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{{short description|Saudi Arabian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2008}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Osama Hawsawi
| fullname = Osama Abdulrzag Hawsawi<ref name=FIFA>{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=4 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627014737/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=27 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| image = Osama Abdulrzag Hawsawi.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Hawsawi with [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/osama-hawsawi-player-stats|title=Osama Hawsawi Soccer Stats - Season & Career Statistics|website=www.foxsports.com}}</ref>
| height = 1.87 m<ref name=FIFA />
| position = [[Central defender]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)|Al-Wehda]]
| years1 = 2005–2008
| clubs1 = [[Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)|Al-Wehda]]
| caps1 = 59
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2008–2012
| clubs2 = [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]]
| caps2 = 79
| goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2012
| clubs3 = → [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] (loan)
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2012–2016
| clubs4 = [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]]
| caps4 = 83
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2016–2018
| clubs5 = [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]]
| caps5 = 44
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2018
| clubs6 = [[Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)|Al-Wehda]]
| caps6 = 12
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = 278
| totalgoals = 14
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2018
| nationalteam1 = [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]
| nationalcaps1 = 138
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| pcupdate = 19:00, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 17:21, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{KSA}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup|2007 Indonesia/Malaysia/<br>Thailand/Vietnam]]|}}
}}
'''Osama Abdulrzag Hawsawi''' ({{langx|ar|أسامة عبد الرزاق هوساوي}}, born 31 March 1984) is a former Saudi Arabian [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[central defender]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/player/osama-hawsawi/37176|title = Osama Hawsawi No team videos, transfer history and stats - SofaScore}}</ref>

After starting out at [[Al Wehda FC|Al-Wehda]], he went on to spend the vast majority of his career with [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]] and [[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al-Ahli]]. He won several major titles with both clubs, including five Pro League titles, five Crown Prince Cups and two King Cups. He was the first Saudi player to play in the Belgian Pro League.

Hawsawi earned 138 caps for the Saudi Arabia national team between 2006 and 2018, playing at three [[AFC Asian Cup]]s, captaining the side at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018 World Cup]] and finishing as runner-up at the [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]].

==Club career==
===Al Wehda===
Hawsawi began his professional football career at [[Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)|Al-Wehda Club]] and soon after became a regular in the first team, playing as a central defender.

===Al Hilal===
After making 59 appearances and scoring once, Hawsawi joined [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]]. While at [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]], Hawsawi was a regular player under the manager of [[Eric Gerets]], Hawsawi was appointed the [[Captain (sport)|captain]]. Hawsawi won seven titles with [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]]. Three league titles (in 2008, 2010 and 2011 seasons) and 4 Crown Prince Cup.

===Anderlecht===
In April 2012, Hawsawi signed a two-year contract with Belgian side [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]], making him the only member of the [[Saudi Arabia national football team]] to play in Europe at the time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Official: Saudi Arabian international Osama Hawsawi signs two-year deal with Belgian giants Anderlecht|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1277/west-asia/2012/04/17/3041491/official-saudi-arabia-international-osama-hawsawi-signs-two-year-|publisher=Goal.com|date=17 April 2012|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref> Hawsawi was the first Saudi Arabian to play for the club and in the league. He described his time at Anderlecht as 'forgettable' due to lack of playing time at the club and only made one appearance for the club when played as a centre back in a 1–1 draw against [[Oud-Heverlee Leuven|OH Leuven]] on 25 August 2012. Hawsawi was also on the substitute bench when Anderlecht won the [[2012 Belgian Super Cup|Belgian Super Cup]] but he wasn't substituted.

===Al-Ahli===
In November 2012, Hawsawi finally left Belgium to return to his homeland by joining [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] for 1.5 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Osama Hawsawi trades Anderlecht for Al Ahli (in Dutch:Osama Hawsawi ruilt Anderlecht voor Al Ahli)|url=http://sportmagazine.knack.be/sport/nieuws/voetbal-nationaal/osama-hawsawi-ruilt-anderlecht-voor-al-ahli/article-4000211388813.htm|publisher=Sports Magazine.bel|language=nl|date=21 November 2012|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Anderlecht : Hawsawi rejoint Al Ahli|url=http://www.mercato365.com/etranger/monde/anderlecht-hawsawi-rejoint-al-ahli-932001.shtml|publisher=Mercato 365|language=fr|date=21 November 2012|access-date=11 December 2012|archive-date=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127234357/http://www.mercato365.com/etranger/monde/anderlecht-hawsawi-rejoint-al-ahli-932001.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Al-Hilal===
In 2016, Al-Hilal made Hawsawi return to Al-Hilal for 5.5 million dollars (21 million riyals).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://okaz.com.sa/article/1056778|title=21 مليوناً تعيد أسامة للهلال|first=عبدالله القحطاني|last=(أبها)|date=10 May 2016|access-date=21 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418033839/https://www.okaz.com.sa/article/1056778|archive-date=18 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In his first season he won the Saudi King's Cup & the Saudi Professional League. In his second season with Al-Hilal, he helped the club win a second consecutive league title and reach the finals of the [[2017 AFC Champions League]].

