Yazan Abdallah Ayed Al-Naimat (Arabic: يزن عبد الله عايد نعيمات; born 4 June 1999) is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Qatar Stars League club Al Ahli and the Jordan national team.
 Al-Naimat with Jordan at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yazan Abdallah Ayed Al-Naimat[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1999[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wadi Al-Seer, Jordan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al Ahli | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Sahab | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Sahab | 48 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Al Ahli | 44 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Jordan U23 | 8 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Jordan | 46 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 February 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career edit
Al-Naimat is a youth product of Sahab. He was promoted to the first team in 2018 and made his league debut at the age of 19. In the 2021 Jordanian Pro League season, he scored 13 goals and was the second highest scorer in the league.[2]
In January 2022, despite offers from European clubs, Al-Naimat decided to join Qatar Stars League side Al Ahli, signing a 2.5-year contract for a reported transfer fee of €245,000.[3] He made his debut against Qatar SC on 3 January 2022 and assisted the only goal of the game to help his team won 1–0. One week later, he scored his first goal for Al-Ahli in his team's 2–1 league win against Umm Salal.
International career edit
With the Jordan under-23s, Al-Naimat won the 2021 WAFF U-23 Championship. He scored two goals during the tournament, including a goal in the final and was therefore named as the Best player of the tournament.[4]
Al-Naimat debuted for the Jordan national team in a 2–0 friendly win over Tajikistan on 1 February 2021.[5] Later in the year, he participated in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. Al-Naimat scored two goals in the group stage to help Jordan finish as group runners-up. In the quarter-final game, Al-Naimat scored one more goal but his team were defeated 3–1 by Egypt. Afterwards, he was given the Bronze Boot award.[6]
In January 2024, Al-Naimat took part in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup with Jordan.[7] In the group stage, he scored once in the 2–2 game against South Korea as his team advanced to the next stage. In the round of 16 game against Iraq, he intercepted a pass from the opponent in the 45th minute and raced past the defence before opening the score with a chip shot. The match later ended in a 3–2 win for Jordan.[8] In the semi-finals against South Korea, Al-Naimat helped Jordan take the lead with a goal in the 53rd minute, scoring for the second time against the Taegeuk Warriors in the tournament. Following Musa Al-Taamari's goal in the 66th minute, Jordan won 2–0 and reached the AFC Asian Cup final for the first time in their history.[9] In the final match against Qatar, he scored a goal which equaled the encounter at 1–1, before it ended in a 3–1 defeat.[10]
Career statistics edit
International edit
- Scores and results list Jordan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Al-Naimat goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 30 March 2021 | Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain |  Bahrain |
2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 7 December 2021 | Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar |  Palestine |
4–1 | 5–1 | 2021 FIFA Arab Cup |
| 3 | 5–1 | |||||
| 4 | 11 December 2021 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar |  Egypt |
1–0 | 1–3 | |
| 5 | 11 June 2022 | Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait |  Indonesia |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 6 | 23 September 2022 | King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  Syria |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 28 March 2023 | Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Philippines |
3–0 | 4–0 | |
| 8 | 13 October 2023 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  Iran |
1–2 | 1–3 | 2023 Jordan International Tournament |
| 9 | 17 October 2023 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  Iraq |
1–0 | 2–2 | |
| 10 | 2–2 | |||||
| 11 | 16 November 2023 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |  Tajikistan |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 5 January 2024 | Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar |  Qatar |
1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 13 | 20 January 2024 | Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  South Korea |
2–1 | 2–2 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
| 14 | 29 January 2024 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar | Iraq |
1–0 | 3–2 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
| 15 | 6 February 2024 | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar | South Korea |
1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 16 | 10 February 2024 | Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar | Qatar |
1–1 | 1–3 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup final |
| 17 | 26 March 2024 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  Pakistan |
2–0 | 7–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours edit
Jordan U23
Jordan
- AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2023[11]
Individual
- FIFA Arab Cup Bronze Boot: 2021[6]
- WAFF U-23 Championship Best player: 2021
- AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2023[12]
References edit
- ^ a b c "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Jordan" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Top scorers". Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "نادي سحاب: نعيمات فضل الأهلي القطري على عرض بلجيكي" (in Arabic). Alghad. 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Jordan beats Saudi Arabia in WAFF U-23 final". Jordan Times. 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Match Report of Jordan vs Tajikistan – 2021-02-01 – FIFA Friendlies". Global Sports Archive. 1 January 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Golden reward for Brahimi, Mbohli and Jaziri". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2021. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "قائمة النشامى لنهائيات كأس آسيا 🇯🇴" [Al-Nashama list for the Asian Cup Finals 🇯🇴]. Twitter (in Arabic). Jordan Football Association. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Jordan leave it late to beat Iraq 3-2 and reach Asian Cup quarter-finals". ESPN. 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Jordan reach final of Asian Cup after historic win against South Korea". The Guardian. 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Akram Afif's hat-trick of penalties secures Asian Cup glory for Qatar". The Guardian. 10 February 2024.
- ^ https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/qatar-defeat-jordan-to-win-afc-asian-cup-final-host-nation-scores-three-penalties-to-secure-trophy/
- ^ "Team of the Tournament". Instagram.com. AFC Asian Cup. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
External links edit
- Yazan Al-Naimat at Soccerway
- Yazan Al-Naimat at National-Football-Teams.com