Bassam Hisham Ali Al-Rawi ( ar, بسام هشام الراوي; born 16 December 1997) is a Qatari professional

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who plays as a defender for Al-Duhail and the

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Personal life

Born in

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, Bassam was naturalized to represent the Qatar national team. Bassam's father, Hisham Al-Rawi, played for the

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in the 1990s. Bassam attended school in Qatar before being admitted to the

Aspire Academy Aspire Academy ( ar, أكاديمية أسباير, Akādīmiyat 'Asbāyr) is a sports academy based in the Aspire Zone in Qatar, founded in 2004 with the goal to scout and help develop Qatari athletes, whilst also providing them with secondary ...

International career

Qatar U23 team lined up at the training pitch (Bassam Al Rawi)

2019 AFC Asian Cup

Bassam was included in Félix Sánchez Bas' Qatari squad for the

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in the United Arab Emirates. He made his first international goal on 9 January 2019 against Lebanon. On 22 January, he scored his second international and the winning goal for Qatar against his country of origin,

, which helped his team reach the quarter-finals of the competition. His team would eventually conquer the Asian title for the first time.

Eligibility dispute

On 30 January 2019, soon after the 2019 Asian Cup semi-final tie between the UAE and Qatar, which Qatar won 4–0, the UAE Football Association lodged a formal appeal to the on the fact that Bassam did not qualify to play for Qatar on residency grounds of the Article 7 of the FIFA statutes, which states a player's eligibility to play for a representative team if he has "lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 on the territory of the relevant association". It was claimed that Bassam had not lived continuously in Qatar for at least five years over the age of 18. On 1 February 2019, the AFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee dismissed the protest lodged by the United Arab Emirates Football Association.

Career statistics

International

International goals

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

Honours

Al-Duhail * Qatar Stars League: 2017–18, 2019–20 *

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Qatar * AFC Asian Cup:

Individual * AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament:

References

External links

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Bassam Al-Rawi
at WorldFootball.com 1997 births Living people Qatari footballers Qatar international footballers Qatar youth international footballers Qatari expatriate footballers Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Belgium Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Association football defenders Aspire Academy (Qatar) players Al-Rayyan SC players Celta de Vigo B players K.A.S. Eupen players Al-Duhail SC players Qatar Stars League players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Iraqi emigrants to Qatar AFC Asian Cup-winning players Naturalised citizens of Qatar 2019 Copa América players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Sportspeople from Baghdad 2022 FIFA World Cup players {{Qatar-footy-defender-stub