| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hussein Omar Abdul Ghani Sulaimani | ||
| Date of birth | January 21, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Al-Nassr | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1997 | Al-Ahli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2008 | Al-Ahli | ||
| 2008–2009 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 13 | (0) |
| 2009– | Al-Nassr | 16 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2009 | Saudi Arabia | 108 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 /12/ 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Hussein Abdulghani Sulaimani (Arabic: حسين عبد الغني) (born January 21, 1977 in Jeddah) is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.
He is a regular member of the Saudi Arabian national team. He appeared in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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Sulaimani transfer to Switzerland was first reported in Saudi newspaper, Okaz. They reported, correctly, that Sulaimani has signed a deal with the Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax and would join officially in Sunday 13 July - 2008 [1] He is only the third Saudi player ever to play in Europe, after Sami Al-Jaber and Fahad Al-Ghesheyan. In July 2009, two other Arab players signed for the same club. They are the Bahraini pair of Abdulla Ismail Omar and Abdulla Fatai.
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