Qasem Abdulhamed Burhan (; born on December 15, 1985) is a former

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 lea ...

. Born in Senegal, he represented the Qatar national team.

International

Burhan is born and raised in Senegal, but early in his career moved to Qatar, and became a naturalized citizen. He is a member of the

Qatar national football team The Qatar national football team (), nicknamed "The Maroons", represents Qatar in international football, and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and comes under the g ...

. He was given his international debut against

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in the

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

by caretaker coach Saeed Al-Misnad. He was Qatar's first choice goalkeeper in the 2011 Asian Cup. He won ''Goalkeeper of the tournament'' in the 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup held in Saudi Arabia, having succeeded in winning the title over Oman's Ali Al-Habsi who consecutively won the last four ''Goalkeeper of the tournament'' titles in the tournament. He was selected in Qatar's 2015 Asian Cup squad despite having a torrid record with Al Gharafa in the league during the 2014–15 season.

Honors

Club

;Al Khor *

Qatar Crown Prince Cup The Qatar Cup (formerly known as Qatar Crown Prince Cup) is a tournament in men's football. It is played by the top 4 teams of the Qatar Stars League after each season. In 2013, the tournament was renamed Qatar Cup. Previous winners All-time ...

: 2005 ;Al Rayyan *

Emir of Qatar Cup Emir of Qatar Cup (), also known as the Emir Cup, but changed to Amir Cup starting in 2019, is an association football tournament played every season by all first and second division teams in Qatar. The tournament is played in a knockout system, ...

: 2004, 2006 ;Al Gharafa *

Qatar Stars League The Qatar Stars League (; abbreviated as QSL), known as Ooredoo Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the top level football league in Qatar football league system. Contested by 12 teams, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation wi ...

: 2008, 2009, 2010 *

: 2009, 2012 *

: 2010, 2011 *

Qatari Stars Cup The Qatari Stars Cup is a Qatari football competition known as Ooredoo Cup due to sponsorship reasons. The knockout competition, which involves a round-robin structure, was first started in 2009 when the Qatar Stars League structure was amen ...

: 2018, 2019 ;Lekhwiya *

: 2017

International

;Qatar * 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup: 2014

Club career statistics

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Sheikh Jassem Cup The Sheikh Jassim Cup () is an annual men's super cup competition in Qatari football held between the winner of the Qatar Stars League and the Emir of Qatar Cup. History The inaugural Sheikh Jassim Cup was held in 1977. Prior to the 2014 Sheik ...

. ³Includes

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...

References

External links

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Goalzz.com profile
1985 births Living people Qatari men's footballers 21st-century Qatari sportsmen Qatar men's international footballers Qatar men's youth international footballers Senegalese men's footballers 2004 AFC Asian Cup players Al-Khor SC players Al-Rayyan SC players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Men's association football goalkeepers Qatar Stars League players Senegalese emigrants to Qatar Naturalized citizens of Qatar Footballers from Dakar Al-Gharafa SC players Al-Duhail SC players Qatari people of Senegalese descent Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen {{Qatar-footy-goalkeeper-stub