Mohamed Al-Deayea
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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.
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Season | League | Cup | ACL | Total | |||||
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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 |}
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External links
- Detail of international appearances - by RSSSF
- Mohamed Al-Deayea – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Mohamed Al-Deayea at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Saudi Arabian footballers
- Saudi Arabia international footballers
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1995 King Fahd Cup players
- 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 1996 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2000 AFC Asian Cup players
- World record holders
- Arab people of Black African descent
- Association football goalkeepers
- FIFA Century Club
- Al-Hilal players