Mohamed Al-Deayea

Mohamed Al-Deayea

Al-Deayea with Al-Hilal in 2010
Personal information
Full nameMohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea
Date of birth2 August 1972
Place of birthHa'il, Saudi Arabia
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
Al-Ta'ee
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1989–1999Al-Ta'ee176(0)
1999–2010Al-Hilal230(3)
Total406(3)
National team
1993–2006Saudi Arabia176(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (Arabic: محمد عبدالعزيز الدعيع‎) (born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian retired football goalkeeper. He played in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 172 officially recognized caps.[1] He also achieved the first best Goalkeeper of the Century from Asia award ahead of Nasser Hejazi in second and In-Young Choi in third place respectively.

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 footballer. Mohammed was under great pressure in the beginning of his career because of having to wear the shoes of his brother Abdullah, who was an AFC Asian Cup winner and a highly reputed goalkeeper too.

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 1–7 in favour of Juventus with one goal from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus scored with two goals by Alessandro Del Piero and scored with one goal by Eljero Elia, Arturo Vidal, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella.

Club Season League Cup ACL Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Ta'ee 1991–92 22-----22-
1992–93 22-----22-
1993–94 22-----22-
1994–95 22-----22-
1995–96 22-----22-
1996–97 22-----22-
1997–98 22-----22-
1998–99 22-----22-
Total 176-----176-
Al-Hilal 1999-00 22-47-33-
2000–01 22-2---24-
2001–02 221--5-271
2002–03 2214---261
2003–04 22-4-3-29-
2004–05 2215-4-311
2005–06 22-5---27-
2006–07 21-4-6-31-
2007–08 21-5-6-32-
2008–09 21-4-7-32-
2009–10 20-1-40250
Total 23033803903103
Career Total 41333803904933

National team statistics

[2]

Saudi Arabia national team
YearAppsGoals
1993160
1994210
199560
1996210
1997230
1998220
1999150
2000150
2001120
2002130
200300
200440
200500
200680
Total1760

Honours

Al-Ta'ee
Al-Hilal
National team
Individual

References

  1. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (15 July 2011). "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  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.

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