| Ahmed Al-Kassar | |
| Fullname: | Ahmed Ali Al-Kassar |
| Birth Date: | 8 May 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Qatif, Saudi Arabia |
| Height: | 1.79 m |
| Currentclub: | Al-Qadsiah |
| Clubnumber: | 28 |
| Youthclubs1: | Al-Taraji |
| Years1: | 2009–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Al-Raed |
| Caps1: | 86 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015–2018 |
| Clubs2: | Al-Ettifaq |
| Caps2: | 63 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Al-Faisaly |
| Caps3: | 54 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs4: | Al-Fayha |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Clubs5: | Al-Qadsiah |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011–2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Saudi Arabia U23 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2024– |
| Nationalteam2: | Saudi Arabia |
| Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 29 December 2023 |
| Ntupdate: | 19 November 2024 |
Ahmed Al-Kassar (Arabic:أحمد الكسار) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Arabian club Al-Qadsiah.
On 19 June 2009, Al-Raed signed with Ahmed Al-Kassar from Al-Taraji for 1.8 million Saudi Riyals.[1] He left in 2015 to go to Al-Ettifaq.
On 10 September 2015, Al-Ettifaq signed with Ahmed from Al-Raed.[2] He won the Saudi First Division in his first season. On 18 August 2017, Ahmed Al-Kassar made a last-minute assist for Hazaa Al-Hazaa to help Al-Ettifaq draw 2–2 against Al-Nassr.[3] He became only the fifth goalkeeper to make an assist in the Saudi Professional League.[4] After the match, he said that manager Miodrag Ješić did not want him to go forward, but he ignored that and made the assist.[5]
On 20 June 2023, Al-Kassar joined Al-Fayha on a free transfer.[6]
On 30 January 2024, Al-Kassar joined Al-Qadsiah on a three-and-a-half-year deal.[7]
| Club | Season | League | King Cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Al-Raed | 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Total | 86 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Al-Ettifaq | 2015–16 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 63 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Al-Faisaly | 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 33 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Al-Fayha | 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Al-Qadsiah | 2023–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career totals | 206 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 237 | 0 | ||
Al-Ettifaq
Al-Faisaly
Al-Qadsiah