Salem Mohammed Shafi Al-Dawsari (Arabic: سالم محمد شافي الدوسري; born 19 August 1991), known as Salem, is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Saudi Arabia national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Salem Mohammed Shafi Al-Dawsari[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 19 August 1991||
Place of birth | Wadi ad-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia[3] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[4] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al Hilal | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
Al Hilal | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011– | Al Hilal | 239 | (62) |
2018 | → Villarreal (loan) | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Saudi Arabia Olympic (O.P.) | 5 | (2) |
2012– | Saudi Arabia | 84 | (23) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:59, 21 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Salem Al-Dawasari has spent his entire career at Al Hilal (apart from one year where he spent on loan). As part of a deal between the Saudi Arabian Football Federation and La Liga, he joined Spanish club Villarreal on loan.[5] He made one appearance in Spain, coming on as a substitute against Real Madrid as Villarreal came from behind to draw 2–2.[5]
In the second leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League final on 24 November, Al-Dawsari scored the opening goal in an eventual 2–0 away win over Urawa Red Diamonds, which saw Al-Hilal win the title following a 3–0 aggregate victory; the title allowed them to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup.[6]
On 7 February 2023, Al-Dawsari scored two penalties in a 3–2 win over Flamengo in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup semi-final, helping his club reach the final for the first time in their history.[7]
Al-Dawsari was called up to the Saudi Arabia national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and scored his first international goal in an away match against Australia in 2012.[8] In May 2018, he was named in Saudi Arabia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9] On 25 June, Al-Dawsari scored a late winning goal as his side won 2–1 over Egypt in their last group stage match of the World Cup.[10]
On 22 November 2022, Al-Dawsari scored his second goal at a FIFA World Cup, his first at the 2022 edition in Qatar in a match against Argentina. He made a run around the box before finishing past Emiliano Martínez to put Saudi Arabia ahead by a score of 2–1, which ended in a historic shock victory for the Saudi Arabia national team.[11] On 30 November, he scored a goal against Mexico, in which he equaled the record of most goals scored by a Saudi player in World Cups, three goals by Sami Al-Jaber, as Saudi Arabia exited the World Cup with a 2–1 loss to Mexico.[12]
Club | Season | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Al Hilal | 2011–12 | SPL | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 30 | 4 | |
2012–13 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 27 | 5 | |||
2013–14 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 41 | 7 | |||
2014–15 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 32 | 4 | |||
2015–16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
2016–17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||
2017–18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 4 | ||||
2018–19 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 3 | 10[b] | 0 | 44 | 8 | |||
2019–20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | 3[c] | 1 | 30 | 6 | |||
2020–21 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 28 | 8 | |||
2021–22 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | – | 8 | 5 | 4[d] | 2 | 36 | 18 | |||
2022–23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 2 | 4[e] | 2 | 21 | 7 | |||
2023–24 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 4 | 6[f] | 2 | 38 | 17 | |||
Total | 239 | 62 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 91 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 403 | 99 | ||
Villarreal (loan) | 2017–18 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 240 | 62 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 91 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 404 | 99 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Saudi Arabia | 2012 | 2 | 1 |
2013 | 7 | 0 | |
2014 | 9 | 1 | |
2015 | 4 | 0 | |
2016 | 0 | 0 | |
2017 | 5 | 2 | |
2018 | 14 | 3 | |
2019 | 9 | 4 | |
2020 | 1 | 1 | |
2021 | 8 | 4 | |
2022 | 13 | 3 | |
2023 | 6 | 3 | |
2024 | 6 | 1 | |
Total | 84 | 23 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 29 February 2012 | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 23 November 2014 | King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2014 Arabian Gulf Cup |
3. | 8 June 2017 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia | Australia | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4. | 7 October 2017 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Jamaica | 1–0 | 5–2 | Friendly |
5. | 15 May 2018 | La Cartuja, Seville, Spain | Greece | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
6. | 25 June 2018 | Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia | Egypt | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
7. | 10 September 2018 | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Bolivia | 2–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
8. | 8 January 2019 | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | North Korea | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
9. | 5 September 2019 | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia | Mali | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
10. | 10 September 2019 | Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain | Yemen | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
11. | 14 November 2019 | Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
12. | 14 November 2020 | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Jamaica | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
13. | 30 March 2021 | King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Palestine | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
14. | 5 June 2021 | Yemen | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
15. | 11 June 2021 | Singapore | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
16. | 2 September 2021 | Vietnam | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
17. | 29 March 2022 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Australia | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
18. | 22 November 2022 | Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail, Qatar | Argentina | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup |
19. | 30 November 2022 | Mexico | 1–2 | 1–2 | ||
20. | 24 March 2023 | Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Venezuela | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
21. | 28 March 2023 | Bolivia | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||
22. | 17 October 2023 | Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal | Mali | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
23. | 21 March 2024 | King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Tajikistan | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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