Ibrahim Mohammed Ghaleb Jahshan (Arabic: إبراهيم محمد غالب جحشان; born 28 September 1990) is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He is one of the longest serving free agents in football history. Having been one since losing his place at Al-Faisalay in 2019.
Ghaleb joined the Al-Nassr U-17 team in the summer of 2006. As he was under the scouts' eyes, Al-Nassr U-17 team manager, Nasir AlKanani, succeeded in including Ghaleb in his talent U-17 squad. Not surprisingly, with his accurate passes and mature look in the first year, Ghaleb did not take a long time to get promoted to the first team. His first appearance was in the middle of the 2008/2009 season when the Argentine Edgardo Bauza picked him for the line-up in a match against arch-rival Al Hilal. These kinds of games were considered to be tough for a young 17-year-old player. However, Ghaleb surprised spectators with his talent by keeping control of the ball and making accurate passes. Since then, he has assured his position in the squad.
On 8 March 2010, Ghaleb signed with a couple of other young talented players, the first professional contract in his career with Al-Nassr ending in 2015.[1]
He made his debut for Saudi Arabia national team on 14 October 2010. He participated in the middle of the second half in an international friendly against Tunisia.[2]
| Club | Season | League | King Cup | Asia | Other | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al Nassr | 2008–09 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
| 2015–16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
| 2016–17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Total | 182 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 232 | 8 | |
| Al-Faisaly | 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career totals | 182 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 232 | 8 | |
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