Faiz Al-Rushaidi

Faiz Al-Rushaidi
	Al-Rushaidi playing for Oman in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Personal information
Full name	Faiz Issa Khadoom Al-Rushaidi
Date of birth	19 July 1988 (age 33)
Place of birth	Al-Rustaq, Oman
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Mes Rafsanjan
Number	18
Youth career
2004–2006	Al-Suwaiq
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2014	Al-Suwaiq
2014–2015	Saham
2015–2017	Al-Nasr
2017–2018	Al-Suwaiq
2018–2019	Al-Ain
2019–2021	Dhofar
2021-	Mes Rafsanjan
National team
2010–	Oman
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Faiz Issa Khadoom Al-Rushaidi (Arabic: فايز بن عيسى الرشيدي; born 19 July 1988), commonly known as Faiz Al-Rushaidi, is an Omani footballer who plays for Mes Rafsanjan in the Persian Gulf Pro League.^[1]

Club career[]

On 3 June 2014, he signed a contract with 2014 GCC Champions League runners-up Saham SC.^[2]^[3]On 9 September, 2021, he signed for Iranian side Mes Rafsanjan F.C.^[4]

Club career statistics[]

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Continental^[a]		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Suwaiq	2010–11	Oman Professional League	-	0	-	0	6	0	-	0	-	0
	2011–12		-	0	-	0	7	0	-	0	-	0
	2013–14		-	0	-	0	7	0	-	0	-	0
	Total		-	0	-	0	20	0	0	0	-	0
Career total			-	0	-	0	20	0	-	0	-	0

^ Includes appearances in the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup

International career[]

Faiz is part of the first team squad of the Oman national football team. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2010. He made his first appearance for Oman on 15 August 2012 in a friendly match against Egypt.^[5] He has made appearances in the 2012 WAFF Championship, the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification and has represented the national team in the 2010 Gulf Cup of Nations and the 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations. He produced an outstanding performance against the UAE, saving two penalty shots from Omar Abdulrahman, winning the 2017 Gulf Cup of Nations.

He was selected for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup for Oman, but he initially served as second-choice goalkeeper to Ali Al-Habsi. However, Al-Habsi suffered an injury and was left out, thus he became the team's first choice goalkeeper and made appearances in the 4 games Oman played as Oman managed to reach the knockout stage for the first time.