Khamis Al-Owairan Al-Dossari ( ar, خميس العويران الدوسري) (8 September 1973 – 7 January 2020) was a Saudi Arabian
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
. He played most of his career for
Al-Hilal and
Al Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to:
Sports Football Libya
*Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier
* Al Ittihad Gheryan, a football club bas ...
.
Al-Owairan played for the
Saudi Arabia national football team
The Saudi Arabia national football team ( ar, المنتخب العربي السعودي لكرة القدم) represent Saudi Arabia in men's international football. They are known as ''Al-Suqour Al-Khodhur'' (The Green Falcons) in reference to ...
and was a participant at the
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
and
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...
as well as the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
.
See also
*
List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
In men's association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official match appearance for their national team. In total, over 600 players have played in 100 or more international matches. The re ...
References
External links
*
1973 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from brain tumor
Sportspeople from Riyadh
Saudi Arabian footballers
Saudi Arabia international footballers
1996 AFC Asian Cup players
1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players
1998 FIFA World Cup players
Place of death missing
2002 FIFA World Cup players
2004 AFC Asian Cup players
AFC Asian Cup-winning players
Ittihad FC players
Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Saudi Arabia
Al Hilal SFC players
Association football midfielders
Saudi Professional League players
FIFA Century Club
Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Saudi Arabia
20th-century Saudi Arabian people
21st-century Saudi Arabian people
{{SaudiArabia-footy-midfielder-stub