Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (Arabic: محمد عبدالعزيز الدعيع; born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a football goalkeeper. He participated in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 173 officially recognized caps, the record for a goalkeeper.[2]
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![]() Al-Deayea with Al-Hilal in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1972-08-02) 2 August 1972 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ha'il, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ta'ee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1999 | Al-Ta'ee | 176 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2010 | Al-Hilal | 230 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 406 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1993–2006 | Saudi Arabia | 178[1] | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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 7–1 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 | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al-Ta'ee | 1991–92 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 1993–94 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 1994–95 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 1995–96 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 1996–97 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 1997–98 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 1998–99 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 0 | |
| Al-Hilal | 1999–00 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 2000–01 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | 22 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2002–03 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2003–04 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2005–06 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2007–08 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Total | 230 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 310 | 3 | |
| Career total | 413 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 493 | 3 | |
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Saudi Arabia | 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 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 177[1] | 0 | |
Al-Ta'ee
Al-Hilal
Saudi Arabia U-17
Saudi Arabia
1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Team of the Tournament | |
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| Forwards | |
1996 AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament | |
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| Goalkeeper | |
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