Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (Arabic: محمد عبد العزيز الدعيع; born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He participated in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 173 officially recognised caps.
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Full name | Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 2 August 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ha'il, Saudi Arabia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 406 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2006 | Saudi Arabia | 178[1] | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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 professional footballer. Mohammed was under great pressure of expectations in the beginning of his career because his brother Abdullah was an AFC Asian Cup winner and a highly reputed goalkeeper.
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 FC 70,000 people were packed in the King Fahd Stadium. The match ended 7–1 in favour of Juventus with one goal from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus's goals were scored by Alessandro Del Piero (twice), Eljero Elia, Arturo Vidal, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe, and Fabio Quagliarella.
Club | Season | League | Cup | ACL | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Al-Ta'ee | 1991–92 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
1992–93 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
1993–94 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
1994–95 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
1995–96 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
1996–97 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
1997–98 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
1998–99 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
Total | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 0 | |
Al-Hilal | 1999–00 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
2000–01 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
2001–02 | 22 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
2002–03 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | ||
2003–04 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
2004–05 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
2005–06 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
2006–07 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
2007–08 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
2008–09 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
2009–10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
Total | 230 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 306 | 0 | |
Career total | 413 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 489 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Saudi Arabia | 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 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 177[1] | 0 |
Al-Ta'ee
Al-Hilal
Saudi Arabia U17
Saudi Arabia
Individual