Quick Facts
Biography
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'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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Career statistics
International
| 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
Club
- 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
International
- Saudi Arabia
- 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.