Yahya Sulaiman Ali al-Shehri (Arabic: يحيى سليمان علي الشهري; born 26 June 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Al-Raed and the Saudi Arabia national team.
![]() Al-Shehri with Saudi Arabia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Yahya Sulaiman Ali Al-Shehri | ||
Date of birth | (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 32)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Dammam, Saudi Arabia, | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Raed | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2010 | Ettifaq | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | Ettifaq | 87 | (7) |
2013–2021 | Al-Nassr | 157 | (19) |
2018 | → Leganés (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2021– | Al-Raed | 26 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2009– | Saudi Arabia | 75 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:15, 8 December 2019 (UTC) |
He was promoted from the youth team of Ettifaq and appeared in the first team in the 2009–10 Saudi Professional League. In 2013, he transferred to Al-Nassr. In 2018, he was loaned to CD Leganés and became one of the nine Saudi players to go play abroad since Osama Hawsawi.
On 1 June 2013, in the biggest deal in the history of Saudi football, Yahya Al-Shehri officially signed a contract to join Al-Nassr in return for 48 million Saudi Riyals.[3]
On 19 August 2021, Al-Shehri joined Al-Raed.[4]
Al-Shehri has been capped for the Saudi national team U-17s, U-18s, U-19s, U-20s and Under-21 side, and eventually for the first team. Yahya made his first appearance with the first Saudi team in a friendly match against Tunisia on 14 October 2009.
In May 2018, he was named in the Saudi Arabia senior national team's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[5]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental[lower-alpha 3] | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Al-Ettifaq | 2009–10 | Pro League | 21 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
2010–11 | Pro League | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 4 | |||
2011–12 | Pro League | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12[lower-alpha 4] | 2 | — | 36 | 5 | ||
2012–13 | Pro League | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 5] | 2 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
Total | 87 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 13 | ||
Al-Nassr | 2013–14 | Pro League | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 7 | ||
2014–15 | Pro League | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
2015–16 | Pro League | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
2016–17 | Pro League | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 2 | |||
2017–18 | Pro League | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 7] | 1 | 20 | 5 | |||
2018–19 | Pro League | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 5] | 2 | 4[lower-alpha 7] | 3 | 36 | 8 | ||
2019–20 | Pro League | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
2020–21 | Pro League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 157 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 219 | 34 | ||
CD Leganés (loan) | 2017–18 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Career total | 244 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 337 | 47 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Saudi Arabia | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
2010 | 6 | 0 | |
2011 | 3 | 0 | |
2012 | 0 | 0 | |
2013 | 5 | 0 | |
2014 | 9 | 0 | |
2015 | 11 | 3 | |
2016 | 8 | 1 | |
2017 | 11 | 1 | |
2018 | 13 | 3 | |
2019 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 75 | 8 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 June 2015 | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 3 September 2015 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 17 November 2015 | National Stadium, Dili, East Timor | ![]() | 3–0 | 10–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 11 October 2016 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
5 | 28 March 2017 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6 | 9 May 2018 | Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
7 | 28 May 2018 | kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
8 | 10 September 2018 | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Al-Raed – current squad | |
---|---|
|
![]() ![]() | This biographical article related to association football in Saudi Arabia, about a midfielder, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |