Naif Hazazi

Naif Hazazi

Personal information
Full name	Naif ahmad taib Hazazi
Date of birth	January 11, 1989 (1989-01-11) (age 22)
Place of birth	Jizan, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Al-Ittihad
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–	Al-Ittihad	46	(27)
National team‡
2008–	Saudi Arabia	24	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18/8/2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18/8/2011

Naif Hazazi (born January 11, 1989, Jizan), is a Saudi Arabian footballer, currently playing for the Jeddah-based Al-Ittihad club. He plays as a centre forward.^[1]

Hazazi made his international debut in 2008, and scored an important goal for Saudi Arabia in a come back 2–1 victory against Iran in Tehran on 28 March 2009. At the moment, he is averaging exactly a goal every two games for the national team.^{[citation needed]}

Life

Hazazi lives in Jeddah. He is one of the most famous strikers in the Arab world, especially among the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.

Career

Al-Ittihad

2006–08

Naif Hazazi joined Al-Ittihad in 2006-07. In his first season, he did not play so much because of his young age. 25 January 2007, He played Cup match Against Al Nassr without any goal.

Hazazi make his Debut season as a reserve on Late the second half Against Al-Hilal on 1 December 2007-08 season. at Summer AFC Champions League Begin, He scored the second goal by head Against Syrian Ittihad-Aleppo in the 42 (minute), Match ending 3-0 to Al-Ittihad.

2008–10

By ending 2007-08 season After Hamzah Idris Retired, Idris given Hazazi his jersey number 9. On 2008-09 season hazazi established himself as a regular first team player, Hazazi usually entered as a reserve player, First match for Hazazi as a key player He scored the first goal in the match against Al-Shabab to make win 2-1. Hazazi caused of first goal in the game by assist to Aboucherouane to score against Al-Ahli. Emerged his skills, especially, was scored 2 goals in the match against Al-Watani which ended 7-2. He is also scored 2 goals against Al-Shabab.

On 12 April, the final match for Al-Ittihad on the season versus Al-Hilal, Hazazi opened match with a one goal in the 18th minute and finished 2-1. He won his first title league with Al-Ittihad on 2008-09, After the winning. 11 May in away Champions Cup-match, He score a one goal against Al-Hazm as the only goal in the match to make the difference 1-0. On 15 May, He played against Al-Shabab without help to make the victory. He lost 0-4 from Al-Shabab. Hazazi Replaced Renato on AFC Champions League match against Esteghlal. He also played against Al-Jazira, He played against Umm-Salal SC full match and He scored a hat-trick of 7-0. Round of 16, He plays against Al-Shabab, He making the ball to teammate Aboucherouane to Score the second goal in the game.

On 2009-10 Hazazi Injured by cruciate ligament. he played twice games without any goal. He played against Al-Qadasiya and scored hat-trick, match is ended 7-2. Champions Cup away match against Al-Shabab, Hazazi entered as a reserve on the late minutes, he scored a goal to converted to beat Al-Shabab on last 10 minutes 2-1. He played also on the final as a reserve against Al-Hilal he won his fitst title Champions Cup by penalties finished 5-4.

2010–11 season

In the 2010–11 season, Scoring 12 in 22 matches in the league. In all completions scoring 16 in 33 matches. On 14 August 2010, Hazazi scored his first goal for the season against Al-Ettifaq. He scored against Najran SC on Round 4. Hazazi make the third hat-trick in his history against Al-Hazm on 4-0 match, By scoring on the first minutes. He assists the first goal against Al-Ahli, Hazazi replaced in the second half and entered Mohammed Noor because of injury influence. Hazazi played against Al-Raed, He scored the first goal after a powerful shot from outside the penalty area. ended 2-1. Hazazi scored the only goal of his team against Al-Qadasiya and scored another goal correctly ruled out for offside. He scored 2 goals on a match against Al-Shabab but the match ended 2-2. He played against Al Nassr and received the red card before match end. Hazazi played as a reserve against Al-Faisaly, This is the first time on the season plays as a reserve. He played against Al-Raed, He scored the first goal and caused a penalty kick will be the third goal, that Mabrouk Zaid scored it. Played against Al-Wahda, He scored the second goal to make it 2-1. 15 May, He play the last match on the season against Al-Shabab, Hazazi assist to Mohammed Noor to score the first goal, match is ended 1-1. On Champions Cup. He assist the tie-goal, by passing to Al-Rashid against Al Nassr on away. On Home-match, He scored the tie-goal and qualifying goal. He scored against Al-Hilal a tie-goal, ended 1-1. Hazazi played on the final as a reserve against Al-Ahli, He lost the final by penalties 2-4.

2011–12 season

Hazazi scored 3 goals on 3 appearances. Against Al-Ansar, scored two goals, and hat-trick goal was canceled.^[2]

Club career statistics

As of August 17, 2011

Club	Season	League		Cup		AFC		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Ittihad	2006-07	0	0	1	0	--	--	1	0
	2007-08	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
	2008-09	17	9	7	2	5	3	29	14
	2009-10	3	3	2	1	1	0	6	4
	2010-11	22	12	5	4	6	0	33	16
	2011-12	3	3	0	0	3	2	6	5
	Total	46	27	15	7	16	6	77	40

Cup = Champions Cup + Crown Prince Cup + Prince Faisal Cup .

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	November 8, 2008	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Thailand	1-0	Won	Friendly Match
2	March 28, 2009	Tehran, Iran	Iran	2-1	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	April 1, 2009	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	3-2	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	June 4, 2009	Tianhe Stadium, China	China PR	3-1	Won	Friendly Match
5	November 11, 2011	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Thailand	3-0	Won	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

• with Al-Iittihad
  • Winner of Saudi Premier League - 2009
  • Winner of Saudi Champions Cup - 2010

References

1. ^ FIFA
2. ^ "canceled goal". Alyaum. 2011-10-2. http://www.alyaum.com/News/art/32099.html. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 

• Naif Hazazi at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Hazazi, Naif
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Date of birth	January 11, 1989
Place of birth	Jizan, Saudi Arabia
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