 Al-Shehri with Saudi Arabia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yahya Sulaiman Ali Al-Shehri | ||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1990[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dammam, Saudi Arabia, | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Riyadh | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Ettifaq | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Ettifaq | 87 | (7) |
| 2013–2021 | Al-Nassr | 157 | (19) |
| 2018 | → Leganés (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Al-Raed | 36 | (1) |
| 2023– | Al-Riyadh | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2019 | Saudi Arabia | 75 | (8) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:15, 8 December 2019 (UTC) | |||
Yahya Sulaiman Ali al-Shehri (Arabic: يحيى سليمان علي الشهري; born 26 June 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Riyadh.
He was promoted from the youth team of Ettifaq and appeared in the first team in the 2009–10 Saudi Professional League. In 2013, he transferred to Al-Nassr. In 2018, he was loaned to CD Leganés and became one of the nine Saudi players to go play abroad since Osama Hawsawi.
On 1 June 2013, in the biggest deal in the history of Saudi football, Yahya Al-Shehri officially signed a contract to join Al-Nassr in return for 48 million Saudi Riyals.[3]
On 19 August 2021, Al-Shehri joined Al-Raed.[4]
On 22 October 2023, Al-Shehri joined Al-Riyadh on a free transfer.[5]
Al-Shehri has been capped for the Saudi Arabia national team U-17s, U-18s, U-19s, U-20s and Under-21 side, and eventually for the first team. Yahya made his first appearance with the first Saudi team in a friendly match against Tunisia on 14 October 2009.
In May 2018, he was named in the Saudi Arabia senior national team's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental[c] | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al-Ettifaq | 2009–10 | Pro League | 21 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2010–11 | Pro League | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 4 | |||
| 2011–12 | Pro League | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12[d] | 2 | — | 36 | 5 | ||
| 2012–13 | Pro League | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[e] | 2 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
| Total | 87 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 13 | ||
| Al-Nassr | 2013–14 | Pro League | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 7 | ||
| 2014–15 | Pro League | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6[e] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
| 2015–16 | Pro League | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6[e] | 1 | 1[f] | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
| 2016–17 | Pro League | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | Pro League | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3[g] | 1 | 20 | 5 | |||
| 2018–19 | Pro League | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[e] | 2 | 4[g] | 3 | 36 | 8 | ||
| 2019–20 | Pro League | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2[e] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21 | Pro League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 157 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 219 | 34 | ||
| CD Leganés (loan) | 2017–18 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 244 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 337 | 47 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 11 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 13 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 8 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 June 2015 | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia |  Palestine |
1–0 | 3–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 3 September 2015 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |  Timor-Leste |
1–0 | 7–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 17 November 2015 | National Stadium, Dili, East Timor | Timor-Leste |
3–0 | 10–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 11 October 2016 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |  United Arab Emirates |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 28 March 2017 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |  Iraq |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 9 May 2018 | Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain |  Algeria |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 28 May 2018 | kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland |  Italy |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 8 | 10 September 2018 | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |  Bolivia |
1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
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