

• Saudi Professional League Player of the Season: 2011–12[34]
• Saudi Professional League Best Midfielder: 2011–12[35]
• 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 national team in 133 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, and scored in the Saudi Professional League (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 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 national players in the AFC Champions League.
• Al-Ahli's top scorer for Saudi national players in the Saudi Professional League.