Ahmed Al-Kassar
Ahmed Al-Kassar (Arabic:أحمد الكسار) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Arabian club Al-Qadsiah.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmed Ali Al-Kassar | ||
| Date of birth | May 8, 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Qatif, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Qadsiah | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al-Taraji | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2015 | Al-Raed | 86 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Al-Ettifaq | 63 | (0) |
| 2018–2023 | Al-Faisaly | 54 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Al-Fayha | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Al-Qadsiah | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2013 | Saudi Arabia U23 | ||
| 2024– | Saudi Arabia | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024 | |||
Club career
Al-Raed
On 19 June 2009, Al-Raed signed with Ahmed Al-Kassar from Al-Taraji for 1.8 million Saudi Riyals. He left in 2015 to go to Al-Ettifaq.
Al-Ettifaq
On 10 September 2015, Al-Ettifaq signed with Ahmed from Al-Raed. He won the Saudi First Division in his first season. On 18 August 2017, Ahmed Al-Kassar made a last-minute assist for Hazaa Al-Hazaa to help Al-Ettifaq draw 2–2 against Al-Nassr. He became only the fifth goalkeeper to make an assist in the Saudi Professional League. After the match, he said that manager Miodrag Ješić did not want him to go forward, but he ignored that and made the assist.
Al-Fayha
On 20 June 2023, Al-Kassar joined Al-Fayha on a free transfer.
Al-Qadsiah
On 30 January 2024, Al-Kassar joined Al-Qadsiah on a three-and-a-half year deal.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 31 December 2023
| Club | Season | League | King Cup | Asia | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al-Raed | 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 86 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 97 | 0 | |
| Al-Ettifaq | 2015–16 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 63 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 0 | |
| Al-Faisaly | 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 33 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | |
| Al-Fayha | 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Career totals | 204 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 235 | 0 | |
Honours
Clubs
Al-Ettifaq
Al-Faisaly
Individual
References
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