Yasser Shahen
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Yasser Shahen is a Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

n footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

. He currently plays for Al-Karamah
Al-Karamah
Al-Karamah Sporting Club is a Syrian football club based in the city of Homs. Founded in 1928, it is considered to be one of Asia's oldest sporting clubs. The club has won eight Syrian League titles and eight Syrian Cup titles. It also was the first Syrian club to win both the league and cup...

.

International career

Shahen is currently a member of the Syrian Senior national team
Syria national football team
The Syria national football team represents Syria in association football and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association, the governing body for football in Syria. Syria's home grounds are Abbasiyyin Stadium and Aleppo International Stadium...

 and the Syrian U-23 national team.
He was a part of the Syrian U-23 national team in the Mediterranean Games 2009
Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
The football competition at the 2009 Mediterranean Games took place between June 25 and July 5, 2009 and were contested by 12 teams.-System:The 12 teams will be divided into four groups of three teams. Teams are awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. No points are awarded for a defeat....

 in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 and he scored one goal against Italy in the first match of the group-stage.

Appearances in major competitions

Team Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
Mediterranean Games 2009
Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
The football competition at the 2009 Mediterranean Games took place between June 25 and July 5, 2009 and were contested by 12 teams.-System:The 12 teams will be divided into four groups of three teams. Teams are awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. No points are awarded for a defeat....

Senior 2 0 1 Group Stage
AFC Asian Cup 2011 Qualifying Senior 0 1 0 Qualified

Appearances for Senior National Team

# Date Venue Opponent Appearances Goals Result # Competition
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1. 26 Oct 2009 Mubarak Al Ayyar Stadium, Al Jahra
Al Jahra
Al Jahra is a city located north-west of Kuwait City in Kuwait . Al Jahra is the capital of the Al Jahra Governorate of Kuwait as well as the surrounding Al Jahra District which is agriculturally based. Encyclopædia Britannica recorded the population in 1980 as 67,311...

, Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

 
1 0 0 0-1 L International Friendly
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...

2. 18 Nov 2009 Aleppo International Stadium
Aleppo International Stadium
Aleppo International Stadium is an Olympic-standard, multi-use, all-covered and all-seater stadium in the Syrian city of Aleppo. It is the largest stadium in Syria, and is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of the Syrian football team and hosts some matches of...

, Aleppo
Aleppo
Aleppo is the largest city in Syria and the capital of Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate. With an official population of 2,301,570 , expanding to over 2.5 million in the metropolitan area, it is also one of the largest cities in the Levant...

, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

 
0 1 0 0-0 D AFC Asian Cup 2011 Qualifying
3. 23 Jan 2010 Abbasiyyin Stadium
Abbasiyyin Stadium
Abbasiyyin Stadium in Damascus is an all-seater stadium in Syria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of Al-Jaish. The stadium was built in 1976 and holds 30,000 spectators....

, Damascus
Damascus
Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

 
1 0 0 1-1 D International Friendly
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...


Club

  Al-Karamah
Al-Karamah
Al-Karamah Sporting Club is a Syrian football club based in the city of Homs. Founded in 1928, it is considered to be one of Asia's oldest sporting clubs. The club has won eight Syrian League titles and eight Syrian Cup titles. It also was the first Syrian club to win both the league and cup...

  • Syrian Premier League
    Syrian Premier League
    The Syrian League is the highest division in football in Syria. The league began play in 1966.- Current clubs :*Al-Futowa *Al-Ittihad *Al-Jaish *Al-Jazeera *Al-Karamah *Al-Majd...

     (1 title): 2009
    Syrian Premier League 2008–09
    The Syrian Premier League 2008-09 is the 38th season of the Syrian Premier League, Syria's premier football league. The season began on 10 October 2008 and finished on 12 June 2009.Afrin and Al-Horriya were relegated from the previous season....

  • Syrian Cup
    Syrian Cup
    The Syrian Cup is Syria's premier knockout tournament in men's football .-Previous winners:*1959/60 : Al Ahly *1960/61 : no cup*1961/62 : Rmelan*1962/63 : no cup*1963/64 : Al-Yarmouk SC Aleppo...

     (2 titles): 2009, 2010
    2009–10 Syrian Cup
    The 2009-10 version of the Syrian Cup is the 40th edition to be played. It is the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Syria.Al-Karamah went into this edition as the holders.-First round:...

  • AFC Cup
    AFC Cup
    The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation . Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their...

    : 2009 Runner-up

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