A painful blow to the Jordanian national team before the World Cup

The Jordanian national team suffered another painful blow a month before the start of the 2026 World Cup, after the Jordanian Football Association announced that player Issam Al-Sumeiri will miss the World Cup due to a serious Achilles tendon injury in his left leg.

The medical tests Al-Sumeiri underwent revealed he suffered a complete rupture of his Achilles tendon during a one-on-one training session with Al-Nashama, an injury that will keep him out for months and prevent him from participating in Jordan’s first ever World Cup.

Technical director Jamal Al-Salami’s crisis deepens as the World Cup kicks off on June 11 in the USA, Mexico and Canada approaches, as Al-Sumeiri’s name is added to a list of absentees that already includes two stars Yazan Al-Naimat and Adham Al-Qurashi, as Al-Nashama prepares to take part in their historic World Cup campaign for the first time. reaching the final of the 2023 Asian Cup.

A promising career cut short by injury

Al-Sumayri, who was born in Irbid, is one of the Jordanian talents who honed his skills in Bahrain, where he joined the Rifa youth academy at an early age and progressed through all age groups, winning four titles at junior level.

It didn’t take long for Al-Sumeiri to establish himself in the first-team starting line-up, helping to win the league, cup and super treble before he decided to return to Jordan and join Shabab Al-Aqaba, where he also represented the Olympic team.

The player moved between several clubs in the Jordanian and Bahraini leagues, where he played for Sahab Bahrain and Al-Had, before settling at Al-Salt in 2023, but he returned to Bahrain again to play for Manama and score 7 goals in 22 games, before returning to Al-Salt Al-Salt Al-Salboitha. under supervision.

The World Cup dream is evaporating

Al-Sumeiri got his first opportunity with the senior national team in August 2025 when Al-Salami called him up for friendlies against Russia and the Dominican Republic, being among four players to wear the Nashama shirt for the first time.

But fate had a different opinion as a serious injury prevented him from realizing his World Cup dream, dealing a crushing blow to a player who had hoped to crown his career by taking part in the world’s biggest football event.