Waleed Abdullah

Waleed Abdullah (Arabic: وليد عبدالله‎; born April 19, 1986) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Nassr.[2]

Waleed Abdullah
Personal information
Full name Waleed Abdullah Ali
Date of birth (1986-04-19) April 19, 1986
Place of birth Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Al Nassr
Number 33
Youth career
Al-Shabab
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2017 Al-Shabab 170 (0)
2017– Al-Nassr 34 (0)
National team‡
2006–2007 Saudi Arabia U-23 11 (0)
2007–2018 Saudi Arabia 72 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:12, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

A former regular for Saudi Arabia at Under-23 level, Abdullah made his senior international debut in July 2007, and was recognized as Saudi Arabia's first-choice goalkeeper from 2008 to 2014.[3] He has gained 72 caps and was selected in Saudi Arabia's squads for four AFC Asian Cups.

Club career

Waleed Abdullah began playing on a regular basis with Al-Shabab in the 2007–08 season. In the 2006–07 season, he was with the Saudi Olympic team in their qualifiers, so he had no chance of playing with Al-Shabab as their first goalkeeper.

On 3 February 2017, Abdullah joined Al-Nassr on a free transfer.[4] On 4 February 2020, he renewed his contract with Al-Nassr for another three years.[5]

International career

Olympic Team

Waleed Abdullah played 11 games with the Olympic team during the 2008 Qualifiers, in which he helped the team reach the second round, and was close to qualifying had they won against Japan in Tokyo in the last game. Waleed's best game was against Japan in Tokyo, where he stopped many Japanese attacks and stopped the Japanese from scoring.

Senior Team

Waleed first joined the Saudi Arabia national football team for the AFC Asian Cup 2007. His first official game was a friendly against United Arab Emirates in June 2007, which ended 2-0 for Saudi Arabia. He also played another friendly against Oman, and it ended 1-1. Right before the beginning of the Asian Cup, Waleed received news of the death of his infant daughter. But he decided to stay with the national team, and was one of the players in Saudi Arabia's squad in the Asian Cup, but didn't get any playtime during the cup itself.

After the Asian Cup he was called up a couple of times, for a friendly against Ghana which ended 5-0 for Saudi Arabia, and the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers against Singapore which ended 2-0, and for the Uzbekistan qualifier on 26 March 2008.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 September 2020.[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League King Cup Crown Prince Cup [lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Shabab 2006–07 10—0000—10
2007–08 504030—2[lower-alpha 2]0140
2008–09 170504050—310
2009–10 1904030100—360
2010–11 240201070—340
2011–12 2600020——280
2012–13 2205000100—370
2013–14 240502070—380
2014–15 1700000301[lower-alpha 3]0210
2015–16 502000——70
2016–17 1300010——140
Total 1730270160420302610
Al-Nassr 2016–17 701000——80
2017–18 20000——2[lower-alpha 2]0220
2018–19 7000—202[lower-alpha 2]0110
2019–20 0010—000010
Total 34020002040420
Career total 2070290160440703030
  1. Discontinued in September 19, 2017
  2. Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup
  3. Appearances in Saudi Super Cup

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 28 February 2018.[7]
Saudi Arabia
YearAppsGoals
200710
2008100
2009190
201060
201180
201230
201390
201490
201530
201610
201720
201810
Total720

Honours

Club

Al-Shabab

Al-Nassr

References
  1. "وليد عبدالله". slstat.com.
  2. "Waleed Abdullah".
  3. "Waleed Abdullah Ali".
  4. "رسميا.. النصر يوقع مع وليد عبدالله".
  5. "النصر يجدد عقد وليد عبدالله حتى 2024".
  6. Waleed Abdullah at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  7. Waleed Abdullah at National-Football-Teams.com
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