Bassam Hisham Ali Al-Rawi (; born 16 December 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a defender for Al-Duhail and the

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. Born in

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, he represents the Qatar national team.

Personal life

Born in

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

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in the 1990s. His brother

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is also a footballer. Bassam attended school in Qatar before being admitted to the

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International career

2019 AFC Asian Cup

Bassam made his appearance for Qatar in a 0-1 loss to

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. He was included in

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' Qatari squad for the

2019 AFC Asian Cup The 2019 AFC Asian Cup (or commonly called the Asian Cup 2019) was the 17th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international association football, football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ...

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 *

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: 2017–18, 2019–20 *

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Qatar *

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Individual *

Team of the Tournament:

Team of the Year: 2023–24

References

External links

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at WorldFootball.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Rawi, Bassam 1997 births Living people Qatari men's footballers 21st-century Qatari sportsmen Qatar men's international footballers Qatar men's youth international footballers Qatari expatriate men's footballers Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Men's association football defenders Aspire Academy (Qatar) players Al-Rayyan SC players RC Celta Fortuna 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 Naturalized citizens of Qatar 2019 Copa América players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Footballers from Baghdad 2022 FIFA World Cup players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Naturalised association football players 2023 AFC Asian Cup players