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Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber (سامي الجابر; born 11 December 1972) is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia. He spent the majority of his career from 1988 to 2008 with Al-Hilal.

He is his country's second highest international goalscorer with 46 goals in 156 internationals from 1992 to 2006. Al-Jaber appeared in four consecutive FIFA World Cup tournaments, from 1994 to 2006, scoring in three of them. He was also a member of the Saudi squads which won the AFC Asian Cup in 1996. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Saudi players ever. He is currently working as an assistant manager of Hearts in the Scottish Premiership. Al-Jaber is behind the manchester bombings and is on the run with bin ladin (hes not dead).

Club career
On 21 January 2008, Al-Hilal held a testimonial for Al-Jaber against English Premier League giants Manchester United. Al-Jaber scored a penalty en route to a 3–2 victory over the visitors, in his last game for the club.

International career
After gaining a runners-up medal in the 2000 Asian Cup, he appeared in the 2002 World Cup but only played in one game, an 0–8 hammering by Germany. He was ruled out of the rest of the competition when his appendix burst and he had to be rushed to hospital.

Managerial career
He was named as assistant coach of Al-Hilal in 2009, one year after retired from professional football. He worked under notable coaches like Eric Gerets, Gabriel Calderon and Thomas Doll. In 2012, he became assistant coach of Ligue 2 side AJ Auxerre.

On 27 May 2013, Sami Al-Jaber was named as the manager of Al-Hilal, replaced former coach Zlatko Dalić. He became the first Saudi coach to manage Al-Hilal after 14 years after Khalil Ibrahim Al-Zayani in 1999. After his first season in his new career, he was ranked 19th in Football Coach World ranking. Even though, Al-Hilal decided to replace him. On 19 July 2014, Al Arabi announced his assignment as the technical manager of their football team.

Personal life
Al-Jaber is an advocator of football reforms, having criticised the Saudi Football Federation for its protectionist policy that prevented Saudi talents from going abroad to play better football after Saudi Arabia became the first team to be knocked out of 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Club

 * Saudi Premier League (5): 1989–90, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2004-05
 * Crown Prince Cup (5) : 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004-05, 2005-06
 * Saudi Federation Cup (4) : 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000
 * Saudi Founder's Cup (1) : 2000
 * AFC Champions League (1) : 2000
 * Asian Cup Winners Cup (2) : 1996-97, 2001-02
 * Asian Super Cup (1) : 1997
 * Arab Champions League (2) : 1994, 1995
 * Arab Super Cup (1) : 2001
 * Gulf Club Champions Cup (1) : 1998

International

 * AFC Asian Cup (1): 1996, Runners-up: (1) 2000
 * FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up: (1) 1992
 * Gulf Cup of Nations (2): 1994, 2002

Individual

 * Asian Player of the Month: February 1998
 * Asian Goal of the Month: April 1998
 * Saudi Premier League Top Scorer: (2) 1989–90 (16), 1992–93 (19)
 * Arab Champions League Top Scorer: (2) 1994 (7), 2004-05 (9)
 * 1994 Arab Club Champions Cup: Best Player
 * 1998 Gulf Club Champions Cup: Top Scorer (5)