Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
Al-Sahlawi with Saudi Arabia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Sahlawi[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-10) 10 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Al-Safa
Number 9
Youth career
2003–2005 Al-Qadisiya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Al-Qadsiah 52 (21)
2008 → Al-Fateh (loan) 5 (1)
2009–2019 Al-Nassr 205 (103)
2019–2020 Al-Shabab 7 (0)
2020–2021 Al-Taawoun 20 (2)
2021 Muaither 4 (2)
2022 Al-Hazem 8 (0)
2023– Al-Safa 0 (0)
International career‡
2006–2007 Saudi Arabia U20 6 (5)
2007–2008 Saudi Arabia U23 11 (2)
2010–2018 Saudi Arabia 42 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 August 2018

Mohammad Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (Arabic: محمد ابراهيم محمد السهلاوي; born 10 January 1987) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Safa. Al-Sahlawi won the best player of the league award twice in a row in 2013–14 and 2014–15.

Club career

Al-Qadisiya

Al-Sahlawi was 17 years old when his talent started to become apparent, during his participation in the "Karkiz" Championship which led to Adel Body (the administrative of Al-Qadisiya Handball) registering him in Al-Qadisiya, so he signed for SR40,000 and a car. After only two seasons, specifically in the 2006–07 season (when Yasser Al-Qahtani moved to Al-Hilal with the largest deal ever at that time), Sahlawi broke into the first team squad and had to assume responsibility of the Al-Qadisiya attack alongside his teammate Yousef Al-Salem. Following administration issues, Al-Sahlawi experienced a difficult period where he was relegated to the bench, while at the same time he was leading the Saudi Olympic team.

Following Al-Qadisiya's relegation to the first division and the departure of most of the star players in the team. Al-Sahlawi was lent to Al-Fateh and played five matches scoring one goal. Despite other offers, he returned to Al-Qadisiya. In his return season, he scored 18 goals and registered 8 assists. At the end of the season, he signed a new deal with Al-Qadisiya for three years for a contract worth SR3 million. He ended the 2008 season as the Top Goalscorer in Saudi First Division.

Al-Nassr

He moved to Al-Nassr in 2009 for SR32 million ($8 million), breaking Yasser Al-Qahtani record transfer as the largest deal in Saudi football history.

In his first season with Al-Nassr, Al-Sahlawi scored 21 goals in 36 matches and received the Young Player of the Year award from STC.

In 2015, he was selected as one of the world's best top goalscorers by the IFFHS.[3]

On 29 March 2018, it was confirmed that he will spend three weeks training with Manchester United in order to sharpen up his game ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[4]

Al-Shabab

On 2 August 2019, Al-Shabab announced signing with Al-Sahlawi on a free transfer.[5]

Muaither

On 2 August 2021, Al-Sahlawi announced that he would be joining Qatari side Muaither on his Twitter account.[6]

Al-Hazem

On 14 December 2021, Al-Hazem announced signing with Al-Sahlawi on a free transfer.[7]

Al-Safa

On 16 September 2023, Al-Sahlawi joined Saudi First Division League side Al-Safa.[8]

International career

Al-Sahlawi with Saudi Arabia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Youth

Al-Sahlawi scored his first goal for the national team in the 2006 AFC Youth Championship against Iraq U-20 in the 52nd minute. The game ended in a draw with a score of 2–2. His second came against Malaysia U-20 within 13 minutes, and they won with a score of 2–0, although they lost in the quarter-finals against Japan U-20 1 goal to 2.

Senior

On 3 September 2015, Al-Sahlawi scored his first senior hat-trick, in a 7–0 defeat of Timor-Leste in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier. He scored another 5 goals on 17 November 2015 in a 10–0 drubbing of Timor-Leste.[9]

