Jehad Fadhil Al Hussain (, born July 30, 1982, in
Homs
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,
Syria
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) is a former
Syrian
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footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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.
Club career
Al-Karamah SC
Al-Hussain was part of the youth academy of Al-Karamah SC which won the Syrian Under-18 premiere league and later on the
Syrian Premier League
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three consecutive times and reached the
AFC Champions League
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final in
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
.
In 2006, he was loaned to
Al-Kuwait.
Kuwait SC
He joined
Kuwait SC
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in Summer 2008 and won the
2009 AFC Cup
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With the Asian Football Confederation reviewed the format of the AFC Champions League and made significant ...
playing against his old team
Al-Karamah SC
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in the final, sharing the top scorer with 8 goals.
Qadsia SC
On 24 August 2009, Al Hussain moved to
Al-Qadsia in the
Kuwaiti Premier League
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History
Th ...
and signed a two-year contract playing alongside his
Al-Karamah teammate
Firas Al-Khatib
Firas Mohamad Al Khatib (; born 9 June 1983) is a Syrian former footballer who mainly played as a forward. He is the Syria national team all-time top goalscorer, with 36 goals.
Club career
Early life
Al-Khatib began playing football at Al- ...
both as a duet .
Najran SC
In September 2011, Al Hussain moved to
Najran SC in
Saudi Professional League
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, his debut season in
Saudi Professional League
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was very successful with 9 goals he helped Najran to stay away from relegation, in the second season alongside his national teammate
Wael Ayan
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International career
Appeara ...
Najran reached the semi-finals of the
Gulf Club Champions Cup
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The tournament was founde ...
2012–13
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, both players left
Najran SC after months of unpaid Salaries.
Dubai CSC
In September 2013, he signed for
Dubai CSC
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In 2017 merged with Al Shabab (Dubai), Al Shabab to join Al-Ahli to rebrand the club into Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC.
History
The clu ...
in the
UAE First Division League
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As of 2020–21, the league features 15 sides who play each other in a home and away round-robin format, with a total of 28 games for each t ...
. He scored 3 goals in one season.
Al-Taawon FC
In July 2014, he returned to
Saudi Professional League
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with
Al-Taawon FC marking himself as The Most Assisting Player in two consecutive seasons
2014–15,
2015–16 and a third time
2017–18.
Al-Raed FC
Al-Hussain played for
Al-Raed before announcing his retirement on 24 October 2020.
International career
Al Hussain has played his international debut for Syria managed by
Jalal Talebi
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Playing career
Talebi had a very short playing career in which he played for Daraei, Taj (Esteghlal) and the Iran national football team, for which he ...
in 2002. The last call-up was with
Valeriu Tiţa's 23-man final squad for the
AFC Asian Cup 2011
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in
Qatar
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.
Coaching career
In 2024, Jehad Al-Hussain was appointed U-19 coach for his former club
Al-Taawoun FC
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The club plays their home games at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in ...
.
Career statistics
Goals for senior national team
:''Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first:''
Honours
Al-Karamah
*
Syrian Premier League
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: 2006, 2007,
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
*
Syrian Cup
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: 2007, 2008,
*
Syrian Super Cup: 2008
*
AFC Champions League
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runner-up:
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
Al-Kuwait
*
Kuwait Emir Cup
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:
2009
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*
AFC Cup
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:
2009
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Al-Qadsia
*
Kuwaiti Premier League
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History
Th ...
:
2010
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,
2011
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*
Kuwait Emir Cup
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:
2010
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*
Kuwait Super Cup
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: 2009
*
AFC Cup
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runner-up:
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
Al-Taawoun
*
Kings Cup King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to:
Sports Football
* Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football
* King's Cup (Bahrain), the premier national knockout football tournament
* King's ...
:
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
SYRIA
*West Asian Games silver medal:
2005
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*
Nehru Cup
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runner-up:
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
,
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
Individual
*
2009 AFC Cup
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With the Asian Football Confederation reviewed the format of the AFC Champions League and made significant ...
top scorer
*
Saudi Professional League
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2014–15 Best
Playmaker
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(9 assists)
*
Saudi Professional League
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2015–16 Best
Playmaker
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(10 assists)
*
Saudi Professional League
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2017–18 Best
Playmaker
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(9 assists) 2017-2018 season
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1982 births
Living people
Footballers from Homs
Men's association football midfielders
Syrian men's footballers
21st-century Syrian sportsmen
Syria men's international footballers
Syrian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait
Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Al-Karamah SC players
Kuwait SC players
Qadsia SC players
Najran SC players
Dubai CSC players
Al Taawoun FC players
Al Raed FC players
2011 AFC Asian Cup players
Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
Saudi Pro League players
UAE Pro League players
Asian Games competitors for Syria
Syrian Premier League players
Kuwait Premier League players