Ishaq Al-Qassmi
Quick Facts
Biography
Ishaq Al-Mas Al-Qassmi commonly known as Ishaq Al-Qassmi (Arabic: إسحاق الماس القاسمي; born 10 September 1985) is an Omani footballer who plays for Ahli Sidab Club in Oman First Division League.
International career
Ishaq is part of the first team squad of the Oman national beach soccer team. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2011.
Asian Beach Games
He has made appearances in the 2008 Asian Beach Games and the 2010 Asian Beach Games.
In the 2010 edition, which was played in Muscat, Oman, he scored a goal in a 7-2 win over Syria and a brace in a 9-4 win over Indonesia thus helping his side to qualify for the Quarter-finals. In the Quarter-finals stage, he scored a hat-trick in a 6-1 win over Bahrain thus taking his goals tally to 6 goals. Oman finished as the runners-up of the tournament as they lost on penalty shootout to the United Arab Emirates after the match had ended 2-2 after extra time.
AFC Beach Soccer Championship
He has made appearances in the 2009 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, the 2011 AFC Beach Soccer Championship and the 2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship.
In the 2011 edition, which was played in Muscat, Oman, he scored a goal in a 8-6 victory over Kuwait, 4 goals in a 11-3 win over Iraq, a goal in a 5-2 win over Syria in the Semi-finals and another in the finals of the competition in a 1-2 loss against Japan thus taking his goals tally to 8 goals and also sharing the top scorer award with Japan's Takeshi Kawaharazuka. Oman secured the runners-up place in the tournament in the tournament as they lost 1-2 against Asian heavy weights and defending champions Japan.
In the 2013 edition, which was held in Doha, Qatar, he scored 3 goals, one in a 4-6 loss against Australia, another in a 7-0 win over Afghanistan and another in a 3-1 win over Qatar.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
He made 3 appearances and scored 1 goal in the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
He scored his first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup goal on 5 September 2011 in a 8-3 loss against Portugal in the final match of Group B in the tournament at the Stadio del Mare, Ravenna, Italy.
He made 3 appearances and scored 2 goals in the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
He scored a brace in the eighth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup on 13 July 2015 in a 7-2 win over Costa Rica which was also Oman's first ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup win.