Salem bin Mohammed bin Shafi Al-Dawsari (Arabic: سالم محمد الدوسري; born 19 August 1991) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a winger for Al-Hilal and the Saudi Arabia national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Salem bin Mohammed bin Shafi Al-Dawsari[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Wadi ad-Dawasir, Najd, Saudi Arabia[2] | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Hilal | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
Al-Hilal | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011– | Al-Hilal | 207 | (47) |
2018 | → Villarreal (loan) | 1 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2021 | Saudi Arabia Olympic | 5 | (2) |
2011– | Saudi Arabia | 71 | (17) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:01, 16 November 2022 (UTC) |
Al-Dawsari joined Al-Hilal as a youth player. In 2018, as part of a deal between the Saudi Arabian Football Federation and La Liga, he joined Spanish club Villarreal on loan.[4] He made one appearance in Spain, coming on as a substitute against Real Madrid as Villareal came from behind to draw 2–2.[4]
In the second leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League Final on 24 November, Al-Dawsari scored the opening goal in an eventual 2–0 away win over Urawa Red Diamonds, which saw Al-Hilal win the title following a 3–0 aggregate victory; the title allowed them to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup.[5]
Al-Dawsari was called up to the Saudi Arabian national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and scored his first international goal in an away match against Australia in 2012.[6] In May 2018, he was named in Saudi Arabia’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[7] On 25 June, Al-Dawsari scored a late winning goal as his side won 2–1 over Egypt in their last group stage match of the World Cup.[8]
Al-Dawsari has 2 step children and one of his own. The oldest is Tarfa and her twin brother Saud, and the youngest is Lama.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Al-Hilal | 2011–12 | Saudi Pro League | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 30 | 4 | |
2012–13 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 27 | 5 | |||
2013–14 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 41 | 7 | |||
2014–15 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 32 | 4 | |||
2015–16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
2016–17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||
2017–18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 4 | ||||
2018–19 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 3 | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 45 | 8 | |||
2019–20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 30 | 6 | |||
2020–21 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 28 | 8 | |||
2021–22 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | – | 8 | 5 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 2 | 36 | 18 | |||
2022–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 202 | 47 | 23 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 79 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 341 | 73 | ||
Villarreal (loan) | 2017–18 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 202 | 45 | 23 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 79 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 341 | 73 |
Saudi Arabia | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2012 | 3 | 1 |
2013 | 7 | 0 |
2014 | 9 | 1 |
2015 | 4 | 0 |
2016 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 5 | 2 |
2018 | 14 | 3 |
2019 | 9 | 4 |
2020 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 8 | 4 |
2022 | 11 | 1 |
Total | 71 | 17 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 29 February 2012 | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 23 November 2014 | King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2014 Arabian Gulf Cup |
3. | 8 June 2017 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4. | 7 October 2017 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 1–0 | 5–2 | Friendly |
5. | 15 May 2018 | La Cartuja, Seville, Spain | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
6. | 25 June 2018 | Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
7. | 10 September 2018 | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
8. | 8 January 2019 | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
9. | 5 September 2019 | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
10. | 10 September 2019 | Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain | ![]() | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
11. | 14 November 2019 | Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ![]() | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
12. | 14 November 2020 | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
13. | 30 March 2021 | King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
14. | 5 June 2021 | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
15. | 11 June 2021 | ![]() | ||||
16. | 2 September 2021 | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
17. | 29 March 2022 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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