Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohammad Bander Al-Shalhoub | ||
Date of birth | 8 December 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Left-winger, attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Al-Hilal | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998– | Al-Hilal | 403 | (94) |
National team‡ | |||
2000–2012 | Saudi Arabia | 117 | (19) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:08, 5 June 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 September 2015 |
Mohammad Bandar Al-Shalhoub (Arabic: محمد بندر الشلهوب; born 8 December 1980) is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a Left-winger for Al Hilal in the Saudi Professional League.
On 30 November 2006, Al-Shalhoub was selected the third Asian footballer of the year, after Khalfan Ibrahim from Qatar who was selected as the best footballer in Asia and Bader Al-Mutawa from Kuwait. Mohammad is considered one of Saudi Arabia's football legends.
He has been a member of the Saudi Arabian national team since 2000 when he was just twenty years old, and made his debut on 17 October 2000 against Qatar in the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. Al-Shalhoub was called up for the squad to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.