Mohammed Al-Deayea

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Mohamed Al-Deayea
Al-Deayea with Al-Hilal in 2010
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea Al-Shammari
Date of birth (1972-08-02) 2 August 1972
Place of birth Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1986-1989 Al-Ta'ee
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1999 Al-Ta'ee 176 (0)
1999–2010 Al-Hilal 237 (0)
Total 413 (0)
International career
1993–2006 Saudi Arabia 173[1] (0)
Medal record
Representing  Saudi Arabia
Men's football
AFC Asian Cup
Winner1996 United Arab Emirates
Runner-up2000 Lebanon
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Winner1989 Scotland
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea Al-Shammari (Arabic: مُحَمَّد عَبْد الْعَزِيز الدَّعْيَع الشَّمَّرِيّ; 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.[2]

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.[3] Despite his qualifications, Al-Deayea is the joint holder of a negative record: most goals conceded by a goalkeeper in FIFA World Cups, tied with Mexican legend Antonio Carbajal, having conceded 25 goals in 10 matches across the three tournaments in which he played (1994, 1998 and 2002). About a third of these came in a single match, in the 2002 tournament, where Germany thrashed an out-of-sorts Saudi team by an 8-0 score.

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, 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 1991–92 220——220
1992–93 220——220
1993–94 220——220
1994–95 220——220
1995–96 220——220
1996–97 220——220
1997–98 220——220
1998–99 220——220
Total 176000001760
Al-Hilal 1999–00 2204070330
2000–01 22020—240
2001–02 220—50270
2002–03 22040—260
2003–04 2204030290
2004–05 2205040310
2005–06 22050—270
2006–07 2104060310
2007–08 2105060320
2008–09 2104070320
2009–10 2001040250
Total 23703804203060
Career total 41303804204930

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Saudi Arabia 1993200
1994220
199550
1996210
1997210
1998210
1999160
2000120
2001120
2002120
200300
200430
200510
200670
Total1730

Honours

Al-Ta'ee

Al-Hilal

Saudi Arabia U17

Saudi Arabia

Individual

See also

References

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