Mohamed Al-Deayea

Mohamed Al-Deayea
Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
	‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25/2/2010

Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (Arabic: محمد عبدالعزيز الدعيع) (born August 2, 1972 in Ha'il) is a former Saudi Arabian football goalkeeper. He played in four World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team, and as of June 2010, he is the world record holder for most international appearances by a male footballer, with 181 caps ( 177 FIFA official caps) for Saudi Arabia. He was captain of Saudi Premier League club Al-Hilal until June 2010, when he retired.

Club career

Al-Deayea, born in Ha'il, 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 fill the shoes of his brother Abdullah, who was an AFC Asian Cup winner and a highly reputed goalkeeper too. He is the best goalkeeper in Arab history so far. Winning the Asian best goalkeeper award and 4th best goalkeeper in the world, Al-Deayea, is, a Saudi Arabian legend. Al-Deayea often played in trousers, a short sleeved jersey and a cap, which confirms his reputation as a world class goalkeeper. Legendary Russian stopper Lev Yashin once said of Al-Deayea,'He's the best I've ever seen, I doubt we'll ever see anyone like him again.'^{[citation needed]}

Retirement

On the 22nd of June 2010, Mohamed Al-Deayea announced his retirement from football at the age of 37.

	Season	League		Cup		ACL		Total
	Season	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	-	4		7	-	33	-
	2000-01	22	-	2	-	-	-	24	-
	2001-02	22	1	-	-	5	-	27	1
	2002-03	22	1	4	-	-	-	26	1
	2003-04	22	-	4	-	3	-	29	-
	2004-05	22	1	5	-	4	-	31	1
	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	-	4	0	25	0
Total		230	3	38	0	39	0	310	3
Career Total		406	3	38	0	39	0	486	3

National team statistics

Template:Football player national team statistics |- |1990||3||0 |- |1991||0||0 |- |1992||0||0 |- |1993||16||0 |- |1994||21||0 |- |1995||8||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||8||0 |- !Total||181||0 |}

External links

Detail of international appearances - by RSSSF
Mohamed Al-Deayea – FIFA competition record (archived)
Mohamed Al-Deayea at National-Football-Teams.com

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