Career
He was also captain of the Saudi Arabian national team. In 2005, he moved to. His performance in that game has been compared to the legendary Captain Majed due to their similar playing styles.
After leading Saudi Arabia to the finals of Asian Football Cup, he was awarded the best player award in Asia. He was also the top scorer of Asian cup competition held in 2007 "I'm now in England after I got an invitation letter from Manchester City," Al Qahtani said. Joining , UAE Yasser in 2011 after he returned from injuries he was not in form and could not het a place in starting lineup, it is then that he tried to play professional outside of Saudia.
He joined UAE, larges clubs , and played 1 season on loan with. His form and scoring again captured interest from Hilal who wanted Al Qahtani back after the loan spell ended. Under joint coaching of Sami Al Jaber & Laurențiu Reghecampf Al Qahtani reached the finals of Asian Champions League in 2014 where his team took runners up.
He played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup where he scored a goal against Tunisia, which marked his great movement and composure in front of goal. In 2007, Saudi just had received new coach Dos Anjos from Brazil and he added his magic in the chemistry of the Saudi Team, and the team played with flair, finesse and deft class unseen in Asia. Qahtani was also the Top Scorer in the cup.
In 2010, world cup qualifiers final stages, Qahtani was injured in qualifying game vs Uzbekistan. They injury kept him out of key qualifying phase. Even after his return he was out of form due to inactivity.
The Saudi National Team still managed to almost qualify to the 2010 world cup. They needed to beat North Korea in Riyadh in last game, however, that game ended scoreless. By this time a youthful newcomer Naif Hazzi was scoring goals for Saudia, however Hazzazi would have an ACL injury just before the crucial last game which meant Saudia went into final game short handed in attack.
One other key statistic that Qahtani enjoys is that he also has a very healthy habit of proving chances to his supporting strikers and teammates, Al-Qahtani was able to extract some revenge against his rival Younis Mohmood (Iraq), in Champions league In 2014 Al-Qahtani captained in the AFC Champions League, where they finished runners up, losing to Western Sydney Wanderers in the final 1-0 on aggregate. International goals Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first. Club Individual.
