Hamad Al-Montashari

{{short description|Saudi Arabian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Expand Arabic|topic=bio|date=April 2012}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2009}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Hamad Al-Montashari | image = Hamad Al-Montashari 2009.jpg | image_size = 180 | caption = Al-Montashari playing for [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] in 2009 | fullname = Hamad Mohsen Al-Montashari | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|6|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Jeddah]], Saudi Arabia | height = {{height|m=1.86}}<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters |url=http://www.fifa.com/documents/tournaments/cwc/CWC_2005_sl-latest.xls |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=4 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219093824/http://www.fifa.com/documents/tournaments/cwc/CWC_2005_sl-latest.xls |archive-date=19 December 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre back]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2001–2016 | clubs1 = [[Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]] | caps1 = 300 | goals1 = 61 | nationalyears1 = 2002–2011 | nationalteam1 = [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] | nationalcaps1 = 54 | nationalgoals1 = 8 | club-update = June 22, 2011 | nationalteam-update = June 22, 2011 }}

'''Hamad Mohsen Al-Montashari''' (also spelled '''Al-Montazeri'''; {{langx|ar|حمد المُنتشري}}, ''Hamad al-Muntasharī''; born 22 June 1982) is a Saudi Arabian former [[Association football|footballer]] who spent his entire career for [[Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]]. A [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|central defender]], Al-Montashari became the 2005 Asian Football Player of the Year, finishing ahead of Uzbekistani [[Maksim Shatskikh]] in the polls.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/al-montashari-named-asian-player-of-the-year| title =Al Montashari named Asian Player of the Year| access-date =5 January 2013| publisher =[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]]| archive-date =13 May 2014| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140513011809/http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/al-montashari-named-asian-player-of-the-year| url-status =dead}}</ref> He represented Saudi Arabia at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] and two [[AFC Asian Cup]]s.

==Honours== ===International=== ;Saudi Arabia *[[Islamic Solidarity Games]]: [[Football at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games|2005]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{NFT player|5732}} *{{FIFA player|210434}}

{{Asian Footballer of the Year}} {{Saudi Arabia Squad 2004 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Saudi Arabia Squad 2006 World Cup}} {{Saudi Arabia Squad 2011 AFC Asian Cup}}

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