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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bashar Abdullah Salem Abdulaziz | ||
| Date of birth | (1977-10-12)12 October 1977 (age 48) | ||
| Place of birth | Kuwait City,Kuwait | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1994 | Al-Salmiyah | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2010 | Al-Salmiyah | 543 | (97) |
| 1998–1999 | →Al-Hilal (loan) | (2) | |
| 2000 | →Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) (loan) | ||
| 2001–2002 | →Al Rayyan (loan) | 16 | (8) |
| 2002–2003 | →Al Ain FC (loan) | 1 | |
| 2004–2005 | →Al Kuwait (loan) | (5) | |
| 2010–2011 | Al Kuwait | (2) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996–2018 | Kuwait | 134 | (75) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bashar Abdullah Abdul Aziz (Arabic:بشار عبد الله سالم عبد العزيز; born 12 October 1977) is aKuwaiti former professionalfootballer who played as aforward. He was a part of the mini revival ofKuwaiti football between 1996 and 1998. His part included winning twoGulf Cups, reaching the semi-finals of theAFC Asian Cup and coming second in theArab Cup and Asian Olympics. He was also in the national team that reached the2000 Olympics in Sydney. He also helped his clubAl-Salmiyah winthe league three times andEmir Cup once.
On 26 November 2015, he announced his retirement Friendly match on January 13, 2016, betweenAl-Salmiya SC andAl-Hilal FC.[1]
On 25 May 2018, he came back to play a testimonial match forKuwait against Egypt.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Kuwait Emir Cup | Kuwait Crown Prince Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | GCC Champions League | Al-Khurafi Cup | Other | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al-Salmiya | 1994–95 | KPL | 9 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–96 | 4 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–97 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–98 | 10 | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–99 | 0 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | 18 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–01 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–02 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–03 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–04 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–06 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–07 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1[a] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | 10 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | 10 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–09 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–10 | 0 | — | 2[b] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 97 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 161 | ||||||||||||
| Kuwait | 2004–05 | KPL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2009–10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2010–11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Career total | 104 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 174 | ||||||||||||
He obtained 134 international caps with his national team, thus entering the symbolic but exclusive circle of players witha century of caps. He also scored 75 international goals for Kuwait.[3]