Mohammed Gassid

Mohammed Kassid Kadhim Al-Jaberi (Arabic: محمد كاصد كاظم الجابري‎, born 10 December 1986 in Baghdad, Iraq)[1] known as Mohammed Kassid is an Iraqi footballer. He last played as a goalkeeper for Al-Talaba and the Iraq national team.

Mohammed Kassid
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Kassid Kadhim Al-Jaberi
Date of birth (1986-12-10) 10 December 1986
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Al-Talaba
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 Erbil
2011–2012 Al-Talaba
2012–2015 Al-Shorta
2015–2017 Al-Zawraa
2017–2018 Al-Naft
2018–2019 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2020– Al-Talaba
National team‡
2006–2008 Iraq U23 16 (0)
2007–2018 Iraq 67 (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 5 October 2017

His older brother Wissam Kassid 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.

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

In 2012, Mohammed re-joined Al Shorta, where he won two consecutive Iraqi league trophies.

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 one of the capital city's biggest clubs 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).

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

Honors

Clubs
Al-Shorta
Al-Zawraa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Country

Individual

References
  1. "fifa player".
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