Nawaf Shaker al-Abed (Arabic: نواف شاكر العابد; born 26 January 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays for Al Shabab and Saudi Arabia national football team as a winger.
![]() Al-Abed with Saudi Arabia in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nawaf Shaker Al-Abed | ||
Date of birth | (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al Shabab | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2009 | Al-Hilal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2020 | Al-Hilal | 146 [1] | (25) |
2020– | Al Shabab | 38 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2008–2010 | Saudi Arabia U20 | ||
2011–2012 | Saudi Arabia U23 | ||
2011– | Saudi Arabia | 54 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:20 15 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:08 10 November 2022 (UTC) |
In 2009, Al-Hilal signed in Al-Abed from their youth academy. On 7 November, Nawaf scored the fastest goal in professional football against Al-Shoulla in two seconds in the Prince Faisal U-21 Cup,[2] but the match was cancelled due to Al-Hilal making 6 player which are more than 21 years old play in the match.[3]
On 9 March 2017, Al-Abed scored a third penalty goal against Ittihad and performed a celebration which made Ittihad fans furious. The Saudi Arabia FA banned him for two games,[4] but Al-Hilal appealed and the ban was lifted.[5]
Nawaf represented the Saudi Arabia national football team when his country hosted the 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations. His first international goal came in the quarter-final match with Yemen, becoming the winning goal as the Saudis prevailed 1–0.[6] Nawaf scored again in the semi-final as Saudi Arabia defeated the United Arab Emirates 3–2. The Green Falcons eventually finished as runners-up to Qatar, losing 2–1 in the final at the King Fahd International Stadium.[7]
Nawaf was included in Saudi Arabia's squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, scoring his third international goal in a 4–1 defeat of North Korea in the team's second group match.[8]
In May 2018 he was named in Saudi Arabia’s preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[9]
Club | Season | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Al-Hilal | 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2009–10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
2010–11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | ||
2011–12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 25 | 8 | ||
2012–13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 25 | 5 | ||
2013–14 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
2014–15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 31 | 4 | ||
2015–16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
2016–17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 34 | 10 | |
2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
Total | 146 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 67 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 258 | 40 | |
Al Shabab | 2020–21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
Career totals | 165 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 67 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 279 | 42 |
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 19 November 2014 | King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations |
2 | 23 November 2014 | King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations |
3 | 14 January 2015 | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne | ![]() | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup |
4 | 1 September 2016 | King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
5 | 6 September 2016 | Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6 | 2–1 | |||||
7 | 11 October 2016 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
8 | 29 August 2017 | Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Al-Shabab FC – current squad | |
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Arabian Gulf Cup - MVP | |
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