Abdulla Yusuf Helal

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Abdulla Yusuf Helal
Personal information
Full name Abdulla Yusuf Abdulrahim Mohamed Helal[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-12) 12 June 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Riffa, Bahrain
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Slavia Prague
Number 21
Youth career
2009–2014 East Riffa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 East Riffa
2017–2018 Al-Muharraq
2018–2019 Bohemians 15 (5)
2019– Slavia Prague 25 (3)
2019 → Bohemians (loan) 9 (0)
2020– → Slovan Liberec (loan) 10 (1)
National team‡
2015 Bahrain U23 1 (0)
2012– Bahrain 55 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:42, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Abdulla Yusuf Abdulrahim Mohamed Helal (Arabic: عبد الله يوسف هلال; born 12 June 1993) is a Bahraini professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slavia Prague and the Bahrain national team.[2]

Club career[]

Helal played for East Riffa since 2009. Through this journey he joined Al-Muharraq SC on loan from his club. He won the Bahraini Premier League in the 2017–18 season with Al-Muharraq.[3]

Bohemians[]

On 19 July 2018, it was announced that he would join Czech First League club Bohemians 1905 on loan and become the first Bahraini player to join a European top division club.[4][5] On 28 July 2018, Helal played his first game with the club after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. He scored a goal and provided an assist in an eventual 4–2 loss at Příbram.[6]

Slavia Prague[]

On 4 January 2019, Slavia Prague announced the signing of Helal from Bohemians 1905, and loaned him out for the rest of the season.[7] On 17 September 2019, Helal entered the history again by being the first player from the GCC countries to participate in a 2019–20 UEFA Champions League match against Internazionale.[8][9][10]

Slovan Liberec (loan)[]

On 4 August 2020, Slavia loaned Helal to Slovan Liberec with two other players.[11] 22 October 2020, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Gent in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.[12]

International career[]

He represents Bahrain national team since 2012.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 18 June 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bohemians 2018–19 Czech First League 15 5 3 0 — — 18 5
Bohemians (loan) 2018–19 9 0 2 0 — — 11 0
Slavia Prague 2019–20 17 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 23 2
2020–21 8 1 1 0 — — 9 1
Total 25 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 32 3
Slovan Liberec (loan) 2020–21 Czech First League 9 1 0 0 8 3 — 17 4
Career total 58 9 8 0 11 3 1 0 78 12

International[]

As of matches played on 24 March 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Bahrain 2012 8 0
2013 4 1
2014 7 0
2015 5 0
2016 6 1
2017 8 1
2018 8 2
2019 9 0
2020 0 0
2021 0 0
Total 55 5
Scores and results list Bahrain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Helal goal.[13]
List of international goals scored by Abdulla Yusuf Helal
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 January 2013 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain  Kuwait 1–0 1–6 21st Arabian Gulf Cup
2 5 February 2016 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain  Lebanon 2–0 2–0 Friendly
3 5 September 2017 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain  Chinese Taipei 4–0 5–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4 27 March 2018 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain  Turkmenistan 1–0 4–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5 2–0

Honors[]

East Riffa

Al-Muharraq

Slavia Prague

Bahrain

References[]

  1. ^ Abdulla Yusuf Helal at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Abdulla Yusuf Helal - Eurosport
  3. ^ "الشرقي يوافق على تجديد إعارة عبدال��ه يوسف للمحرق". AlWatan News. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. ^ "الرفاع الشرقي يوقع عقد احترافي للاعبه عبدالله يوسف مع نادٍ تشيكي في الدرجة الممتازة". Al-Ayam. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Bohemians angažovali jako první klub v Evropě fotbalistu z Bahrajnu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 21 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. ^ "1. FK Příbram - Bohemians Praha 1905 4:2". eurofotbal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Ahead of AFC Asian Cup 2019, Bahrain star signs for UEFA Europa League club". FOX Sports Asia. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. ^ Nabil, Ahmad. "من هو عبد الله يوسف هلال أول خليجي يشارك في دوري أبطال أوروبا؟". eremnews.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  9. ^ Adel, Zuhaira. "البحريني يكتب التاريخ - عبد الله يوسف أول خليجي يشارك في أبطال أوروبا". Goal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  10. ^ "لاعب منتخبنا عبدالله يوسف أول خليجي يشارك رسمياً بدوري أبطال أوروبا". Alayam (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Tři sešívaní jsou na odchodu! Hilál už trénuje s Libercem". sport.cz. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Liberec 1–0 Gent". UEFA. 22 October 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Yusuf Helal, Abdulla". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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