Mohammed Gassid

Mohammed Gassid
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Gassid Kadhim Al-Jaberi
Date of birth (1986-12-10) December 10, 1986
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Al-Zawra'a SC
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Al-Karkh
2004–2005 Al-Naft
2005–2008 Al-Shorta 36 (0)
2008–2010 Al-Zawraa 27 (0)
2010–2011 Arbil
2011–2012 Al-Talaba
2012–2014 Al Shorta
2015– Al-Zawraa
National team‡
2006-2008 Iraq U-23 16 (0)
2007– Iraq 54 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016

Mohammed Gassid Kadhim Al-Jaberi (Arabic: محمد قاصد كاظم الجابري‎‎, born 10 December 1986 in Baghdad, Iraq), simply known as Mohammed Gassid (also spelled as Mohammed Kassid), is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Zawra'a SC and the Iraq national football team.

His older brother Wissam Gassid is also a goalkeeper, and plays for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

Club career

Kadhim played one season for Shabab Al-Karkh before joining Al-Naft. He then secured a move in 2005 to Al Shorta.

International career

Although, playing second to first-choice goalkeeper Noor Sabri, Mohammed Kassid has shown himself to be more than capable of becoming No 1. Born in December 1982, Kassid started his career inspired by older brother Wissam Kassid, who keeps goal for Iraqi club Al Quwa Al Jawiya. Like Wissam, Mohammed quickly found fame as a talented keeper and his talent was soon discovered by Bagdad-based club Al Karkh, where he cut his teeth as a teenager between 2003 and 2004. After spending a year with Al Naft, he then moved to another capital-based club, six-time Iraqi champions Al Shorta, making 36 appearances for the senior side in three seasons.

Kassid's excellent displays at club level didn't go unnoticed and he was involved with both the Iraqi U-17 and U-20 sides before earning promotion to the Olympic squad charged with qualifying for Beijing 2008, where he made the No1 shirt his own.

It was no surprise when he broke into the national senior side under Brazilian coach Jorvan Vieira, who guided the team to the title at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Although he was left warming the bench while Sabri excelled throughout Iraq's triumphant campaign, Kassid didn't spend his time merely watching. The lessons he learned from Sabri's heroics benefited his own development and, in the FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009, he started for his country in all three games, conceding just one goal and ranking amongst the best players in the tournament statistically (by virtue of the Castrol index).

In 2010 he joined Iraqi Super league rivels Arbil FC along with club teammate Mustafa Ahmad

He was also selected as the second best goalkeeper in Confederations Cup 2009.

In 2012, Mohammed re-joined Al Shorta.

Honors

Clubs

Al-Shorta
Al-Zawraa

Country

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Al Shorta SC Hall of Fame
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