In May 2018, he was named in Saudi Arabia’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[10] He was named in the final squad on 4 June.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 31 May 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Asia Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Qadsiah 2005–06 Premier League 8 1 — 1 3 — 0 0 9 4
2006–07 11 2 — 0 0 — 5[a] 2 14 4
2007–08 13 3 — 1 1 — 4[a] 1 17 5
2008–09 First Division 20 15 — 3 3 — 0 0 23 18
Total 52 21 0 0 5 7 0 0 9 3 66 31
Al-Fateh (loan) 2007–08 First Division 5 1 — 0 0 5 1
Al-Nassr 2009–10 Pro League 20 11 2 1 2 0 — 11[b] 10 35 22
2010–11 20 5 1 0 1 0 6 1 — 28 6
2011–12 22 15 5 1 2 1 — 29 17
2012–13 25 10 2 1 4 3 — 4[c] 2 35 16
2013–14 23 17 1 0 2 1 — 26 18
2014–15 24 21 5 2 3 1 4 0 1[d] 1 37 25
2015–16 20 5 1 2 3 3 4 0 1[d] 0 29 10
2016–17 21 8 3 1 3 2 — 27 11
2017–18 19 10 2 2 — 3[c] 0 24 12
2018–19 11 1 1 0 — 0 0 3[c] 1 15 2
Total 205 103 23 10 20 11 14 1 23 14 279 131
Al-Shabab 2019–20 Pro League 7 0 2 1 — 2[c] 1 11 2
Al-Taawoun 2019–20 8 2 0 0 — 5 1 — 13 3
2020–21 12 0 1 0 — — — 13 0
Total 20 2 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 26 3
Career total 289 127 26 11 25 18 19 2 34 18 393 176
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup
  2. ^ Six appearances and eight goals in Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup, five appearances and two goals in GCC Champions League
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearances in Saudi Super Cup

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 20 June 2018.[13]
Saudi Arabia
Year Apps Goals
2010 1 1
2011 3 1
2012 5 2
2013 2 0
2014 2 0
2015 10 18
2016 3 2
2017 7 4
2018 9 0
Total 42 28

International goals

As of 8 June 2017[13][14]
Score and Result list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first
International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 May 2010 Tivoli Neu, Innsbruck, Austria  Spain
2–2
2–3
 Friendly
2. 28 July 2011 Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong  Hong Kong
4–0
5–0
 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 22 June 2012 King Fahd Stadium, Taif, Saudi Arabia  Kuwait
1–0
4–0
 2012 Arab Nations Cup
4.
4–0
5. 14 January 2015 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia  North Korea
2–1
4–1
 2015 AFC Asian Cup
6.
3–1
7. 18 January 2015 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia  Uzbekistan
1–1
1–3
8. 30 March 2015 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia  Jordan
1–0
2–1
 Friendly
9.
2–1
10. 11 June 2015 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia  Palestine
2–0
3–2
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.
3–2
12. 3 September 2015 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  East Timor
2–0
7–0
13.
3–0
14.
6–0
15. 8 September 2015 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia  Malaysia
2–1
2–1
16. 8 October 2015 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates
1–1
2–1
17.
2–1
18. 17 November 2015 National Stadium, Dili, East Timor  East Timor
1–0
10–0
19.
4–0
20.
5–0
21.
6–0
22.
8–0
23. 24 March 2016 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Malaysia
1–0
2–0
24. 24 August 2016 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Laos 2–0 4–0 Friendly
25. 14 January 2017 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Cambodia
4–2
7–2
 Friendly
26.
6–2
27. 23 March 2017 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  Thailand
1–0
3–0
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
28. 8 June 2017 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia  Australia
2–2
2–3

Honours

Club

Al-Qadisiyah
Al-Nassr

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Ranking 1.1.2015 - 28.2.2015 : THE WORLD'S BEST TOP GOALSCORER | IFFHS". IFFHS. 9 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Saudi Arabia striker Mohammad Al-Sahlawi to train with Manchester United". skysports. 29 March 2018.
  5. ^ "رسميا.. الشباب السعودي يتعاقد مع السهلاوي". Kooora (in Arabic). 2 August 2019.
  6. ^ "السهلاوي يخوض تجربة احترافية في قطر".
  7. ^ "السهلاوي يعزز صفوف الحزم في "الشتوية"".
  8. ^ "السهلاوي من مئوية الدوري السعودي إلى متذيل جدول يلو".
  9. ^ "WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - AFC 3/9/2015 12:40*". ESPN FC. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Saudi Arabia name squad for pre-World Cup camp". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  11. ^ Soliman, Seif (4 June 2018). "Saudi Arabia announce final 23-man World Cup squad". kingfut.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  12. ^ Mohammad Al-Sahlawi at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  13. ^ a b Mohammad Al-Sahlawi at National-Football-Teams.com
  14. ^ "( Mohamed Al Sahlawi ) Goals". KSA-Team. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

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