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Mohamed Al-Deayea
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Al-Deayea with Al-Hilal in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-08-02) 2 August 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.89 m
Playing position 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)
National team
1993–2006 Saudi Arabia 178 (0)
Honours
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
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (Arabic: محمد عبد العزيز الدعيع; born 2 August 1972), also known as Mohammed Deayea al-Shammari, 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. Al-Deayea played for al-Tai FC and al-Hilal SFC and was represented in all Saudi national teams. He is considered one of the prominent goalkeepers in the history of Saudi sports.

Early life and club career

Mohammed al-Deayea was born in Hail into a family passionate about sports. He initially started as a handball goalkeeper for al-Tai FC at eight years old but switched to football following a recommendation from the club's junior football coach. He joined al-Tai SFC's junior team in 1988, impressing enough to earn a spot on the Saudi junior national team. With this team, he triumphed at the FIFA U-16 World Championship in Scotland in 1989. He progressed to the youth national team and by 1993, he was playing for the senior Saudi national team.

Al-Deayea played a pivotal role in the national team's qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, where he excelled. In 1999, al-Hilal SFC acquired him in a high-profile transfer, and he defended their goal until retiring in 2010, capping a twenty-two-year career. A testimonial match was organized in 2012 to honor his contributions, featuring a game between Italy's Juventus and al-Hilal SFC.

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 testimonial match for him was organised between his club Al-Hilal and Juventus FC, with 70,000 people attending at the King Fahd Stadium. The match ended 7–1 in favour of Juventus with Al-Hilal's sole goal coming from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus' 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
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 0

Honours

Al-Ta'ee

  • Saudi First Division: 1994–95

Al-Hilal

  • Saudi Premier League: 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10
  • Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 1999–2000, 2003, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
  • Saudi Founder's Cup: 1999–2000
  • AFC Champions League: 1999–2000
  • Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2001–02
  • Asian Super Cup: 2000
  • Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2000
  • Arab Super Cup: 2001

Saudi Arabia U17

  • FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1989

Saudi Arabia

Individual

  • Best Goalkeeper of the AFC Asian Cup: 1996, 2000
  • Best Goalkeeper of the Arabian Gulf Cup: 1998, 2002
  • Best Goalkeeper of the GCC Champions League: 2000
  • Best Goalkeeper of the Arab Champions League': 2001
  • Best Goalkeeper of the Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2002
  • He was voted Asia's Goalkeeper of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999.
  • AFC Asian All Stars: 2000
  • AFC Fans' All-time XI at the FIFA World Cup: 2020
  • IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021
  • AFC Asian Cup All-time XI: 2023

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Mohamed Al-Deayea para niños

  • List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
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