Abdelkarim Hassan Al Haj Fadlalla ( ar, عبد الكريم حسن; born 28 August 1993) is a Qatari professional association football, footballer who plays as a left-back for Kuwaiti Premier League club Al-Jahra SC, Al-Jahra and the Qatar national football team, Qatar national team. Abdelkarim won the Asian Footballer of the Year award in 2018.

Club career

Abdelkarim Hassan and Abdulrahman Al Harazi in the Qatar Stars League

Abdelkarim Hassan graduated from Aspire Academy in 2011. He was the youngest player to appear in the 2011 AFC Champions League at 17 years old, coming off the bench against Esteghlal FC, Esteghlal. His team subsequently emerged champions of the Champions League that year. He was awarded Young Player of the Year in the 2012–13 Qatar Stars League. It was announced in June 2017 that Al Sadd SC, Al Sadd had loaned him to Belgian First Division A side K.A.S. Eupen, Eupen. Abdelkarim played in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, in which he scored in a 3–1 win over Hienghène Sport. He later scored in the second round 3–2 loss against C.F. Monterrey. Al-Sadd eventually finished in the 5th place. On 21 December 2022, the management of Al Sadd announced that Abdelkarim Hassan has been excluded from the football first team permanently. This comes due to the player’s outlook not matching the goals and aspirations of the team for the upcoming period. On 25 January 2023, Abdelkarim Hassan joined for Kuwaiti Premier League club Al-Jahra SC, Al-Jahra.

International career

Youth teams

Abdelkarim scored a goal against United Arab Emirates national under-20 football team, UAE U20 in the 10th International Friendship Youth Tournament. In a friendly match against the Malaysia U-23 side on 17 June 2012, Abdelkarim sparked a mass melee between the two sides after a two-footed lunge on Mohd Azrif in the 43rd minute. He was duly shown a red card for his challenge. Afterwards, a Malaysian player, Nazmi Faiz, ran half the length of the pitch to confront him, and punched him. Being 5 inches shorter than Abdelkarim, Nazmi's punch turned into nothing more than a push on his chest. Nazmi Faiz was shown a red card, whereas Qatar went on to lose 2–0. He scored a goal in Qatar's opening game against Maldives in the qualifying stage for the 2014 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification, 2014 AFC U-22 Asian Cup.

Senior team

Abdelkarim made his debut for the senior national team on 18 November 2010 against Haiti national football team, Haiti. He was the youngest player to appear in the preliminary squad list for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 2011 Asian Cup at the age of 17 years and 123 days old. He scored Qatar's only goal against Malaysia national football team, Malaysia in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification, 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers to ensure Qatar a berth in the Asian Cup. He also scored a goal in Qatar's 4–1 victory against Yemen national football team, Yemen in the qualifiers. Though his team lost all their group stage games in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, he was extolled as one of the stars of the tournament. A FIFA.com featured article theorized that he would form the basis of young players who go on to represent Qatar at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He was named part of Qatar's squad for the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup held in Kuwait in from December 2017 to January 2018. He was part of Qatar's squad at 2019 AFC Asian Cup which helped them to win their first continental title. On 30 March 2021, he played his 100th match for Qatar in a 1–1 friendly match against the Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland.

Career statistics

Club

¹Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.

²Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

International goals

''Qatar score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hassan goal.''

Honours

Al-Sadd *Qatar Stars League: 2012–13 Qatar Stars League, 2012–13, 2018–19 Qatar Stars League, 2018–19, 2020–21 Qatar Stars League, 2020–21, 2021-22 Qatar Stars League, 2021-22 *Emir of Qatar Cup: 2014 Emir of Qatar Cup, 2014, 2015 Emir of Qatar Cup, 2015, 2017 Emir of Qatar Cup, 2017, 2020 Emir of Qatar Cup, 2020, 2021 Emir of Qatar Cup, 2021 *Qatar Cup: 2017 Qatar Cup, 2017, 2020 Qatar Cup, 2020, 2021 Qatar Cup, 2021 *Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2014 Sheikh Jassim Cup, 2014, 2019 Sheikh Jassim Cup, 2019 *Qatari Stars Cup: 2019-20 Qatari Stars Cup, 2019-20 *AFC Champions League: 2011 AFC Champions League, 2011 *FIFA Club World Cup Third place: 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, 2011 Qatar U23 *GCC U-23 Championship: 2011 GCC U-23 Championship, 2011 Qatar *AFC Asian Cup: 2019 AFC Asian Cup, 2019 *Arabian Gulf Cup: 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup, 2014 Individual *Asian Footballer of the Year: 2018 *AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019 AFC Asian Cup, 2019

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Abdelkarim 1993 births Living people Al Sadd SC players K.A.S. Eupen players Qatari footballers Qatari expatriate footballers Qatar international footballers Qatar Stars League players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players 2019 Copa América players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Association football defenders Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Aspire Academy (Qatar) players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Asian Games competitors for Qatar Asian Footballer of the Year winners Qatari people of Sudanese descent Sudanese emigrants to Qatar Naturalised citizens of Qatar Expatriate footballers in Belgium Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Kuwait Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Kuwait Premier League players Al Jahra SC players FIFA Century Club Qatar youth international footballers Qatar under-20 international footballers 2022 FIFA World Cup players