{{Short description|Iraqi-born Qatari footballer (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bassam Al-Rawi | fullname = Bassam Hisham Ali Al-Rawi | image = Qatar v Japan – AFC Asian Cup 2019 final 25.jpg | caption = Bassam celebrating Qatar's victory in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Final | height = 1.75 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2015/pdf/FWYC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 – List of Players: Qatar |website=FIFA |page=18 |date=19 June 2015 |access-date=30 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414114527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2015/pdf/FWYC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|12|16}} | birth_place = Baghdad, Iraq<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/c8190f45-6777-4c38-80d6-1b4e6dfdc29d|title=بسام الراوي يخرج عن صمته بعد اثارته جدلا في العراق|work=Shafaaq|language=Arabic|date=23 January 2019|access-date=23 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127012600/http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/ar_newsreader/c8190f45-6777-4c38-80d6-1b4e6dfdc29d|archive-date=27 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> | position = Centre back, right back | currentclub = Al-Duhail | clubnumber = 5 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2015 | youthclubs1 = Al-Rayyan | years1 = 2015–2017 | clubs1 = Al-Rayyan | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2016 | clubs2 = → Celta Vigo B (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = → Eupen B (loan) | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2017– | clubs4 = Al-Duhail | caps4 = 103 | goals4 = 5 | years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = Al-Duhail B | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2023–2024 | clubs6 = → Al-Rayyan (loan) | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2015–2016 | nationalteam1 = Qatar U20 | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2016–2017 | nationalteam3 = Qatar U23 | nationalcaps3 = 9 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2017– | nationalteam4 = Qatar | nationalcaps4 = 69 | nationalgoals4 = 2 | pcupdate = 17 January 2026 | ntupdate = 7 January 2024 (UTC) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|QAT}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's Football}} {{MedalCompetition|AFC Asian Cup}} {{Medal|Winner|2019 UAE|Team}} {{Medal|Winner|2023 Qatar|Team}} }}
'''Bassam Hisham Ali Al-Rawi''' ({{langx|ar|بسام هشام الراوي}}; born 16 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Al-Duhail and the Qatar national football team. Born in Iraq, he represents the Qatar national team.
==Personal life== Born in Iraq, Bassam was naturalized to represent the Qatar national team.<ref>{{Soccerway|bassam-hisham-al-rawi/405568}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/soccer-asiancup-qat-bassam/soccer-qatars-bassam-certain-he-will-get-a-final-chance-to-shine-idINKCN1PK0AR|title=Soccer: Qatar's Bassam certain he will get a final chance to shine|publisher=Reuters|date=26 January 2019|accessdate=26 January 2019}}</ref> Bassam's father, Hisham Ali Al-Rawi, played for the Iraq national football team in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/soccer-asiancup-qat-irq-idUKL8N1ZM6BY|title=UPDATE 1-Soccer-Stunning free kick sends Qatar into Asian Cup quarter-finals|publisher=Reuters|date=22 January 2019|accessdate=22 January 2019}}</ref> His brother Ahmed is also a footballer. Bassam attended school in Qatar before being admitted to the Aspire Academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qatarday.com/news/local/iraq-born-qatar-footballer-bassam-al-rawi-shuts-down-trolls-with-epic-reply/66167|title=Iraq-born Qatar footballer Bassam Al-Rawi shuts down trolls with epic reply|publisher=Qatar Day|date=23 January 2019|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref>
==International career== thumb|Bassam playing for the Qatari under-23 team in January 2018
===2019 AFC Asian Cup=== Bassam made his appearance for Qatar in a 0-1 loss to Czech Republic in Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium. He was included in Félix Sánchez Bas' Qatari squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.<ref name="AFC">{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-asian-cup-uae-2019-complete-squad-lists |title=AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Complete Squad Lists |website=The-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |format=PDF |date=27 December 2018 |access-date=30 December 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228174458/http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-asian-cup-uae-2019-complete-squad-lists |archive-date=28 December 2018}}</ref> He made his first international goal on 9 January 2019 against Lebanon. On 22 January, he scored his second international and the winning goal for Qatar against his country of origin, Iraq, which helped his team reach the quarter-finals of the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/iraqi-football-fans-angered-by-own-goal-against-qatar-in-the-asian-cup-1.817099|title=Iraqi football fans angered by 'own goal' against Qatar in the Asian Cup|work=The National|date=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/afc-asian-cup/1025764/iraq-born-bassam-al-rawi-scores-the-goal-that-put-qatar-through-in-the-afc-asian-cup-2019/|title=Iraq-born Bassam Al-Rawi scores the goal that put Qatar through in the AFC Asian Cup 2019|work=Fox Sport Asia|date=22 January 2019|access-date=23 January 2019|archive-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616195651/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/afc-asian-cup/1025764/iraq-born-bassam-al-rawi-scores-the-goal-that-put-qatar-through-in-the-afc-asian-cup-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His team would eventually conquer the Asian title for the first time.
