Yahya Al-Ghassani

{{short description|Emirati footballer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yahya Al-Ghassani | image = | fullname = Yahya Ali Saeed Al-Ghassani | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|4|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Sharjah]], United Arab Emirates | height = 1.75 m<ref>{{cite web |title=Yahya Al Ghassani |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe599754/yahya-al-ghassani/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=1 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> | currentclub = [[Shabab Al-Ahli Club|Shabab Al Ahli]] | clubnumber = 11 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Al-Ahli Dubai F.C.|Al Ahli]] | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = [[Al Wahda FC|Al Wahda]] | years1 = 2018–2021 | clubs1 = [[Al Wahda FC|Al Wahda]] | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 4 | years2 = 2021– | clubs2 = [[Shabab Al-Ahli Club|Shabab Al Ahli]] | caps2 = 78 | goals2 = 17 | position = [[Midfielder (association football)#Winger|Winger]] |nationalyears1 = 2020 |nationalteam1 = [[United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team|United Arab Emirates U23]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 2022– |nationalteam2 = [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]] | nationalcaps2 = 40 | nationalgoals2 = 12 | pcupdate = 28 December 2024 | ntupdate = 18 December 2025 }} '''Yahya Ali Saeed Al-Ghassani''' ([[Arabic]]: يَحْيَى عَلِيّ سَعِيد الْغَسَّانِيّ; born 17 April 1998) is an Emirati professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]] for [[UAE Pro League]] club [[Shabab Al-Ahli Club|Shabab Al Ahli]].<ref name="agleague">{{cite web|url=https://www.uaefa.ae/#/profile/42822|title=Yahya Al Ghassani|author=XS Studios|website=uaefa.ae|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>

==Early life== Al-Ghassani was born in [[Sharjah]], United Arab Emirates to an Emirati mother, and an Omani-Tanzanian father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/football/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%8a/810929/%d9%8a%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ba%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%88%d9%87%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a5%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%87%d8%ac%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%b7%d9%81-%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%b8%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%a8%d9%8a%d9%8a%d9%86|title=Yahya Al-Ghassani: A shining Emirati talent catching the attention of Europeans|website=arabic.sport360.com|date=26 June 2019}}</ref>

==Club career== Al Ghassani played with [[Al-Ahli Dubai F.C.|Al Ahli]] and [[Al Wahda FC|Al Wahda]] at youth level. He signed a four-year contract with Al Wahda in 2018 to participate in the [[UAE Pro League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arabia.eurosport.com/article/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B9-%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA|title=Al Wahda Al Ghassani renews the contract for 4 years|website=eurosport}}</ref> On 4 January 2021, he left Al Wahda and signed for [[Shabab Al-Ahli Club|Shabab Al Ahli]] on a three-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/football/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A/1020867/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9|title=رسمياً.. شباب الأهلي يتعاقد مع يحيى الغساني قادماً من الوحدة }}</ref>

==International career== Al Ghassani participated at the [[2020 AFC U-23 Championship]] with the United Arab Emirates Olympic team.<ref name="soccerway">{{cite web |title=United Arab Emirates – Yahya Al Ghassani – Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/yahya-al-ghassani/566642/ |website=soccerway.com |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref>

On 4 January 2024, Al Ghassani was named in the [[United Arab Emirates national football team|UAE]]'s squad for the [[2023 AFC Asian Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets.the-afc.com/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup/Squad_Lists/AFC-Asian-Cup-Qatar%E2%84%A2-2023-Squad-Lists.pdf|title=AFC Asian Cup 2023™ Qatar squad lists|publisher=AFC}}</ref> He scored in the UAE's opening match of the tournament – a 3–1 win over [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]] on 14 January.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc_asian_cup/news/group_c_uae_v_hong_kong_china_2.html|title=Group C: UAE 3–1 Hong Kong, China|date=15 January 2024|website=Asian Football Confederation}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|28 December 2024.}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|[[Al Wahda FC|Al Wahda]] |[[2018–19 UAE Pro League|2018–19]] |rowspan="3"|[[UAE Pro League|UPL]] |11||2||1||0||1||0||7||2||20||4 |- |[[2019–20 UAE Pro League|2019–20]] |16||1||1||0||2||0||4||2||23||3 |- |[[2020–21 UAE Pro League|2020–21]] |7||1||0||0||0||0||1||0||8||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !34||4||2||0||3||0||12||4||51||8 |- |rowspan="6"|[[Shabab Al Ahli Club|Shabab Al Ahli]] |[[2020–21 UAE Pro League|2020–21]] |rowspan="5"|UPL |10||3||1||0||4||0||5||0||20||3 |- |[[2021–22 UAE Pro League|2021–22]] |17||2||2||0||6||1||5||0||30||3 |- |[[2022–23 UAE Pro League|2022–23]] |23||7||2||0||1||0||2||1||28||8 |- |[[2023–24 UAE Pro League|2023–24]] |24||5||2||1||2||2||3||1||31||9 |- |[[2024–25 UAE Pro League|2024–25]] |4||0||0||0||5||2||2||1||11||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !78||17||7||1||18||5||17||3||120||26 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !112||21||9||1||21||5||29||7||171||34 |}

