Naif Hazazi (footballer, born 1988)

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Naif Hazazi
Personal information
Full name Naif Ahmad Hazazi
Date of birth (1988-07-27) 27 July 1988 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2000–2006
Al-Ittihad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2013
Al-Ittihad
 82 (32)
2013–2015 Al-Shabab 27 (21)
2015–2017
Al-Nassr
 34 (6)
2017–2018
Al-Taawoun
 9 (2)
2018 Botoșani 1 (0)
2018 Ohod 3 (0)
2020 Al-Adalah 10 (2)
International career‡
2006–2008 Saudi Arabia U23 10 (3)
2008–2016 Saudi Arabia 54 (15)
Medal record
Al-Ittihad
Winner
SPL
 2007
Runner-up
SPL
 2008
Runner-up
Saudi Champions Cup
 2008
Winner
SPL
2009
Runner-up
Saudi Champions Cup
 2009
Runner-up AFC Champions League 2009
Runner-up
SPL
2010
Winner
Saudi Champions Cup
 2010
Runner-up
SPL
2011
Runner-up
Saudi Champions Cup
 2011
Winner
Saudi Champions Cup
 2013
Al-Shabab
Winner
Saudi Champions Cup
2014
Winner Super Cup 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:22, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Naif Ahmad Hazazi (

Arabic: نايف أحمد هزازي; born 27 July 1988), also nicknamed Al Saqr which means The Falcon, is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer, who plays as a striker former the Saudi Arabia national team.[2]

Personal life

Hazazi lives in

Balqees Ahmed Fathi. However, they are no longer engaged.[3][4][5]

Career

Al-Ittihad

Naif began his career at the

Al-Ittihad he was playing for the Al-Ittihad Under-17, but because his forward talent, the Belgian coach Dimitri Davidovic included him to the first team, He Received an offer from Club Sevilla when he was at International travels, about admiration for his performance, But the deal failed to reject the coach Manuel Jose to keep him with the team.[6]

2006–08

Hazazi was promoted to the first team in 2006. On 25 January 2007, he made his debut with the first team against

Prince Faisal Cup
.

On 1 December 2007, Hazazi made his league debut as a late-match substitute against Al-Hilal. Against

Al-Ittihad.[citation needed
]

2008–09 season

Upon Hamzah's departure from the club, Hazazi inherited his number 9 jersey.

Al-Watani in a 7–2 victory.

He has the advantage is not on the level of our stadiums, but in the Arab world, which have great header ability as typical model.

— Majed Abdullah

Hazazi also scored the second goal in the 43rd minute against Al-Shabab

in a 4–0 win.

On 12 April, the final match for

Umm-Salal SC full match and he scored a hat-trick of 7–0.[10] Round of 16, he played against Al-Shabab, He making the ball to teammate Hicham Aboucherouane
to Ssore the second goal in the game.

2009–10 season

Al-Qadasiya
0–0 match.

He played twice games without any goal. On 26 August, he played against

Champions Cup by penalties finished 5–4.[citation needed
]

2010–11 season

In the

Al-Ahli, he lost the final by penalties 2–4.[citation needed
]

2011–12 season

Hazazi began his season with 2 goals against Al-Ansar, scored two goals, and hat-trick goal was canceled.

Pakhtakor.[21]
Hazazi confirmed the difficulty of the game and said:

This is our response to those who doubted our ability.[22]

On 23 May 2012, He played against

Faouzi. and also was injured during the match which he continued the match to the 60th minute till he has been substituted, the tests results proved that injury is a broke of his nose that keep him away for two months.[26][27]

International career

Naif made his international debut at the age of 19, in a friendly against Thailand and score the first goal in his international career in 65th minute. Hazazi also scored two goals in a 4–0 friendly win over Bahrain. On 30 August 2009, he played a friendly match against Malaysia and injured his cruciate ligament, which kept him out of action for a period of time.[28]

2010 World Cup qualification

He was part of the 2010 Saudi Qualification squad. He appeared in the fourth round in the tournament with

