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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 51)
Place of birth Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.92 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) 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.

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 7–1 in favour of Juventus with one goal from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus's 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

Club

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

International

Saudi Arabia U-17

  • FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1989

Saudi Arabia

Individual

  • Best Goalkeeper of the AFC Asian Cup: 1996, 2000
  • Best Goalkeeper of the Gulf Cup of Nations: 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
  • IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021
  • AFC Asian Cup All-time XI: 2023

See also

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