Jassem Gaber

Jassem Gaber
Gaber with Qatar in 2026
Personal information
Full name Jassem Gaber El-Sayed Abdulsalam
Date of birth (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002[1]
Place of birth Doha, Qatar
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Positions
Team information
Current team
Al-Rayyan
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2025 Al-Arabi 86 (2)
2025– Al-Rayyan 0 (0)
International career‡
2021 Qatar U23
2023– Qatar 30 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Qatar
Men's Football
AFC Asian Cup
Winner2023 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 December 2024

Jassem Gaber El-Sayed Abdulsalam (Arabic: جَاسِم جَابِر السَّيِّد عَبْد السَّلَام; born 20 February 2002) is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Rayyan and the Qatar national football team.[1]

Club career

In January 2020, Gaber signed a four-year contract to remain with Al-Arabi until the 2024 season.[3]

In January 2022, Gaber was included in the IFFHS AFC Under-20 Team of the Year for 2021.[4][5]

International career

Gaber with Qatar at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

Gaber made his debut for Qatar national team in 2022. He was selected for the 2022 FIFA World Cup that was hosted in his home country Qatar.[6]

In January 2024, Gaber was named in Qatar's 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[7] In the semi-finals game against Iran, he scored the 1–1 equalizer goal from a shot outside the penalty area, as the match later ended in a 3–2 win for Qatar, which qualified them to the final.[8]

Gaber was selected for the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on 27 May 2026.[9]

Statistics

International

List of international goals scored by Jassem Gaber
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 February 2024Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar Iran1–13–22023 AFC Asian Cup

Honours

Al-Arabi

Qatar

References

  1. 1 2 Jassem Gaber Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2022
  2. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Qatar" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "العربي يؤمن بقاء جاسم جابر حتى 2024" [Al-Arabi believes that Jassem Gaber will remain until 2024]. Kooora.com. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "IFFHS Men's Youth Continental Teams of the Year 2021 – AFC". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Titaoui, Amer (4 January 2022). "لاعب العربي جاسم جابر ضمن أفضل تشكيلة آسيوية شابة" [Al-Arabi player Jassem Jaber is among the best young Asian squad]. Roya Sports (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Hosts Qatar announce 26-man World Cup squad FIFA. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Our final list for Asia 🏆". Twitter. Qatar Football Association. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Qatar edge Iran 3-2 in dramatic Asian Cup 2023 semifinal Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Lopetegui names final Qatar squad". 2 June 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.