Manchester United and Royal Antwerp Yasser's first professional club was
Manchester United, for whom he signed in 2002. He was suggested to the club by
René Meulensteen, who was then coach of the
Qatar national team. He was soon farmed out to
Royal Antwerp on loan in order to achieve a Belgian passport and qualify for a British work permit as an EU national. However, the agreement was terminated after two years,
AEL Limassol Manchester United sold Yasser to Cypriot club
AEL Limassol in 2004. He left after just one season with the club, citing family problems.
Al-Sadd After a short time with
Cypriot First Division club AEL Limassol in 2004–05, Hussein returned to Qatar, playing for
Al Sadd, winning the
Qatar Stars League and the Heir Apparent Trophy.
Manchester City In August 2005, Manchester City manager
Stuart Pearce signed him on the recommendation of former City player
Ali Benarbia, who played with Yasser in Qatar. However, Yasser made only one first team appearance, in a
League Cup match against
Doncaster Rovers. He was released in January 2006. Afterwards, he stated that leaving City was "the biggest mistake of his life".
Back to Qatar In 2006–07, after departing Manchester City, he signed with his previous club,
Al Rayyan, for one season.
Sporting Braga During the summer of 2007, Hussein signed a deal with Portuguese club
Sporting Braga. He had been convinced to join the side by his teammate
João Tomás, who also made a similar transition from Al Rayyan to Braga in 2007. He became the first Qatari to play in the
UEFA Cup. On 4 October 2007, he scored his first goal with his new team in UEFA Cup in a 4–0 win against Swedish side
Hammarby.
Moving to Egypt In May 2008, Hussein joined
Al Ahly of Egypt on a three-year contract. He is legally considered an Egyptian player in Egypt, despite being registered by FIFA as a Qatari player, because he is also an Egyptian citizen. Thus, he was not considered part of Al Ahly's foreign player quota. Out of favour for most of the season, he mutually terminated his contract with Al Ahly on 27 January 2010 and paid $300,000 as a compensation. Hours later, he signed a contract for three-and-a-half years with local rivals
Zamalek. He showed very good form and was highly praised by Zamalek coach,
Hossam Hassan. He scored his first goal against
El-Entag El-Harby. He scored his second goal against his former club, Al Ahly, in the
Cairo Derby which ended in a 3–3 draw. He also scored a goal in the first seconds of a match between Al Ahly and Zamalek in the Egyptian Cup that ended 3–1. He would duplicate his achievement one year later by once again scoring in the derby against his former club, thus breaking a new record by scoring three goals in three matches played against Al Ahly. After a long legal battle with Zamalek, which involved the club dragging Hussein to
FIFA, due to the fact that he signed with Belgian club
Lierse S.K. when his contract was valid until 2014, he finally escaped Zamalek in the summer. The main cause of his departure from Zamalek was delayed payments.
Lierse Yasser signed a two-year contract for Lierse on 11 August 2011. Lierse decided not to renew his contract and he was released in the summer of 2013.
Return to Q-League After his contract with Lierse expired, he signed a one-year contract with
Al-Wakrah of
Qatar Stars League on 10 July 2013.
Return to Egypt In July 2017, it was announced that Yasser signed with Egyptian club
Wadi Degla. He had not played for a club since July 2016 when he parted ways with Al Wakrah. ==International career==