Mohamed Al-Deayea
Al-Deayea with Al-Hilal in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Ha'il, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–2006 | Saudi Arabia | 178 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (Arabic: محمد عبدالعزيز الدعيع; born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian retired football goalkeeper. He played in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 178 officially recognized caps, the record for a goalkeeper. He also achieved the first best Goalkeeper of the Century from Asia award ahead of Nasser Hejazi in second and In-Young Choi in third place respectively.
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 1–7 in favour of Juventus with one goal from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus scored with two goals by Alessandro Del Piero and scored with one goal by Eljero Elia, Arturo Vidal, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella.
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