===Al-Wehda return===
On 23 August 2018 Osama Hawsawi signed for his boyhood club Al-Wehda for free following the expiration of his contract.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1032678358755274753|user=alwehdaclub1|title=وقعت ادارة النادي رسمياً عقداً احترافياً مع كابتن المنتخب السعودي اسامة هوساوي .<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |accessdate=23 August 2018|date=23 August 2018}}</ref>

===Retirement===
On 26 December 2018 Osama Hawsawi announced his retirement from football on his personal twitter account.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1078032525761613824|user=HawsawiOsama|title=استذكر البدايات بحب الكرة وشغف اللعب بها من هواة إلى محترفين.. في ذلك المستطيل الأخضر لم ندخر جهدًا من أجل المنافسة…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=26 December 2018}}</ref>

==International career==
He was the [[Captain (sport)|captain]] in the [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia team]]. He appeared for his country for the [[18th Arabian Gulf Cup]] and was a member of the Saudi team at the FIFA World Youth Championship. He was called-up in the squad for the [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]].

On 29 May 2010, he scored an excellent goal against Spain, after a corner kick which put the Saudi Arabian team ahead 1-0 against Spain, scoring his second goal against the Saudi Arabia national team.

In June 2018 he was included in the [[Saudi Arabia national football team]] for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] in Russia,<ref>{{cite web|title= World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/440833652018}}</ref> captaining his side in all three matches at the finals.

==Career statistics==
''Updated 26 December 2018''
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|'''[[Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)|Al-Wehda]]'''
|2005–06
|18||1||4||0||-||-||22||1
|-
|2006–07
|20||0||1||0||-||-||21||0
|-
|2007–08
|21||0||1||0||4||0||26||0
|-
!Total
!!!59!!1!!6!!0!!4!!0!!69!!1
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|'''[[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]]'''
|2008–09
|19||2||4||1||7||1||30||4
|-
|2009–10
|18||2||4||0||10||1||32||3
|-
|2010–11
|23||1||6||1||7||0||36||2
|-
|2011–12
|23||2||6||0|||6||0||35||2
|-
!Total
!!!83!!7!!14!!2!!24!!2!!133!!11
|-
|align=center valign=center|'''[[R.S.C. Anderlecht]]'''
|[[2012–13 R.S.C. Anderlecht season|2012–13]]
|1||0||1||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|'''[[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]]'''
|2012–13
|10||0||5||0||10||0||25||0
|-
|2013–14
|24||1||6||0||0||0||30||1
|-
|2014–15
|26||4||5||0||8||0||39||4
|-
|2015–16
|23||1||6||0|||2||0||31||1
|-
!Total
!!!83!!6!!22!!0!!20!!0!!125!!6
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|'''[[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]]'''
|[[2016–17 Al-Hilal FC season|2016–17]]
|25||0||6||0||12||0||43||0
|-
|2017–18
|19||0||1||0||3||0||23||0
|-
!Total
!!!44!!0!!7!!0!!15!!0!!66!!0
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|'''[[Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)|Al-Wehda]]'''
|[[2018–19 Al-Wehda Club season|2018–19]]
|12||0||0||0||0||0||12||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Career Total
!282!!14!!50!!2!!63!!2!!407!!18
|}

===International===
:''Statistics accurate as of match played 25 June 2018.''<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=23062}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksa-team.com/english/players.php?id=80&type=1|title=Saudi Team}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3|[[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2006||1||0
|-
|2007||19||0
|-
|2008||18||2
|-
|2009||19||0
|-
|2010||7||2
|-
|2011||14||1
|-
|2012||7||0
|-
|2013||9||1
|-
|2014||9||0
|-
|2015||9||1
|-
|2016||8||0
|-
|2017||9||0
|-
|2018||9||0
|-
!Total||138||7
|}

===International goals===
{{Hatnote|Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.<ref name="NFT" />}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 2 June 2008 || [[King Fahd International Stadium|King Fahd Stadium]], [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]] || {{fb|LIB}} || align=center | '''2'''–1 || align=center | 4–1 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 2. || 27 December 2008 || [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]], Saudi Arabia || {{fb|SYR}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–1 || rowspan=3|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 3. || 29 May 2010 || [[Tivoli Neu]], [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]] || {{fb|ESP}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 2–3
|-
| 4. || 31 December 2010 || [[Bahrain National Stadium]], [[Manama]], [[Bahrain]] || {{fb|BHR}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–0
|-
| 5. || 28 July 2011 || [[Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground]], [[Siu Sai Wan]], [[Hong Kong]] || {{fb|HKG}} || align=center | '''5'''–0 || align=center | 5–0 || [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 6. || 15 October 2013||  [[Amman International Stadium]], [[Amman]], [[Jordan]]|| {{fb|IRQ}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 2–0 || [[2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
| 7. || 17 November 2015||  [[National Stadium (East Timor)|National Stadium]],  [[Dili]], [[East Timor]] || {{fb|East Timor}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || align=center | 10–0 || [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| colspan="12"|<small>''Correct as of 25 June 2018''</small>
|}

==Honours==
===Club===

'''Al-Hilal'''
*[[Saudi Professional League|Pro League]]: [[2009–10 Saudi Professional League|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Saudi Professional League|2010–11]], [[2016–17 Saudi Professional League|2016–17]], [[2017–18 Saudi Professional League|2017–18]]
*[[Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia)|King Cup]]: [[2017 King Cup|2017]]
*[[Saudi Crown Prince Cup|Crown Prince Cup]]: [[2008–09 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2011–12]]

'''Al-Ahli'''
*[[Saudi Professional League|Pro League]]: [[2015–16 Saudi Professional League|2015–16]]
*[[Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia)|King Cup]]: [[2016 King Cup|2016]]
*[[Saudi Crown Prince Cup|Crown Prince Cup]]: [[2014–15 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2014–15]]

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151007024111/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=278167/index.html]

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