{{short description|Lebanese footballer (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{For|the Egyptian botanist|Mohamed Kassas}} {{Family name hatnote|Ali|Kassas|lang=Lebanese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mohammad Kassas | image = | caption = | fullname = Mohammad Ali Kassas<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|mohammad-kassas/168755|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|07|01|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Maqne]], Lebanon<ref name=GSA/> | height = 1.86 m | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] | currentclub = [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] (technical director) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Al Mabarra Club|Mabarra]] | years1 = 1988–1997 | clubs1 = [[Al Mabarra Club|Mabarra]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1997 | clubs2 = [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]] | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1997–1998 | clubs3 = [[Safa SC|Safa]] | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1999–2000 | clubs4 = [[Shabab Al Sahel FC|Shabab Sahel]] | caps4 = | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2000–2002 | clubs5 = [[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]] | caps5 = 45 | goals5 = 18 | years6 = 2002–2003 | clubs6 = [[Olympic Beirut]] | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2003–2005 | clubs7 = [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] | caps7 = | goals7 = 43 | years8 = 2005–2006 | clubs8 = [[Al-Qadsiah FC|Al-Qadsiah]] | caps8 = | goals8 = 6 | years9 = 2006–2007 | clubs9 = [[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]] | caps9 = | goals9 = 4 | years10 = 2007 | clubs10 = [[Al Ahed FC|Ahed]] | caps10 = | goals10 = 2 | years11 = 2008 | clubs11 = [[Nawair SC|Nawair]] | caps11 = | goals11 = 5 | years12 = 2009 | clubs12 = [[Shabab Al Sahel FC|Shabab Sahel]] | caps12 = | goals12 = 6 | years13 = 2009–2010 | clubs13 = [[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]] | caps13 = | goals13 = | years14 = 2010–2011 | clubs14 = [[Safa SC|Safa]] | caps14 = | goals14 = 16 | years15 = 2011–2013 | clubs15 = [[Al-Ramtha SC|Al-Ramtha]] | caps15 = 33 | goals15 = 16 | years16 = 2012 | clubs16 = → [[Al Mabarra Club|Mabarra]] (loan) | caps16 = | goals16 = | years17 = 2013–2014 | clubs17 = [[Bekaa SC|Nabi Chit]] | caps17 = | goals17 = | years18 = 2014 | clubs18 = [[Al-Ramtha SC|Al-Ramtha]] | caps18 = 9 | goals18 = 2 | years19 = 2014–2016 | clubs19 = [[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]] | caps19 = | goals19 = | years20 = 2016–2017 | clubs20 = [[Safa SC|Safa]] | caps20 = 11 | goals20 = 3 | years21 = 2021 | clubs21 = [[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]] | caps21 = | goals21 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 2002 | nationalteam1 = [[Lebanon national under-23 football team|Lebanon U23]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 2001–2009 | nationalteam2 = [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] | nationalcaps2 = 26 | nationalgoals2 = 3 }} '''Mohammad Ali Kassas''' ({{langx|ar|محمد علي قصاص}}; born 1 July 1976) is a Lebanese former professional footballer who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]]. He is the technical director of {{Lebanese football updater|Nejmeh}} club [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]].
Kassas was the [[List of top Lebanese Premier League goal scorers by season|Lebanese Premier League top goal-scorer]] for Nejmeh twice in a row, scoring 22 goals in [[2003–04 Lebanese Premier League|2003–04]] and 21 goals in [[2004–05 Lebanese Premier League|2004–05]]. He also represented the [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon national team]], scoring three goals in 26 appearances.
==Club career== Kassas started his senior career in 1988, aged 12, at [[Al Mabarra Club|Mabarra]] in the Lebanese Fourth Division.<ref name=":1" /> He helped the side reach the [[Lebanese Second Division]], before moving on a trial to [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]] during the summer of 1997.<ref name=":1" /> In 1997 Kassas moved to [[Safa SC|Safa]] and played for one season. During the [[1999–2000 Lebanese Premier League|1999–2000 season]], Kassas played for [[Shabab Al Sahel FC|Shabab Sahel]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/mohammad_kassas.html|title=MOHAMMAD KASSAS|website=www.abdogedeon.com|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref> before moving to [[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]] for two seasons;<ref name=":1" /> he scored 18 league goals in 45 games with the side.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3770/Mohammad_Kassas.html|title=Mohammad Kassas|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|website=www.national-football-teams.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref> In 2002, Kassas moved to [[Olympic Beirut]] for $500,000 in the largest deal in Lebanese history,<ref name=":1" /> with whom he won the [[Double (association football)|domestic double]], then to [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] in 2003.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> At Nejmeh, Kassas was crowned [[List of top Lebanese Premier League goal scorers by season|top goalscorer]] of the [[Lebanese Premier League]] twice in a row, scoring 22 goals in [[2003–04 Lebanese Premier League|2003–04]] and 21 goals in [[2004–05 Lebanese Premier League|2004–05]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebtops.html|title=Lebanon - List of Topscorers|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref> He also won the [[Lebanese Premier League]] in both seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebchamp.html|title=Lebanon - List of Champions|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>
