Abdelkarim Hassan

Abdelkarim Hassan graduated from Aspire Academy in 2011. He was the youngest player to appear in the 2011 AFC Champions League at 17 years old, coming off the bench against Esteghlal. His team subsequently emerged champions of the Champions League that year. He was awarded Young Player of the Year in the 2012–13 Qatar Stars League. It was announced in June 2017 that Al Sadd had loaned him to Belgian First Division A side Eupen. Abdelkarim played in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, in which he scored in a 3–1 win over Hienghène Sport. He later scored in the second round 3–2 loss against C.F. Monterrey. Al-Sadd eventually finished in the 5th place. On 21 December 2022, the management of Al Sadd announced that Abdelkarim Hassan has been excluded from the football first team permanently. This comes due to the player’s outlook not matching the goals and aspirations of the team for the upcoming period. On 25 January 2023, Abdelkarim Hassan joined for Kuwaiti Premier League club Al-Jahra.

Persepolis

On 22 January 2024, Hassan joined Persian Gulf Pro League side Persepolis on a 18-month deal, making him first Qatari footballer to play professionally in Iran.

Youth teams

Abdelkarim scored a goal against UAE U20 in the 10th International Friendship Youth Tournament. In a friendly match against the Malaysia U-23 side on 17 June 2012, Abdelkarim sparked a mass melee between the two sides after a two-footed lunge on Mohd Azrif in the 43rd minute. He was duly shown a red card for his challenge. Afterwards, a Malaysian player, Nazmi Faiz, ran half the length of the pitch to confront him, and punched him. Being 5 inches shorter than Abdelkarim, Nazmi's punch turned into nothing more than a push on his chest. Faiz was promptly shown a red card. Qatar went on to lose the match 2–0. He scored a goal in Qatar's opening game against Maldives in the qualifying stage for the 2014 AFC U-22 Asian Cup.

Senior team

Abdelkarim made his debut for the senior national team on 18 November 2010 against Haiti. He was the youngest player to appear in the preliminary squad list for the 2011 Asian Cup at the age of 17 years and 123 days old. He scored Qatar's only goal against Malaysia in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers to ensure Qatar a berth in the Asian Cup. He also scored a goal in Qatar's 4–1 victory against Yemen in the qualifiers. Though his team lost all their group stage games in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, he was extolled as one of the stars of the tournament. A FIFA.com featured article theorized that he would form the basis of young players who go on to represent Qatar at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He was named part of Qatar's…

Club

As of 8 March 2025

1Includes Emir of Qatar Cup. 2Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup. 3Includes AFC Champions League.

International goals

Qatar score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hassan goal.

Al-Sadd

Qatar Stars League: 2012–13, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021-22 Emir of Qatar Cup: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021 Qatar Cup: 2017, 2020, 2021 Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2014, 2019 Qatari Stars Cup: 2019-20 AFC Champions League: 2011 FIFA Club World Cup third place: 2011 Persepolis

Persian Gulf Pro League: 2023–24 Qatar U23

GCC U-23 Championship: 2011 Qatar

AFC Asian Cup: 2019 Arabian Gulf Cup: 2014 Individual

Asian Footballer of the Year: 2018 AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019 Qatar Stars League Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20