Waleed Abdullah Biography
Waleed Abdullah Ali Al-Dawsari (Arabic: وليد عبد الله علي الدوسري; born 19 April 1986) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al N*r.
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. He 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-N*r on a free transfer. On 4 February 2020, he renewed his contract with Al-N*r for another three years.
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 *an in Tokyo in the last game. Waleed's best game was against *an in Tokyo, where he stopped many *anese attacks and stopped the *anese 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 21 September 2023.
International
Statistics accurate as of match played 28 February 2018.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-N*r
- Saudi Professional League: 2018–19
- Saudi Super Cup: 2019, 2020
- Arab Club Champions Cup: 2023
References
External links
- Waleed Abdullah at National-Football-Teams.com
