Hassan Al-Haydos

Hassan Khalid Hassan Al-Haydos (Arabic: حَسَن خَالِد حَسَن الْهَيْدُوس; born 11 December 1990) is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd.

Hassan Al-Haydos

Hassan celebrating Qatar's victory in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup final
Personal information
Full name	Hassan Khalid Hassan Al-Haydos[1]
Date of birth	(1990-12-11) 11 December 1990 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth	Doha, Qatar[1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Al-Sadd
Number	10
Youth career
1998–2007	Al-Sadd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–	Al-Sadd	336	(102)
International career‡
2007–2009	Qatar U20	4	(4)
2007–2013	Qatar U23	14	(6)
2008–2024	Qatar	183	(41)
Medal record Representing  Qatar AFC Asian Cup Winner UAE 2019 Team Winner Qatar 2023 Team FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 March 2024

Club career

Al-Haydos playing for Al Sadd in a Stars League match in 2012

Al-Haydos started playing football for Al Sadd at the age of eight, advancing through the ranks until he reached the first team at age seventeen. He had support and guidance early on from Jafal Rashed Al-Kuwari.^[4]

He was one of the players to take a penalty kick in the penalty-shootout against Jeonbuk in the 2011 AFC Champions League, scoring after the ball deflected off the top post. The victory ensured Al Sadd would earn a place in the FIFA Club World Cup as the representative for Asia. In the third-place match between Al Sadd and Kashiwa Reysol, he was again selected to take one of the penalty kicks after the match had ended 0–0. The penalty shoot-out was won by Al Sadd 5–3.^[5]

He was voted as the 'Best Qatari Player' in 2014 in a poll conducted by Doha Stadium, receiving 58 out of 104 votes from a panel of analysts, coaches and administrators.^[6]

International career

Al-Haydos made his debut for the Qatar Olympic team in 2007, coming off the bench to score a late goal against Japan in the 2008 Summer Olympic Qualifiers in order to help his team salvage a 2–1 win.^[7] He featured in two other matches in the competition, one against Saudi Arabia,^[8] and one against Vietnam, where he scored a goal;^[9] both as second-half substitutes. He also played a large part in the 2012 Summer Olympic Qualifiers as the captain, scoring a goal against India in the preliminary stage.^[10] He played all the matches in the group stage, scoring a goal against Oman,^[11] and one against Saudi Arabia after being set up by Saleh Badr to give Qatar a 2–1 win and hope for qualifying for the Olympics.^[12] He won the Man of the Match award.^[13]

Al-Haydos made his debut for the senior Qatar national team in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Bahrain on 10 September 2008.^[14][15]

Al Haydos participated in the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2019 Copa América as part of Qatar national team's preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. On November 20, 2022, Al Haydos played his first ever World Cup match against Ecuador, which was also Qatar's first ever match in the competition.^[16]

After winning 2 Asian Cups as captain, in 2019 and 2023, Al Haydos announced his retirement from International football on March 16, 2024.^[17] He made 183 appearances and scored 41 goals for the national side, making him the most capped Qatari footballer ever and one of the highest top scorers.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 November 2024^[18]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Asia		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Sadd	2006–07	Qatar Stars League	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	–		10	0
	2007–08		16	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	–		19	2
	2008–09		15	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	–		20	3
	2009–10		15	6	1	1	2	2	5[c]	0	–		23	9
	2010–11		18	1	1	0	1	1	11[c]	1	3[d]	0	34	3
	2011–12		13	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	–		16	2
	2012–13		22	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	–		28	6
	2013–14		24	5	4	2	5	1	9[c]	0	–		42	8
	2014–15		23	11	4	3	1	0	10[c]	3	–		38	17
	2015–16		25	12	4	4	1	0	1[c]	0	–		31	16
	2016–17		19	7	5	3	0	0	1[c]	0	–		25	10
	2017–18		21	12	4	1	1	0	10[c]	0	–		36	13
	2018–19		20	10	3	0	0	0	11[c]	2	–		34	12
	2019–20		18	8	4	1	1	0	6[c]	3	3[d]	1	30	12
	2020–21		18	3	4	0	1	0	6[c]	1	–		29	4
	2021–22		19	7	1	0	0	0	6[c]	1	–		26	8
	2022–23		13	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	–		20	3
	2023–24		21	4	3	0	0	0	6[c]	0	4[e]	0	34	4
	2024–25		8	3	0	0	0	0	2[c]	0	0	0	10	3
Career total			336	102	56	16	22	5	82	11	10	1	504	134

