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Ahmed Al-Kassar (Arabic:أحمد الكسار) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Arabian club Al-Faisaly.[1]

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Ahmed Al-Kassar

Personal information
Full name	Ahmed Ali Al-Kassar
Date of birth	(1991-05-08) May 8, 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth	Qatif, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Al-Faisaly
Number	28
Youth career
	Al-Taraji
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2015	Al-Raed	86	(0)
2015–2018	Al-Ettifaq	63	(0)
2018–	Al-Faisaly	1	(0)
National team
2011–2013	Saudi Arabia U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2020

Club career

Al-Raed

On 19 June 2009, Al-Raed signed with Ahmed Al-Kassar from Al-Taraji for 1.8 million Saudi Riyals.[2] He left in 2015 to go to Al-Ettifaq.

Al-Ettifaq

On 10 September 2015, Al-Ettifaq signed with Ahmed from Al-Raed.[3] 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 make Al-Ettifaq draw 2–2 against Al-Nassr,[4] and he became the fifth goalkeeper to make an assist in the Saudi Professional League.[5] He commented after the match saying that manager Miodrag Ješić didn't want him to go forward but he ignored him and made the assist.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 May 2021[7]

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[lower-alpha 1]	0	4	0
	2011–12	14	0	—		—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	15	0
	2012–13	17	0	1	0	—		0	0	18	0
	2013–14	26	0	2	0	—		3[lower-alpha 1]	0	31	0
	2014–15	26	0	1	0	—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	29	0
	Total	86	0	4	0	0	0	7	0	97	0
Al-Ettifaq	2015–16	27	0	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 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
	Total	5	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Career totals		154	0	16	0	0	0	8	0	178	0

Honours

Clubs

Al-Ettifaq

• Saudi First Division: 2015–16

Al-Faisaly

• King Cup: 2020–21

Individual

• Saudi Professional League Goalkeeper of the Month: November 2021[8]

References

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