Nasser Al-Shamrani

Nasser Ali Al-Shamrani

Personal information
Date of birth	November 23, 1983 (1983-11-23) (age 27)
Place of birth	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Al-Shabab
Number	25
Youth career
	Al-Wehda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003-07	Al-Wehda	62	(23)
2007-	Al-Shabab	76	(56)
National team‡
2005-	Saudi Arabia	36	(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 June 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2011

Nasser Al-Shamrani (Arabic: ناصر الشمراني‎) (born November 23, 1983) is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player for the Al-Shabab football club based in Riyadh. Nasser, a forward, moved to Al-Shabab during the beginning of the 2007-2008 season from Al-Wehda. He signed a contract with Al-Shabab for 13 million riyals for 5 seasons. He is currently Al-Shabab's main striker, and is nicknamed 'Earthquake' by Al-Shabab fans.

Club career statistics

As of 5 June 2011

Club	Season	League		Cup		ACL		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Wehda	2003-04	16	2	-	-	-	-	16	2
	2004-05	13	3	2	2	-	-	19	7
	2005-06	15	7	-	-	-	-	18	10
	2006-07	18	11	3	2	-	-	21	13
Total		62	23	5	4	-	-	67	27
Al-Shabab	2007-08	19	18	6	9	5	3	30	30
	2008-09	20	12	5	4	5	6	30	22
	2009-10	14	9	1	1	0	0	15	10
	2010-11	23	17	2	3	10	3	35	23
Total		76	56	14	17	20	12	110	85
Career Total		137	79	19	21	20	12	177	112

His career with Al-Wehda

Nasser began at the age of 20 playing with Al-Wehda's first team, in the 2003-04 season. He was young then, but with his teammate, Eisa Al-Mehyani, were the main strikers in Al-Wehda. Even though Al-Wehda had talented young strikers, but Nasser could not win any tournament with Al-Wehda, and the highest rank they achieved in the Saudi Premier League was 3rd place in the 2006-2007 season.

Loan to Al-Shabab in 2006

During the 2005-2006 season, Al-Shabab decided to try Nasser out, and had a deal with Al-Wehda for a loan in the middle of the season, till the end of the season. Al-Wehda accepted because at that time Al-Wehda had no chance of competing in all of the local tournaments. During these couple of months, Nasser was able to prove his worth as a striker. He scored 4 goals in the AFC Champions League, which helped Al-Shabab qualify to the quarterfinals that year. In the league, he scored 3 goals, one which was the third goal in the Saudi Premier League final against Al-Hilal, which ended 3-0. After the end of the season, Al-Shabab were impressed by his performance, and tried sign a contract with him, but Al-Wehda refused and by the 2006-2007 season he returned to Al-Wehda.

With Al-Wehda 2006-2007

Nasser had one of his best seasons with Al-Wehda, he was able to score 9 goals in the Saudi Premier League. He helped his team reach the 3rd rank in the league, even though he did not score any goal in the golden play-off games against Al-Shabab and Al-Ittihad. By the end of the season, Al-Wehda went through a financial problem. Al-Shabab soon noticed this and offered 13 million riyals for Nasser. Al-Wehda accepted, and Nasser moved to Al-Shabab by the beginning of the 2007-2008 season.

Current season with Al-Shabab

Nasser's move to Al-Shabab was anticipated by many Al-Shabab fans. But he began the season dry, without scoring any goal in the league. By the 6th round in the Saudi Premier League, he started his scoring with a hattrick in Al-Qadisiya. He then continued his score frenzy continually in every game by scoring 1 goal against Al-Watani, 1 against Al-Nasr, 2 against Al-Ittihad, 1 against Al-Ta'ee, 1 against Al-Ahli, 1 against Al-Wehda, and 2 against Najran SC. He was able to be the first in the league goalscorers, with 12 goals, but his fellow teammate in Al-Wehda, Eisa Al-Mehyani, was closing the gap. After 3 rounds in the league, and the semi-final games against Al-Hilal in the Crown Prince Cup, Nasser could not score a goal. This has caused him to go behind in the league goalscorer's as Eisa Al-Mehyani was able to score 13 goals, and also Al Hasan Al-Yami with 13 goals.

By the end of the season, Nasser was able to score 18 goals with Al Shabab, and won the Saudi Premier League's top goal scorer. This is the first time for Nasser Al-Shamrani to win the goalscorer of the Saudi League.

Honors

Club and National Team

• Saudi Premier League :- 2006
• Saudi Champions Cup :- 2008
• Saudi Champions Cup :- 2009
• Saudi Federation Cup :- 2008-09

• Runner Up

AFC Asian Cup :- 2007

Individual Achievements

• Saudi Premier League Top Goal Scorer :- 2007-08
• Saudi Premier League Top Goal Scorer :- 2008-09
• Saudi Premier League Top Goal Scorer :- 2010-11
• Saudi Champions Cup Top Goal Scorer :- 2007-08
• Saudi Champions Cup Top Goal Scorer :- 2008-09

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	January 29, 2005	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Turkmenistan	1-0	Won	Friendly match
2	August 21, 2008		Switzerland	10-0	Won	Friendly match
3	August 12, 2009		Oman	1-2	Lost	Friendly match
4	October 14, 2009		Tunisia	1-0	Won	Friendly match
5	November 14, 2009		Belarus	1-1	Draw	Friendly match
6	July 13, 2011	Amman, Jordan	Jordan	1-1 (4-3)	Won	Fox International Quartet Championship Sami Finals
7	July 23, 2011	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Hong Kong	3-0	Won	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
8	July 28, 2011	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	5-0	Won	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
9	September 6, 2011	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Australia	1-3	Lost	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

References

• Nasser Al-Shamrani at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Shamrani, Nasser
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Date of birth	1983-11-23
Place of birth	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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