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Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (Arabic: محمد عبد العزيز الدعيع; born 2 August 1972), also known as Mohammed Deayea al-Shammari, 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. Al-Deayea played for al-Tai FC and al-Hilal SFC and was represented in all Saudi national teams. He is considered one of the prominent goalkeepers in the history of Saudi sports.




Early life and club career


Mohammed al-Deayea was born in Hail into a family passionate about sports. He initially started as a handball goalkeeper for al-Tai FC at eight years old but switched to football following a recommendation from the club's junior football coach. He joined al-Tai SFC's junior team in 1988, impressing enough to earn a spot on the Saudi junior national team. With this team, he triumphed at the FIFA U-16 World Championship in Scotland in 1989. He progressed to the youth national team and by 1993, he was playing for the senior Saudi national team.
Al-Deayea played a pivotal role in the national team's qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, where he excelled. In 1999, al-Hilal SFC acquired him in a high-profile transfer, and he defended their goal until retiring in 2010, capping a twenty-two-year career. A testimonial match was organized in 2012 to honor his contributions, featuring a game between Italy's Juventus and al-Hilal SFC.
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.




Retirement


On 22 June 2010, Mohamed Al-Deayea announced his retirement from football at the age of 37. On 5 January 2012, a testimonial match for him was organised between his club Al-Hilal and Juventus FC, with 70,000 people attending at the King Fahd Stadium. The match ended 7–1 in favour of Juventus with Al-Hilal's sole goal coming from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus' goals were scored by Alessandro Del Piero (twice), Eljero Elia, Arturo Vidal, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella.




Career statistics






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Honours


Al-Ta'ee

Saudi First Division: 1994–95
Al-Hilal

Saudi Premier League: 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10
Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 1999–2000, 2003, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Saudi Founder's Cup: 1999–2000
AFC Champions League: 1999–2000
Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2001–02
Asian Super Cup: 2000
Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2000
Arab Super Cup: 2001
Saudi Arabia U17

FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1989
Saudi Arabia

AFC Asian Cup: 1996
Arabian Gulf Cup: 1994, 2003
Arab Nations Cup: 1998
Islamic Solidarity Games: 2005
Individual

Best Goalkeeper of the AFC Asian Cup: 1996, 2000
Best Goalkeeper of the Arabian Gulf Cup: 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.
AFC Asian All Stars: 2000
AFC Fans' All-time XI at the FIFA World Cup: 2020
IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021
AFC Asian Cup All-time XI: 2023




See also


List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps




References






External links



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

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• Mohammad Al-Deayea
• Al Hilal SFC
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• Piala Asia AFC 1996
• Skuad Piala Dunia FIFA 2002
• Piala Asia AFC 1988
• Skuad Piala Dunia FIFA 1998
• Skuad Piala Dunia FIFA 1994
• Skuad Piala Dunia FIFA 2006
• Piala Dunia FIFA 1994
• Mohamed Al-Deayea
• Abdullah Al-Deayea
• Sultan Al-Deayea
• Al Hilal SFC
• Saudi Arabia national football team
• Saudi Pro League
• Abd al-Aziz
• 1996 AFC Asian Cup
• Afro-Saudis
• 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup