Hatem Mohammad Yusuf Aqel (born on June 20, 1978) is a Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

ian footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 who is a defender

Defender (football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 for Al-Faisaly (Amman). He is a member of the Jordan national football team

Jordan national football team

The Jordan national football team is the national team of Jordan and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association...

 and has always played as player number 17.
He is currently the captain of his national team, taking the place of Jordan's previous national team captain Hassouneh Al-Sheikh

Hassouneh Al-Sheikh

Hassouneh Qasem Al-Sheikh is a Jordanian footballer who is a midfielder for Al-Faisaly . He is a member of the Jordan national football team and has always played as player number 8. He was the previous captain of his national team until he left before the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.-International goals:-...

, who left the national team before the 2011 AFC Asian Cup

2011 AFC Asian Cup

The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup...

. He was one of the players of Jordan who participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

The qualification competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC , CAF , CONCACAF , CONMEBOL , OFC , and UEFA — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament...

, and both the 2004 Asian Cup, and the beginning of the 2011 Asian Cup.