Yasser Al-Shahrani

Yasser Gharsan Saeed Al-Mohammadi Al-Shahrani (Arabic: ياسر غرسان سعيد المحمدي الشهراني; born 25 May 1992) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for Al-Hilal and the Saudi Arabia national team as a left-back or a centre-back. He moved from Al-Qadisiyah to Al-Hilal in 2012, after impressive performances at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where he scored against Guatemala. He featured on the official Middle Eastern cover of the game FIFA 16, alongside Lionel Messi.

Yasser Al-Shahrani
Yasser Al-Shahrani with Saudi Arabia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Yasser Gharsan Saeed Al-Mohammadi Al-Shahrani[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992[2]
Place of birth Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Left-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Hilal
Number 12
Youth career
2008–2010 Al-Qadisiyah
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Al-Qadisiyah 30 (0)
2012– Al-Hilal 238 (9)
International career‡
2011–2012 Saudi Arabia U20 4 (1)
2021 Saudi Arabia Olympic (O.P.) 3 (0)
2012– Saudi Arabia 77 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:15, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:27, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Al-Shahrani was born in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

International career

In May 2018, he was named in Saudi Arabia's 23-man final squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[4]

In November 2022, he was named in Saudi Arabia's 23-man final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He was part of their 2–1 victory over Argentina in the first match, when he collided with his keeper and suffered fractured jaw, facial bones and teeth, and needed rapid surgery due to internal bleeding. Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of the Saudi Arabia instructed that Yasser be transferred by a private jet to Germany for treatment.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 September 2023[1]
Club Season League King Cup Crown Prince Cup Asia Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Qadisiyah 2010–11 100—10——110
2011–12 200—10——210
Total 30000200000320
Al-Hilal 2012–13 211204080—351
2013–14 2501020130—410
2014–15 2114040101—392
2015–16 2012021601[lower-alpha 1]0312
2016–17 16120209100292
2017–18 20210—50—262
2018–19 21110—14010[lower-alpha 2]1462
2019–20 25040—303[lower-alpha 3]0240
2020–21 27110—611[lower-alpha 1]0352
2021–22 23030—903[lower-alpha 3] 1[lower-alpha 1]1[lower-alpha 1]391
2022–23 8020—00—100
2023–24 6100—106[lower-alpha 4]0131
Total 233923014184325237915
Career totals 263923016184325241115
  1. Appearance at the Saudi Super Cup
  2. Eight appearances and one goal at the Arab Club Champions Cup, one appearance at the Saudi Super Cup and one appearance at the Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup
  3. Three appearances at the FIFA Club World Cup
  4. appearances at the Arab Club Champions Cup

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 17 October 2023.[6]
Saudi Arabia
YearAppsGoals
201230
201340
201450
201570
201630
201780
2018160
2019110
202172
202290
202340
Total772
Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 March 2021King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Palestine1–05–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.2 September 2021 Vietnam2–13–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Al-Hilal

References
  1. "YASIR AL SHAHRANI".
  2. "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Al Hilal SFC" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
  3. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of Players: Saudi Arabia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 24. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  4. "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia". bbc.co.uk.
  5. "Yasser Al Shahrani suffers broken jaw and internal bleeding after horrific collision with goalkeeper during Argentina match", Gulf Today, November 23, 2022.
  6. Yasser Al-Shahrani at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. "Al-Shahrani, Yasser". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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