Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yousef Majed Al-Shlahi Al-Shammari | ||
Date of birth | 14 January 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Kuwait | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Arabi | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
2017-2020 | Qadsia | ||
2020-2023 | Al-Arabi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Al-Arabi | 14 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2024 | Kuwait U-20 | 7 | (4) |
2025- | Kuwait U-23 | 0 | (0) |
2024– | Kuwait | 11 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 December 2024 |
Yousef Majed Al-Shlahi Al-Shammari; born 14 January 2005 [1] is a Kuwaiti professional association football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Al-Arabi and Kuwait national football team. [2] [3]
Yousef Debuted against kazma as a substitute scoring the 4th goal in a 4-0 victory in the 2023-24 Kuwaiti Premier League.
Following a sprouting season, the youngster continued his successful substitution run scoring the winning goal in Kuwaiti El Clásico in a 2-1 victory in the 2024-25 Kuwaiti Premier League which made him a prominent rotational player but was cut short due to an injury keeping him out 4 months in the 26th Arabian Gulf Cup, alongside a 3 match ban by the AFC following a red card in the AFC Challenge League [4] [5]
After sparking throughout the season Yousef was instantly called up to the national team for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and being named Kuwaits rising future by FIFA [6] and 26th Arabian Gulf Cup making his debut against Jordan and later on picked up an injury that would sideline him for 4 months against Qatar in the Arabian Gulf Cup.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other [a] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Al-Arabi | 2023–24 | KPL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
2024-25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 [b] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
2025-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Kuwait | 2024 | 10 | 0 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 0 |