Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nasser Ali Al-Shamrani | ||
Date of birth | November 23, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Mecca, Saudi Arabia | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Al Ain ( on loan from Al-Hilal ) | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2004 | Al-Wehda | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2007 | Al-Wehda | 56 | (20) |
2007–2013 | Al-Shabab | 126 | (87) |
2013– | Al-Hilal | 75 | (45) |
2017– | → Al Ain (loan) | 9 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2005– | Saudi Arabia | 75 | (19) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:13, 18 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:23, 18 January 2017 (UTC) |
Nasser Al-Shamrani (Arabic: ناصر الشمراني) (born 23 November 1983) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for Al Ain on from loan Al-Hilal. Nasser, a forward, moved to Al-Shabab during the beginning of the 2007–08 season from 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, Essa 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.
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.
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.