Jose Peseiro decided to rule out Al Qahtani for the qualifiers against Iran and the United Arab Emirates for disciplinary reasons. Al Qahtani's loss was Hazazi's gain, However, the youngster able to make his second qualifying appearance in Tehran against Iran. With only 11 minutes remaining, Hazazi calmly converted the equaliser that ignited one of his country's most famous comebacks in a 2–1 victory.[29] On 1 April 2009 against United Arab Emirates in Riyadh, Saudis were again trailing in the second half and, despite gaining a fortuitous equaliser through an own goal, Hazazi was a symbol of luck to qualify before the end of the match five minutes with the Winning Golden Header.[30]

2011 AFC Asian Cup

On 9 January 2011, Hazazi in

Motaz Al Mosa came on as a substitute for Naif in the 46th minute, Hazazi apologized for ignoring the sports channels after the end of the game with Japan which ended 0–5 loss.[32]

2015 AFC Asian Cup

Hazazi was included in

China, missing from a penalty kick in the 62nd minute as the Saudis lost 1–0. In the team's second match, Hazazi scored the equalising goal in an eventual 4–1 victory over North Korea.[33]

Style of play

He has speed, talent and he can score in any situation. If he continues to develop at this rate, he will soon be one of Asia's top players.

— Mohammed Noor, speaking about Hazazi

Hazazi's skills emerged at a young age and agree with major players skills. Hazazi has been compared to

centre forward, owing to his excellent heading ability, and his spirit. He is the symbol of the header throws, Dangerous in the air as his head more dangerous than his leg.[35] He is very spirited footballer and also have a determination, have a good character. He always looking for the yellow card for the excite the fans after the goal. He has a special celebration is performed after the goal. He received a red card from the most famous accidents as he oppressed. It was one of the most famous ten cases the expulsion of the football history in Saudi Arabia.[36]

Outside football

Hazazi was awarded Al-Riyadia's the most popular footballer. He signed a four-year deal with Nike in Dubai to appear in the first advertisement for Nike in the Middle East.[37][38] Nike selected Hazazi based on his achievements with club and his country despite his young age. He has also signed other sponsorships with Soccertown and Red Bull on 31 May 2012.[39]

He is known for his charitable work and became

Arab Childhood Ambassador. He and the club owners visited the Abdulateef Jamil Hospital, making a tour of various hospital alongside Osama Al-Muwallad.[40]

He also participated in a documentary film at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, about the dangers of smoking.[41][42]

In October 2012, he got engaged to Yemeni-Emarati singer

Balqees Ahmed Fathi.[43]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 September 2020[44]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Ittihad 2007–08 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 — 2 1
2008–09
 19 9 5 2 1 0 5 3 — 30 14
2009–10
 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 — 6 4
2010–11
 22 12 5 2 2 2 10 2 — 39 18
2011–12
 19 7 2 1 3 2 10 8 — 34 18
2012–13
 18 1 2 2 1 0 — — 21 3
Total 82 32 16 8 7 4 27 14 0 0 132 58
Al-Shabab
2013–14
 10 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 — 12 8
2014–15
 17 14 0 0 2 1 4 2 1[a] 1 24 18
Total 27 21 0 0 2 1 6 3 1 1 36 26
Al-Nassr
2015–16
 18 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 1[a] 0 27 5
2016–17
 16 3 2 2 2 0 — — 20 5
Total 34 6 6 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 47 10
Al-Taawoun
2017–18
 9 2 0 0 1 0 — — 10 2
Botoșani 2017–18 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Ohod
2018–19
 3 0 0 0 — — — 3 0
Al-Adalah 2019–20 10 2 0 0 — — — 10 2
Career totals 166 63 22 12 14 5 35 17 2 1 239 98
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Saudi Super Cup

International

As of 11 October 2016[45]
National team Season Apps Goals
Saudi Arabia 2008 4 3
2009 8 3
2010 5 0
2011 10 1
2012 2 0
2013 6 3
2014 7 3
2015 7 2
2016 5 0
Total 54 15

International goals

Under–23

Senior team

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[45]

Career totals

Professional career totals
Teams Appearances Goals Goals per game
Clubs 221 97 0.44
National team 054 15 0.28
Total 275 112 0.41

Honours

Al-Ittihad

  • 2008–09
  • King Cup of Champions: 2010, 2013

Al-Shabab

Individual

  • Saudi Forward of the Season: 2009
  • Saudi Promising Player of the Year: 2009
  • Most Popular Player in ME: 2010

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