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Jassem Gaber

Qatari footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ80809664 ↗
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Jassem Gaber El-Sayed Abdulsalam (Arabic: جَاسِم جَابِر السَّيِّد عَبْد السَّلَام; born 20 February 2002) is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Rayyan and the Qatar national football team.

Club career

In January 2020, Gaber signed a four-year contract to remain with Al-Arabi until the 2024 season.

In January 2022, Gaber was included in the IFFHS AFC Under-20 Team of the Year for 2021.

International career

Gaber made his debut for Qatar national team in 2022. He was selected for the 2022 FIFA World Cup that was hosted in his home country Qatar.

In January 2024, Gaber was named in Qatar's 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. In the semi-finals game against Iran, he scored the 1–1 equalizer goal from a shot outside the penalty area, as the match later ended in a 3–2 win for Qatar, which qualified them to the final.

Gaber was selected for the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on 27 May 2026.

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The public source identifies “Jassem Gaber” as qatari footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jassem, Gaber and Qatari.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002, 2020, 2024, 2022—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002-02-20. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jassem, Gaber and Qatari providing the first useful test.
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