In the second season, he became the top scorer of the champion team of the youth group of the club, and was called into the national team with its soaring momentum in1990 65438+1October. In the USA 1994 World Cup qualifiers, Aljabar went out with the team and made his debut. He scored a hat-trick in the key match with Iran, helping the team beat their opponents 4-3 and advance to the World Cup finals for the first time. After shining brilliantly in that tournament, Al Jaber also represented Saudi Arabia in the 1998 World Cup in France, and scored 65,438+0 in the 2-2 draw with South Africa, which made him the first Asian player to score in two consecutive World Cup finals.
Al Jaber is also determined to forge ahead. He was loaned to Wolverhampton wanders)5 wanders five months from August 2000, which made him the first Saudi player to play for an English team.
Abdul-Jabbar has been plagued by injuries since Saudi Arabia suffered a crushing defeat in the 2002 World Cup group match between Korea and Japan (including an 8-0 loss to Germany).
Aljabir decided to retire from the national team, but in early 2005, he returned to the team at the call of Saudi Arabian Argentine coach gabriel calderon.