Abdelkarim Hassan

Abdelkarim Hassan earns my respect for what defenders rarely get: recognition. Winning the 2018 Asian Footballer of the Year as a left-back or center-back is remarkable, since that honor usually goes to attackers chasing goals and glory. To me it signals elite reading of the game and selfless work most fans overlook. Born in Doha and a mainstay of Al Sadd for twelve years, he became the spine of a golden generation, then tested himself in Belgium, Kuwait and Iran before returning to Qatar with Al-Shamal. There is something deeply appealing about a player who lets his consistency speak. Hassan is the unsung backbone, and I love that.

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Name (English)

Abdelkarim Hassan

Name (Japanese)

アブドゥルカリーム・ハサン

Reading

あぶどぅるかりーむ・はさん

Born

August 28, 1993 (age 33)

Origin

Doha, Qatar

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/abdulkarimhassan/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelkarim%20Hassan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3603354

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.