1. Includes Emir of Qatar Cup, Qatar Crown Prince Cup
2. Includes Sheikh Jassim Cup, Qatari Stars Cup
3. Appearances in AFC Champions League
4. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
5. Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[19]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Qatar	2008	5	0
	2009	11	0
	2010	4	0
	2011	3	0
	2012	8	0
	2013	19	1
	2014	14	2
	2015	13	6
	2016	11	5
	2017	17	6
	2018	12	4
	2019	20	3
	2020	4	1
	2021	22	5
	2022	9	3
	2023	5	2
	2024	8	3
Total		183	41

International goals

Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.^[20]

List of international goals scored by Hassan Al-Haydos

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
–	30 December 2008	Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Libya	2–1	5–2	Unofficial friendly
1.	13 October 2013	Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Yemen	2–0	6–0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	6 October 2014	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Uzbekistan	2–0	3–0	Friendly
3.	23 November 2014	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Oman	1–1	3–1	22nd Arabian Gulf Cup
4.	19 January 2015	Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia	Bahrain	1–1	1–2	2015 AFC Asian Cup
5.	28 August 2015	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Singapore	3–0	4–0	Friendly
6.	3 September 2015	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Bhutan	4–0	15–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.				15–0
8.	17 November 2015	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Bhutan	2–0	3–0
9.				3–0
10.	24 March 2016	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Hong Kong	1–0	2–0
11.	25 August 2016	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Thailand	1–0	3–0	Friendly
12.				3–0
13.	6 October 2016	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	South Korea	1–1	2–3	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.	11 October 2016	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Syria	1–0	1–0
15.	14 June 2017	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	South Korea	1–0	3–2
16.				3–2
17.	23 August 2017	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Turkmenistan	1–0	2–1	Friendly
18.				2–0
19.	10 October 2017	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Curaçao	1–0	1–2
20.	29 December 2017	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Bahrain	1–0	1–1	23rd Arabian Gulf Cup
21.	11 September 2018	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Palestine	3–0	3–0	Friendly
22.	12 October 2018	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Ecuador	3–0	4–3
23.	19 November 2018	Kehrwegstadion, Eupen, Belgium	Iceland	1–0	2–2
24.	31 December 2018	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Iran	1–1	1–2
25.	29 January 2019	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	3–0	4–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup
26.	5 September 2019	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Afghanistan	3–0	6–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
27.	2 December 2019	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	United Arab Emirates	3–1	4–2	24th Arabian Gulf Cup
28.	13 November 2020	BSFZ-Arena, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria	Costa Rica	1–0	1–1	Friendly
29.	27 March 2021	Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen, Hungary	Azerbaijan	1–1	2–1
30.				2–1
31.	7 June 2021	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Oman	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
32.	13 July 2021	BBVA Stadium, Houston, United States	Panama	3–2	3–3	2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
33.	6 December 2021	Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar	Iraq	3–0	3–0	2021 FIFA Arab Cup
34.	27 September 2022	Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna, Austria	Chile	2–1	2–2	Friendly
35.	23 October 2022	La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga, Spain	Guatemala	1–0	2–0	Friendly
36.				2–0
37.	7 September 2023	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar	Kenya	1–1	1–2	Friendly
38.	16 November 2023	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Afghanistan	1–0	8–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
39.	22 January 2024	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	China	1–0	1–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup
40.	29 January 2024	Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar	Palestine	1–1	2–1	2023 AFC Asian Cup
41.	3 February 2024	Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)

Honours

Al Sadd

• Qatar Stars League: 2006–07, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
• Emir of Qatar Cup: 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021
• Qatar Cup: 2007, 2008, 2017, 2020, 2021
• Sheikh Jassem Cup: 2007, 2014, 2017, 2019
• Qatari Stars Cup: 2010, 2019-20
• AFC Champions League: 2011
• FIFA Club World Cup third place: 2011

Qatar

• AFC Asian Cup: 2019, 2023
• Arabian Gulf Cup: 2014

Individual

• Qatar Football Association Most Promising Player: 2008^[21]
• Estad Doha Qatar Player of the Year: 2014^[22][23]
• Qatar Football Association Player of the Year (1): 2015^[24]
• Qatar Stars League Team of the Year: 2017–18
• AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019, 2023^[25][26]

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
• List of one-club men in association football