Waleed Abdullah

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (July 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Waleed Abdullah

Personal information
Full name	Waleed Abdullah Ali
Date of birth	(1986-04-19) April 19, 1986 (age 35)
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	173	(0)
2017–	Al-Nassr	50	(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 1 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:12, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

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

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 30 May 2021.^[6]

International[]

Statistics accurate as of match played 28 February 2018.^[7]

Honours[]

Club[]

Al-Shabab

• Saudi Professional League: 2011–12
• King Cup: 2008, 2009, 2014
• Saudi Super Cup: 2014
• Federation Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10

Al-Nassr

• Saudi Professional League: 2018–19
• Saudi Super Cup: 2019, 2020

References[]

External links[]

• Waleed Abdullah at National-Football-Teams.com