Career
He currently plays for First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Riffa. Yousif plays mainly as an offensive midfielder and sometimes as a striker. Talal started off his career with a small club Isa Town.
Known as Madinat Isa, this is the club that produced fellow Bahraini football star Salman Ghuloom, known as Salman Isa.
At one point Talal captained the Isa Town squad. After some amazing performances he was noted by Bahrain Riffa Club, formerly known as West Riffa or First Rate (at Lloyd's) Riffa First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gharbi which lead to signing him along with Salman Isa for an undisclosed fee.
After signing for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Riffa (Riffa Club), Talal Yousif made a huge impact. He helped them to the league title and the Crown Prince Cup and established himself as the superstar of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Riffa.
He became immensely popular in Bahrain.
He was especially known for his amazing free kicks and was nicknamed "The Beckham of Bahrain" for that. During the 2004, Talal Yousif peaked and put on his best performances. He scored two goals, one coming from his trademark free kick against fierce rivals Iran in the 3rd and 4th place playoff.
Talal Yousif was named in the team of the tournament along with fellow Bahraini"s A"ala Hubail, who was joint top scorer, and Mohamed Salmeen.In this tournament the Bahraini National Team had their best ever performance at a major tournament as they reached the semi finals.
Talal Yousif was a major part of that success and after the tournament he was named Captain of the National team After the success, many of Bahrain"s top players headed for Qatar although Talal opted for a move to He was later joined by Bahraini defender Hussain Ali Baba, also a former First Rate (at Lloyd's) Riffa player.
When South Carolina did not renew his contract, he then signed with Qadsiya for the 2007/08 season. Talal announced his official retirement from International Football in January 2006, then was convinced to return and helped Bahrain qualify for the 2007.
He also stayed on for the 18th & 19th Global Corporate Challenge Cup"s and then announced his final retirement from International Competitions.
Goals for Senior National Team.