Jasem Al-Huwaidi

Jasem Mohammed Ibrahim Al Huwaidi (Arabic: جَاسِم مُحَمَّد إِبْرَاهِيم الْهُوَيْدِيّ; born 28 October 1972 in Kuwait City) is a retired Kuwaiti footballer who played as a forward.

Jasem Al Huwaidi

Jasem Al Huwaidi in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Jasem Mohammed Ibrahim Al Huwaidi
Date of birth	(1972-10-28) 28 October 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1998	Al-Salmiya	40	(37)
1998–1999	Al-Shabab		(6)
1999–2000	Al-Hilal		(3)
2000–2001	Al-Salmiya
2001–2002	Al-Rayyan	9	(5)
2002–2004	Al-Salmiya
International career
1992–2009	Kuwait	74[1]	(64)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

He was part of the Kuwaiti national football team that reached 24th place in the FIFA ranking. He was instrumental in Kuwait getting a silver medal in the Asian Games, winning two Gulf Cups and coming in third in the Arab Cup. Al Houwaidi won the world's top scorer award in 1998.^[2]

He competed for Kuwait at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.^[3]

International goals

Results list Kuwait's goal tally first.^[4]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 November 1992	Doha	Oman	1	2–1	Gulf Cup
2.	19 April 1993	Singapore	Australia	1	3–1	Friendly
3.	3 May 1993	Kuala Lumpur	Macau	3	10–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	16 May 1993	Riyadh	Macau	2	8–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.	19 November 1996	Kuwait City	Syria	2	2–2	Friendly
10.	7 December 1996	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2	2–3	1996 AFC Asian Cup
12.	10 December 1996	Abu Dhabi	South Korea	1	2–0	1996 AFC Asian Cup
13.	15 December 1996	Al Ain	Japan	2	2–0	1996 AFC Asian Cup
15.	21 December 1996	Abu Dhabi	Iran	1	1–1[a]	1996 AFC Asian Cup
16.	8 May 1997	Kuwait City	Lebanon	1	2–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
17.	5 June 1997	Kuwait City	Singapore	1	4–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.	19 September 1997	Doha	Qatar	1	2–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.	26 September 1997	Kuwait City	Iran	1	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
20.	10 October 1997	Kuwait City	China	1	1–2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
21.	14 April 1998	Tabriz	Iran	1	1–1	Friendly
22.	26 September 1998	Doha	Syria	1	4–0	1998 Arab Nations Cup
23.	2 November 1998	Manama	Qatar	5	6–2	Gulf Cup
28.	9 November 1998	Manama	Oman	2	5–0	Gulf Cup
30.	12 November 1998	Manama	United Arab Emirates	2	4–1	Gulf Cup
32.	1 December 1998	Chiang Mai	Mongolia	4	11–0	1998 Asian Games
36.	3 December 1998	Chiang Mai	Uzbekistan	1	3–3	1998 Asian Games
37.	7 December 1998	Bangkok	United Arab Emirates	3	5–0	1998 Asian Games
40.	15 February 1999	Kuwait City	Iran	1	1–2	Ciao February Cup
41.	31 January 2000	Kuwait City	Syria	1	4–0	Friendly
42.	4 February 2000	Kuwait City	Iran	1	1–1	Friendly
43.	10 February 2000	Kuwait City	Turkmenistan	2	6–1	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
45.	14 February 2000	Kuwait City	Bhutan	5	20–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
50.	30 September 2000	Kuwait City	Thailand	1	3–2	Friendly
51.	16 October 2000	Tripoli	South Korea	1	1–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup
52.	24 October 2000	Beirut	Saudi Arabia	1	2–3	2000 AFC Asian Cup
53.	17 January 2001	Doha	Syria	1	2–0	Friendly
54.	23 January 2001	Bangkok	Thailand	1	4–5	Friendly
55.	3 February 2001	Singapore	Bahrain	1	2–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
56.	9 February 2001	Singapore	Kyrgyzstan	1	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
57.	15 February 2001	Kuwait City	Finland	2	4–3	Friendly
59.	24 February 2001	Kuwait City	Kyrgyzstan	1	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
60.	16 January 2002	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	1	1–1	Gulf Cup
61.	19 January 2002	Riyadh	Oman	1	1–3	Gulf Cup
62.	29 January 2002	Riyadh	United Arab Emirates	2	2–1	Gulf Cup

1. Kuwait lost 2–3 after the penalty shootout.

Individual

• IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer: 1998