Mohammed Kasola
![]() Kasola with Al Sadd in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohammed Kasola | ||
Date of birth | August 13, 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Greater Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2009 | Mesaimeer | ? | (?) |
2009–2010 | Al-Khor | 23 | (1) |
2010–2018 | Al Sadd | 125 | (10) |
2017–2018 | → Al-Rayyan (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Umm Salal | 23 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Mesaimeer | 18 | (1) |
International career | |||
2010–2017 | Qatar | 64 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mohammed Kasola (Arabic: محمد كاسولا; born on August 13, 1985, in Accra) is a footballer who plays as a centre back. Born in Ghana, he is naturalized Qatari citizen and represented the Qatar national team.
Club career statistics
[edit]Statistics accurate as of 21 August 2011[2]
Club | Season | League | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | Continental3 | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Al-Khor | 2008–09 | QSL | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
2009–10 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total | 23 | 1 | ||||||||||
Al-Sadd | 2009–10 | QSL | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
2010–11 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||
2011-12 | ||||||||||||
Total | 25 | 0 | ||||||||||
Career total | 48 | 1 |
1Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.
2Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.
International career
[edit]He has made his first appearance for the senior Qatar national football team in a friendly match against Slovenia on March 3, 2010.[3] He scored his first goal in a friendly against Russia in the 4th minute, and also gave his team an early lead in the 6th minute against Vietnam.
Kasola gained nationwide eminence for scoring a late equalizer in the 86th minute against Iran in the third round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.[4] Qatar, entering the match with a 9-goal advantage over Bahrain, who were 3 points behind them, were trailing 2–1 in the second half of the match held in Iran. Meanwhile, Bahrain, who were beating Indonesia 10–0 in a home match in very controversial circumstances,[5] looked to go through to the next round until Kasola's goal saved Qatar from elimination. Similarly, there was some controversy over Kasola's goal,[6] but it was not pursued by FIFA. As a reward for scoring the goal, Kasola received an Arabian camel.[7]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.[8]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 29 March 2011 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
2. | 23 July 2011 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 29 February 2012 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4. | 17 April 2013 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
5. | 15 November 2013 | Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
3–1 | 4–1 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
6. | 3 September 2015 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
2–0 | 15–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
7. | 13 October 2015 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
2–0 | 4–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2012.
- ^ "QSL.com.qa - Mohammed Kasola". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ^ "Qatar Football team line-up for Slovenia". Qatar Olympics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
- ^ AFC - Iran vs Qatar - 2-2
- ^ Goal.com - FIFA to investigate Bahrain's 10-0 win over Indonesia
- ^ في تصريح تليفزيوني للدولي حسان : نتيجة ايران مع قطر "مطبوخة" لإبعاد الأحمر عن التأهل ! (in Arabic)
- ^ مواطن قطري يهدي لاعب منتخب بلاده كاسولا ناقة حلوباً (in Arabic)
- ^ "Kasola, Mohammed". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
External links
[edit]- Mohammed Kasola at National-Football-Teams.com
- Goalzz.com Player Profile
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Qatari men's footballers
- Qatar men's international footballers
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Mesaimeer SC players
- Al-Khor SC players
- Al Sadd SC players
- Al-Rayyan SC players
- Umm Salal SC players
- 2011 AFC Asian Cup players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Qatari Second Division players
- Ghanaian emigrants to Qatar
- Naturalized citizens of Qatar
- Qatari people of Ghanaian descent
- Footballers from Accra
- Men's association football central defenders
- Naturalised association football players
- AFC Champions League Elite winning players