Yousef Majed
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yousef Majed Al-Shlahi Al-Shammari | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Kuwait | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Arabi | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2020 | Qadsia | ||
| 2020–2023 | Al-Arabi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Al-Arabi | 14 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | Kuwait U-20 | 7 | (4) |
| 2025– | Kuwait U-23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2024– | Kuwait | 15 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2026 | |||
Yousef Majed Al-Shlahi Al-Shammari (Arabic: يوسف ماجد; born 14 January 2005[1]) is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Kuwait Premier League club Al-Arabi and the Kuwait national team.[2][3]
Club career
Yousef Debuted in September 2023 and in his second game scored against kazma as a substitute scoring the fourth goal in a 4–0 victory in the 2023-24 Kuwaiti Premier League.
Following a sprouting season, the youngster continued his successful substitution run scoring the winning goal in Kuwaiti El Clásico in a 2–1 victory in the 2024-25 Kuwaiti Premier League which made him a prominent rotational player but was cut short due to an injury keeping him out 4 months in the 26th Arabian Gulf Cup, alongside a 3 match ban by the AFC following a red card in the AFC Challenge League[4][5]
International career
After sparking throughout the season Yousef was instantly called up to the national team for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and being named Kuwaits rising future by FIFA[6] and 26th Arabian Gulf Cup making his debut against Jordan and later on picked up an injury that would sideline him for 4 months against Qatar in the Arabian Gulf Cup.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 31 June 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other[a] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al-Arabi | 2023–24 | KPL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2025–26 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 7 | ||
- ↑ All appearance(s) in Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, Kuwait Super Cup
- ↑ All appearance(s) in AFC Challenge League
- ↑ All appearance(s) in AFC Challenge League
International
- As of match played 3 June 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 2024 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 1 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Kuwait's goal tally first.[7]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 June 2026 | True BG Stadium, Pathum Thani, Thailand |  Thailand | 1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
References
- ↑ "Yousef Majed". www.sofascore.com.
- ↑ "Yousef Majed Al-Shammari (Player)".
- ↑ "Yousef Majed - stats, career and market value".
- ↑ "«الآسيوي» يوقِف ماجد 3 مباريات". «الآسيوي» يوقِف ماجد 3 مباريات. 4 December 2024.
- ↑ "العربي يهزم أركاداغ ويقترب من ربع نهائي التحدي الآسيوي" [Al-Arabi defeats Arkadag and approaches the quarter-finals of the Asian Challenge Cup]. alwatan.kuwait.tt (in Arabic).
- ↑ "«الفيفا»: يوسف ماجد الأمل الكبير للكرة الكويتية". جريدة القبس.
- ↑ "Yousef Majed". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
External links
- Yousef Majed at Soccerway