Mohamed Al-Deayea

Mohamed Al-Deayea

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea
Date of birth	2 August 1972 (1972-08-02) (age 39)
Place of birth	Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
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	310	(3)
National team
1993–2006	Saudi Arabia	178	(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 former Saudi Arabian football goalkeeper. He played in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team, and as of June 2010, he is the joint world record holder for most international appearances by a male footballer, with 178 caps for Saudi Arabia, tying the Mexican Claudio Suarez.^[1] He was captain of Saudi Premier League club Al-Hilal until June 2010, when he retired.

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 fill the shoes of his brother Abdullah, who was an AFC Asian Cup winner and a highly reputed goalkeeper too.

Retirement

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

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	-	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

^[2]

Saudi Arabia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
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	178	0

References

1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (2011-07-15). "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/century.html. Retrieved 2011-07-17. 
2. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (2011-01-28). "Mohamed Al-Deayea - Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/deayea-intl.html. Retrieved 2011-07-17. 

External links

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

Persondata
Name	Deayea, Mohamed
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Date of birth	August 2, 1972
Place of birth	Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Date of death
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