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Mohamed Al-Deayea
Al-Deayea with Al-Hilal in 2010
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea
Date of birth (1972-08-02) 2 August 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Al-Ta'ee
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1999 Al-Ta'ee 176 (0)
1999–2010 Al-Hilal 230 (0)
Total 406 (0)
International career
1993–2006 Saudi Arabia 178[1] (0)
Medal record
Representing  Saudi Arabia
Men's football
AFC Asian Cup
Winner 1996 United Arab Emirates
Runner-up 2000 Lebanon
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Winner 1989 Scotland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (Arabic: محمد عبد العزيز الدعيع; born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He participated in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 173 officially recognised caps.

Club career

Al-Deayea has split his professional career between the clubs Al-Ta'ee and Al-Hilal. Originally, he started as a handball player, but was convinced by his club and his older brother Abdullah to become a professional footballer. Mohammed was under great pressure of expectations in the beginning of his career because his brother Abdullah was an AFC Asian Cup winner and a highly reputed goalkeeper.

Retirement

On 22 June 2010, Mohamed Al-Deayea announced his retirement from football at the age of 37. On 5 January 2012, a big farewell match was organised between Al-Hilal and Juventus F.C. 70,000 people were packed in the King Fahd Stadium. The match ended 7–1 in favour of Juventus with one goal from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus's goals were scored by Alessandro Del Piero (twice), Eljero Elia, Arturo Vidal, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe, and Fabio Quagliarella.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup ACL Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Ta'ee 1991–92 22 0 — — 22 0
1992–93 22 0 — — 22 0
1993–94 22 0 — — 22 0
1994–95 22 0 — — 22 0
1995–96 22 0 — — 22 0
1996–97 22 0 — — 22 0
1997–98 22 0 — — 22 0
1998–99 22 0 — — 22 0
Total 176 0 0 0 0 0 176 0
Al-Hilal 1999–00 22 0 4 0 7 0 33 0
2000–01 22 0 2 0 — 24 0
2001–02 22 0 — 5 0 27 0
2002–03 22 0 4 0 — 26 0
2003–04 22 0 4 0 3 0 29 0
2004–05 22 0 5 0 4 0 31 0
2005–06 22 0 5 0 — 27 0
2006–07 21 0 4 0 6 0 31 0
2007–08 21 0 5 0 6 0 32 0
2008–09 21 0 4 0 7 0 32 0
2009–10 20 0 1 0 4 0 25 0
Total 230 0 38 0 39 0 306 0
Career total 413 0 38 0 39 0 489 0

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
Saudi Arabia 1993 16 0
1994 21 0
1995 6 0
1996 21 0
1997 23 0
1998 22 0
1999 15 0
2000 15 0
2001 12 0
2002 13 0
2003 0 0
2004 4 0
2005 0 0
2006 7 0
Total 177[1] 0

Honours

Al-Ta'ee

Al-Hilal

Saudi Arabia U17

Saudi Arabia

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Vote for your best Asian team at the FIFA World Cup: Goalkeeper | Football | News | FIFA World Cup 2022".
  2. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (28 January 2011). "Mohamed Al-Deayea – Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  3. ^ Velappan, Peter (31 July 2012). "Asia's best Goalkeeper of the Century". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  4. ^ "Asian Player of the Year". RSSSF. 18 January 2018.
  5. ^ "The best Asian team at the FIFA World Cup announced!". Asian Football Confederation. 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  6. ^ "IFFHS ALL TIME ASIA MEN'S DREAM TEAM". IFFHS. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  7. ^ "#AsianCup2023 five-month countdown: Fan-voted all-time AFC Asian Cup™ Dream XI revealed". Asian Football Confederation. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

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