Discover World-Class Superstars Players Who Played in Qatar League
With Qatar approaching hosting the World Cup2022 next winter, the tournament that witnesses the presence of high-class international teams and world-class players
We present to you a reminder of the most important international world-class players who have previously visited Qatar and played in its league, with its teams, and in its stadiums.
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Gabriel Omar Batistuta
The great Argentine player was nicknamed "Bati Goal". He is the top scorer in the history of the Italian league with 354 goals from 387 games, and at the international level he is the second most Argentine player to score goals with the national team, he scored 56 goals from 78 international matches, and Batistuta is the only player to score a hat-trick in two World Cup tournaments.
He previously played with Fiorentina and Roma in Italy, before joining 2003 the Qatari club Al Arabi, where he played 25 matches in which he scored 21 goals
Josep Guardiola
The distinguished Spanish coach nicknamed the Philosopher, who won many titles as a coach with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City, previously played - when he was a player - in the Qatari league, where he contracted with the Qatari club Al-Ahly in 2003 from Brescia, Italy
Guardiola was a football player as a DMF and spent most of his professional period at FC Barcelona, where he was part of Johan Cruyff's dream team, which managed to achieve the first European Cup in 1992. He also played for several clubs, including Brescia and Roma in Italy.
Fernando Hierro
The captain of the Real Madrid team and an expert defender with great achievements, where he played for Real Madrid 598 games and scored 126 goals and won with Real Madrid the Spanish League title 5 times and the Champions League title 3 times.
He contracted with the Qatari club Al Rayyan in 2003 and played 19 matches in which he scored 3 goals, and was crowned the Emir of the State of Qatar Cup.
Raul Gonzalez Blanco
Raul is considered one of the most important players in the history of Real Madrid and is considered one of the greatest Spanish players of all time.
He spent 16 years of his career playing for Real Madrid and is the second-best scorer in the club's history with 323 goals, the most participating player in the club's history, with 741 games with Los Blancos, Raul won six titles in the Spanish League, and three titles in the Champions League. , four Spanish Super Cup titles, and one European Super Cup, in 2003 he was appointed captain of the team and held this position until his departure from the club in 2010, then he signed with Schalke 04, where he won the German Cup and the German Super Cup.
In 2012, Raul signed with the Qatari club Al Sadd, and played for it in 61 matches and scored 16 goals.
In addition to the following:
Argentine player Claudio Caniggia, fellow legend Maradona and runner-up in the 1990 World Cup, who played for Qatar club
Dutch twins Frank and Ronald De Boer, the stars of the Dutch national team and FC Barcelona, contracted with Al Rayyan FC and led them to the Emir Cup.
"The Rock” Marcel Desailly, world champion with the France national team in 1998, where he defended the colors of Al Gharafa (28 games and 6 goals) and then Qatar Club.
Barcelona star as a player and current coach Xavi Hernandez, who played with Al Sadd Club, And finally, the Brazilian Juninho, who played in Al-Gharafa club.