Mohamed Al-Deayea

Mohamed Al-Deayea

Al-Deayea with Al-Hilal in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea
Date of birth	(1972-08-02) 2 August 1972
Place of birth	Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Al-Ta'ee
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1999	Al-Ta'ee	176	(0)
1999–2010	Al-Hilal	230	(3)
Total		406	(3)
International career
1993–2006	Saudi Arabia	178	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (Arabic: محمد عبدالعزيز الدعيع‎‎) (born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian retired football goalkeeper. He played in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 178 officially recognized caps, the record for a goalkeeper. He also achieved the first best Goalkeeper of the Century from Asia award ahead of Nasser Hejazi in second and In-Young Choi in third place respectively.

Club career

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 footballer. Mohammed was under great pressure in the beginning of his career because of having to wear the shoes of his brother Abdullah, who was an AFC Asian Cup winner and a highly reputed goalkeeper too.

Retirement

On 22 June 2010, Mohamed Al-Deayea announced his retirement from football at the age of 37. On 5 January 2012, a big farewell match was organised between Al-Hilal and Juventus F.C.. 70,000 people were packed in the King Fahd Stadium. The match ended 1–7 in favour of Juventus with one goal from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus scored with two goals by Alessandro Del Piero and scored with one goal by Eljero Elia, Arturo Vidal, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella.

Club	Season	League		Cup		ACL		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Ta'ee	1991–92	22	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
	1992–93	22	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
	1993–94	22	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
	1994–95	22	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
	1995–96	22	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
	1996–97	22	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
	1997–98	22	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
	1998–99	22	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
Total		176	-	-	-	-	-	176	-
Al-Hilal	1999-00	22	-	4		7	-	33	-
	2000–01	22	-	2	-	-	-	24	-
	2001–02	22	1	-	-	5	-	27	1
	2002–03	22	1	4	-	-	-	26	1
	2003–04	22	-	4	-	3	-	29	-
	2004–05	22	1	5	-	4	-	31	1
	2005–06	22	-	5	-	-	-	27	-
	2006–07	21	-	4	-	6	-	31	-
	2007–08	21	-	5	-	6	-	32	-
	2008–09	21	-	4	-	7	-	32	-
	2009–10	20	-	1	-	4	0	25	0
Total		230	3	38	0	39	0	310	3
Career Total		413	3	38	0	39	0	493	3

National team statistics

Saudi Arabia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1993	16	0
1994	21	0
1995	6	0
1996	21	0
1997	23	0
1998	22	0
1999	15	0
2000	15	0
2001	12	0
2002	13	0
2003	0	0
2004	4	0
2005	0	0
2006	8	0
Total	178	0

Honours

Al-Ta'ee

• Saudi First Division: 1994–95

Al-Hilal

• Saudi Premier League: 2002, 2005, 2008, 2010
• Crown Prince Cup: 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Saudi Founder's Cup: 1999
• AFC Champions League: 2000
• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2002
• Asian Super Cup: 2000
• Arab Super Cup: 2001
• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2000

National team

• FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1989
• FIFA World Cup qualification: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
• AFC Asian Cup: 1996
• Gulf Cup of Nations: 1994, 2003
• Arab Nations Cup: 1998
• 2005 Islamic Cup

Individual

• Best Goalkeeper of the AFC Asian Cup: 1996, 2000
• Best Goalkeeper of the Gulf Cup of Nations: 1998, 2002
• Best Goalkeeper of the GCC Champions League: 2000
• Best Goalkeeper of the Arab Champions League': 2001
• Best Goalkeeper of the Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2002
• He was voted Asia's Goalkeeper of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999.

External links

• Detail of international appearances – by RSSSF
• Mohamed Al-Deayea – FIFA competition record
• Mohamed Al-Deayea at National-Football-Teams.com