===International=== :''Scores and results list the United Arab Emirates' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Al Ghassani goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Yahya Al Ghassani |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align=center|1 || 27 January 2022 || [[Al Maktoum Stadium]], [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates || {{fb|SYR|1980}}|| align=center|2–0 || align=center| 2–0 || [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | align=center|2 || rowspan=2|12 September 2023 || rowspan=2|[[Maksimir Stadium]], [[Zagreb]], Croatia|| rowspan=2|{{fb|CRC}}|| align=center|1–0 || align=center rowspan=2| 4–1 || rowspan=2|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]] |- |align=center|3 || align=center|4–0 |- |align=center|4 || 14 January 2024 || [[Khalifa International Stadium]], [[Al Rayyan (city)|Al Rayyan]], Qatar || {{fb|HKG}} || align=center|3–1 || align=center| 3–1 ||rowspan=2|[[2023 AFC Asian Cup]] |- |align=center|5 || 23 January 2024 || [[Ahmad bin Ali Stadium]], Al Rayyan, Qatar || {{fb|IRN}} || align=center|1–2 || align=center| 1–2 |- |align=center|6 || 10 October 2024 || [[Hazza bin Zayed Stadium]], [[Al Ain]], United Arab Emirates || {{fb|PRK}} || align=center|1–0 || align=center| 1–1 ||rowspan="2"|[[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- |align=center|7 || 19 November 2024 || [[Al Nahyan Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates || rowspan=2|{{fb|QAT}} || align=center|5–0 || align=center| 5–0 |- |align=center|8 || 21 December 2024 || rowspan=2|[[Sulaibikhat Stadium]], [[Sulaibikhat]], Kuwait || align="center" |1–1 || rowspan=2 align="center" |1–1 || rowspan=2|[[26th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- |align=center|9 || 27 December 2024 || {{fb|OMA}} || align="center" |1–0 |- |align=center|10 || 4 September 2025 || [[Zabeel Stadium]], Dubai, United Arab Emirates || {{fb|SYR}} || align="center"|2–1 || rowspan=3 align="center" |3–1 || Friendly |- |align=center|11 || rowspan=2| 9 December 2025 || rowspan=2| [[Stadium 974]], [[Doha]], Qatar || rowspan=2| {{fb|KUW}} || align="center" |1–0 || rowspan=2| [[2025 FIFA Arab Cup Group C|2025 FIFA Arab Cup]] |- |align=center|12 || align=center|2–0 |}

==Honours== '''Al Wahda''' *[[UAE Super Cup]]: [[2018 UAE Super Cup|2018]]<ref name="soccerway"/>

'''Shabab Al Ahli''' *[[UAE Pro League]]: [[2022–23 UAE Pro League|2022–23]], [[2024–25 UAE Pro League|2024–25]]<ref name="soccerway"/> *[[UAE President's Cup]]: [[2020–21 UAE President's Cup|2020–21]]<ref name="soccerway"/> *[[UAE League Cup]]: [[2020–21 UAE League Cup|2020–21]]<ref name="soccerway"/> *UAE Super Cup: [[2020 UAE Super Cup|2020]],<ref name="soccerway"/> [[2023 UAE Super Cup|2023]],<ref name="soccerway"/> [[2024 UAE Super Cup|2024]]<ref name="soccerway"/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{soccerway|yahya-al-ghassani/566642}}

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