===Eligibility dispute=== On 30 January 2019, soon after the 2019 Asian Cup semi-final tie between the UAE and Qatar, which Qatar won 4–0, the UAE Football Association lodged a formal appeal to the on the fact that Bassam did not qualify to play for Qatar on residency grounds of the Article 7 of the FIFA statutes, which states a player's eligibility to play for a representative team if he has "lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 on the territory of the relevant association".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7997491946d85267/original/qcpshqziazmnmikh6tk5-pdf.pdf|title=FIFA Statutes|website=|date=2015}}</ref> It was claimed that Bassam had not lived continuously in Qatar for at least five years over the age of 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/uae-lodge-formal-protest-with-afc-over-eligibility-of-two-qatar-players-at-asian-cup-1.820102|title=UAE lodge formal protest with AFC over eligibility of two Qatar players at Asian Cup|website=The National|date=31 January 2019 }}</ref> On 1 February 2019, the AFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee dismissed the protest lodged by the United Arab Emirates Football Association.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/uae-fa-protest-dismissed |title=UAE FA protest dismissed |website=The-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |date=1 February 2019 |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-asiancup-final/uae-protest-at-eligibility-of-qataris-dismissed-on-day-of-final-idUKKCN1PQ4JC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202041954/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-asiancup-final/uae-protest-at-eligibility-of-qataris-dismissed-on-day-of-final-idUKKCN1PQ4JC|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2019|title=UAE protest at eligibility of Qataris dismissed on day of final|publisher=Reuters|date=1 February 2019|accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===International=== {{updated|12 July 2023}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- |colspan=4|Qatar |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2017||3||0 |- |2018||10||0 |- |2019||14||2 |- |2021||22||0 |- |2022||7||0 |- |2023||4||0 |- !Total!!60!!2 |}
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=69313|accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 9 January 2019 || Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates || {{fb|LIB}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 2–0 || 2019 AFC Asian Cup |- | 2. || 22 January 2019 || Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates || {{fb|IRQ}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–0 || 2019 AFC Asian Cup |}
==Honours== '''Al-Duhail''' *Qatar Stars League: 2017–18, 2019–20 *Emir of Qatar Cup: 2018, 2019 *Qatar Cup: 2018
'''Qatar''' *AFC Asian Cup: 2019, 2023
'''Individual''' * AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-asian-cup-uae-2019-technical-report-and-statistics |title=AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Technical Report and Statistics |publisher=AFC |date=29 May 2019 |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref> *Qatar Stars League Team of the Year: 2023–24
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT player|69313}} * Bassam Al-Rawi [http://www.kooora.com/?player=120534 profile 1] and [http://www.kooora.com/?player=114293 profile 2] at Kooora.com (in Arabic) * {{WorldFootball.net|bassam-al-rawi}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233651/http://www.worldfootball.com/p/84320/iraq/Bassam%20Al%20Rawi Bassam Al-Rawi] at WorldFootball.com
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