In 2005, Kassas moved to Saudi Arabian side [[Al-Qadsiah FC|Al-Qadsiah]] for one season,<ref name=":1" /> where he scored six league goals.<ref name=":0" /> He returned to Lebanon the following season, signing for Sagesse in 2006.<ref name=":0" /> He then moved to [[Al Ahed FC|Ahed]],<ref name=":1" /> before moving to Syria in 2008 as he signed for [[Nawair SC|Nawair]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> After half a season in Syria, Kassas returned once again to Lebanon, signing first for [[Shabab Al Sahel FC|Shabab Sahel]] in 2009,<ref name=":1" /> for whom he scored 6 league goals, then for [[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]] in 2009.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
In 2010, Kassas joined Safa, helping them reach the final of the [[2010 AFC Cup]]. In 2011, he left Lebanon and signed for Jordanian side [[Al-Ramtha SC|Al-Ramtha]];<ref name=":1" /> he scored 16 league goals in 33 games in two seasons at the club.<ref name=":0" /> Kassas was also sent on loan to Mabarra in 2012. helping them gain promotion to the Lebanese Premier League.<ref name=":1" /> Kassas returned to Lebanon in 2013, signing for Nabi Chit and also helping them gain promotion to the Lebanese Premier League. In 2014 Kassas returned to Al-Ramtha, before making his final return to Lebanon in 2014, signing for Sagesse.<ref name=":1" /> In 2016, Kassas joined Safa and scored three goals in 11 matches during the [[2016–17 Lebanese Premier League|2016–17 season]], where he retired.<ref name=":0" />
In March 2021, Kassas returned from retirement, resigning for Sagesse in the Lebanese Second Division ahead of the second leg.<ref>{{Cite web|title=الأندية غير راضية.. والحكمة في طريق العودة|url=https://www.alahednews.com.lb/article.php?id=29445&cid=130|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.alahednews.com.lb|language=ar}}</ref>
== International career == In 2002, Kassas played for the [[Lebanon national under-23 football team|Lebanon Olympic team]] at the [[Football at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's tournament|2002 Asian Games]], scoring a [[Hat-trick (association football)|hat-trick]] in an 11–0 win against [[Afghanistan national under-23 football team|Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Díaz Rubio |first=Julián |last2=Zlotkowski |first2=Andre |title=Asian Games 2002 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames02.html |access-date=14 June 2022 |website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
== Managerial career == In April 2022, Kassas was appointed [[Sporting director#As a technical director|technical director]] of Nejmeh.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-29 |title=محمد قصاص مستشارا فنيا للنجمة |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1134940 |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=كووورة}}</ref>
== Personal life == Kassas's son, [[Ali Kassas|Ali]], is also a footballer.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/MTVLebSports/videos/426167257188781/ |title=31K views · 309 reactions {{!}} علي قصاص: الولد سرّ أبيه {{!}} علي قصاص: الولد سرّ أبيه #mtvfootball #mtvsports #lebanesefootball {{!}} By MTV Sports {{!}} Facebook |language=en |access-date=2025-02-27 |via=www.facebook.com}}</ref>
== Honours == '''Olympic Beirut''' * [[Lebanese Premier League]]: [[2002–03 Lebanese Premier League|2002–03]] * [[Lebanese FA Cup]]: 2002–03
'''Nejmeh''' * [[Lebanese Premier League]]: [[2003–04 Lebanese Premier League|2003–04]], [[2004–05 Lebanese Premier League|2004–05]]
'''Ahed''' * [[Lebanese Premier League]]: [[2007–08 Lebanese Premier League|2007–08]]
'''Individual''' * [[List of top Lebanese Premier League goal scorers by season|Lebanese Premier League top scorer]]: [[2003–04 Lebanese Premier League|2003–04]], [[2004–05 Lebanese Premier League|2004–05]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 June 2005|title=مهرجان كرة المنار|edition=599|pages=13|work=Shoot}}</ref> *[[GCC Golden Boot]] :[[2009–10 UAE Pro-League|2009–10]] * [[Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season]]: [[2001–02 Lebanese Premier League|2001–02]],<ref name=":2002">{{Cite news|date=3 June 2002|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=440|pages=23|work=Shoot}}</ref> [[2003–04 Lebanese Premier League|2003–04]],<ref name=":2004">{{Cite web|date=18 August 2004|script-title=ar:البرازيلي أديلسون أفضل لاعب في استفتاء المنار للبطولة الأخيرة في بيروت|url=https://www.saba.ye/ar/news76330.htm|access-date=10 February 2022|website=saba.ye|language=ar}}</ref> [[2004–05 Lebanese Premier League|2004–05]],<ref name=":2005">{{Cite news|date=20 June 2005|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان كرة المنار|language=ar|edition=599|pages=13|work=Shoot}}</ref> [[2008–09 Lebanese Premier League|2008–09]]<ref name=":2009">{{Cite web|date=13 May 2009|title=|script-title=ar:مهرجان المنار... والكأس بين العهد والساحل|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/136439|access-date=13 February 2022|website=al-akhbar|language=ar}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[List of association football families]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{FA Lebanon|16801}} * {{NFT player|3770}} * {{Soccerway|287404}}
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