Ali bin Hadi bin Mohammed Al-Bulaihi (Arabic: علي آل بليهي; born 21 November 1989) is a Saudi football player who plays as a defender for Saudi Professional League club Al-Hilal, and for the Saudi Arabia national football team.[3]
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![]() Al-Bulaihi with Saudi Arabia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ali bin Hadi bin Mohammed Al-Bulaihi[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Najran, Saudi Arabia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Hilal | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Al-Amal | ||
2014–2015 | Al-Nahda | ||
2015–2017 | Al-Fateh | 47 | (1) |
2017– | Al-Hilal | 90 | (11) |
National team‡ | |||
2018– | Saudi Arabia | 37 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:59, 16 November 2022 (UTC) |
Al-Bulaihi started his career at Al-Amal where he spent three years before joining Al-Nahda in 2014.[4] On 23 July 2015, Al Bulaihi joined Al-Fateh.[5]
On 21 June 2017, Al-Hilal signed Al Bulaihi on a free transfer. He signed a three-year contract with the club.[6]
In June 2018 he was named in Saudi Arabia’s squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[7] playing against Uruguay.
Club | Season | League | King Cup | Asia | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Al-Fateh | 2015–16 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
2016–17 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 33 | 1 | |
Total | 47 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 1 | |
Al-Hilal | 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 47 | 5 | |
2019–20 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
2020–21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
2021–22 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 35 | 3 | |
2022–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 83 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 141 | 13 | |
Career totals | 130 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 200 | 14 |
Saudi Arabia | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2018 | 11 | 0 |
2019 | 6 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 8 | 0 |
2022 | 10 | 0 |
Total | 37 | 0 |
Al Hilal SFC – current squad | |
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