# Mohamed Al-Deayea

Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea Al-Shammari (Arabic: مُحَمَّد عَبْد الْعَزِيز الدَّعْيَع الشَّمَّرِيّ; born 2 August 1972), also known as Mohammed Deayea al-Shammari, is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He participated in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 173 officially recognised caps. Al-Deayea played for al-Tai FC and al-Hilal SFC and was represented in all Saudi national teams. He is considered one of the prominent goalkeepers in the history of Saudi sports.

## Early life and club career

Mohammed al-Deayea was born in Hail into a family passionate about sports. He initially started as a handball goalkeeper for al-Tai FC at eight years old but switched to football following a recommendation from the club's junior football coach. He joined al-Tai SFC's junior team in 1988, impressing enough to earn a spot on the Saudi junior national team. With this team, he triumphed at the FIFA U-16 World Championship in Scotland in 1989. He progressed to the youth national team and by 1993, he was playing for the senior Saudi national team.
Al-Deayea played a pivotal role in the national team's qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, where he excelled. In 1999, al-Hilal SFC acquired him in a high-profile transfer, and he defended their goal until retiring in 2010, capping a twenty-two-year career. A testimonial match was organized in 2012 to honor his contributions, featuring a game between Italy's Juventus and al-Hilal SFC.
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 professional footballer. Mohammed was under great pressure of expectations in the beginning of his career because his brother Abdullah was an AFC Asian Cup winner and a highly reputed goalkeeper.

## Retirement

On 22 June 2010, Mohamed Al-Deayea announced his retirement from football at the age of 37. On 5 January 2012, a testimonial match for him was organised between his club Al-Hilal and Juventus, with 70,000 people attending at the King Fahd Stadium. The match ended 7–1 in favour of Juventus with Al-Hilal's sole goal coming from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus' goals were scored by Alessandro Del Piero (twice), Eljero Elia, Arturo Vidal, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Cup | ACL | ACL | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Al-Ta'ee | 1991–92 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Al-Ta'ee | 1992–93 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Al-Ta'ee | 1993–94 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Al-Ta'ee | 1994–95 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Al-Ta'ee | 1995–96 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Al-Ta'ee | 1996–97 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Al-Ta'ee | 1997–98 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Al-Ta'ee | 1998–99 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Al-Ta'ee | Total | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 1999–00 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 2000–01 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 2001–02 | 22 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 2002–03 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 2003–04 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 2004–05 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 2005–06 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 2006–07 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 2007–08 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 2008–09 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | 2009–10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Al-Hilal | Total | 230 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 306 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | 413 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 489 | 0 |

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Saudi Arabia | 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1997 | 23 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2001 | 12 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2002 | 13 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2004 | 4 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2006 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 177 | 0 |

## Honours

Al-Ta'ee
* Saudi First Division: 1994–95
Al-Hilal
* Saudi Premier League: 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10
* Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 1999–2000, 2003, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
* Saudi Founder's Cup: 1999–2000
* AFC Champions League: 1999–2000
* Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2001–02
* Asian Super Cup: 2000
* Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2000
* Arab Super Cup: 2001
Saudi Arabia U17
* FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1989
Saudi Arabia
* AFC Asian Cup: 1996
* Arabian Gulf Cup: 1994, 2003
* Arab Nations Cup: 1998
* Islamic Solidarity Games: 2005
Individual
* Best Goalkeeper of the AFC Asian Cup: 1996, 2000
* Best Goalkeeper of the Arabian Gulf Cup: 1998, 2002
* Best Goalkeeper of the GCC Champions League: 2000
* Best Goalkeeper of the Arab Champions League': 2001
* Best Goalkeeper of the Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2002
* He was voted Asia's Goalkeeper of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999.
* AFC Asian All Stars: 2000
* AFC Fans' All-time XI at the FIFA World Cup: 2020
* IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021
* AFC Asian Cup All-time XI: 2023