Bashar Abdullah Abdul Aziz ( ar, بشار عبد الله سالم عبد العزيز; born 12 October 1977) is a

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

i former professional

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. He was a part of the mini revival of Kuwaiti football between 1996 and 1998. His part included winning two Gulf Cups, reaching the semi-finals of the

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and coming second in the

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and Asian Olympics. He was also in the

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team that reached the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He also helped his club Al-Salmiyah win

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three times and

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once. On 26 November 2015, he announced his retirement Friendly match on January 13, 2016 between

Al-Salmiya SC Al-Salmiya Sporting Club ( ar, نادي السالمية الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football and sports club in Salmiya. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League four times, most recently in 2000. They were founded in 1964 and th ...

and

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. On 25 May 2018, he came back to play a testimonial match for

against Egypt.

International career

He obtained 134 international caps with his national team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a century of caps. He also scored 75 international goals for Kuwait.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Kuwait's goal tally first.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullah, Bashar 1977 births Living people Kuwaiti footballers Kuwaiti expatriate footballers Kuwait international footballers Olympic footballers of Kuwait Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players 2004 AFC Asian Cup players FIFA Century Club Al Salmiya SC players Al Hilal SFC players Al-Rayyan SC players Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Qatar Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Kuwaiti expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Kuwaiti expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Kuwaiti expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Association football forwards Al Ain FC players Qatar Stars League players UAE Pro League players Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Sportspeople from Kuwait City Asian Games competitors for Kuwait Kuwait SC players Kuwait Premier League players Saudi Professional League players

International career

International goals

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