# Yahya Al-Shehri

Yahya Sulaiman Ali Al-Shehri (Arabic: يحيى سليمان علي الشهري; born 26 June 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Riyadh.
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 abroad.

## Club career

On 1 June 2013, in the biggest deal in the history of Saudi football, Al-Shehri officially signed a contract to join Al-Nassr in return for 48 million Saudi Riyals.
On 19 August 2021, Al-Shehri joined Al-Raed.
On 22 October 2023, Al-Shehri joined Al-Riyadh on a free transfer.

## International career

Al-Shehri has been capped for the Saudi Arabia 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.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 30 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | 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 |
| Al-Ettifaq | 2010–11 | Pro League | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 4 |
| Al-Ettifaq | 2011–12 | Pro League | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 36 | 5 |
| Al-Ettifaq | 2012–13 | Pro League | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 33 | 3 |
| Al-Ettifaq | Total | 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 |
| Al-Nassr | 2014–15 | Pro League | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 4 |
| Al-Nassr | 2015–16 | Pro League | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 4 |
| Al-Nassr | 2016–17 | Pro League | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 2 |
| Al-Nassr | 2017–18 | Pro League | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 |
| Al-Nassr | 2018–19 | Pro League | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 8 |
| Al-Nassr | 2019–20 | Pro League | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| Al-Nassr | 2020–21 | Pro League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Al-Nassr | Total | 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 |
| Al-Raed | 2021–22 | Pro League | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 1 |
| Al-Raed | 2022–23 | Pro League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| Al-Raed | Total | Total | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Al-Riyadh | 2023–24 | Pro League | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 303 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 398 | 48 |
* ↑ Includes King Cup, Copa del Rey
* ↑ Include Crown Prince Cup
* ↑ Includes AFC Champions League, AFC Cup
* ↑ One appearance in AFC Champions League, eleven appearances and two goals in AFC Cup
* 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in AFC Champions League
* 1 2 3 Appearance in Saudi Super Cup
* 1 2 Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

### International

    As of match played 8 December 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Saudi Arabia | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2010 | 6 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2014 | 9 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2015 | 11 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 8 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2017 | 11 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2018 | 13 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2019 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 75 | 8 |
    Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Al-Shehri goal.
List of international goals scored by Yahya Al-Shehri :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 11 June 2015 | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia | Palestine | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 3 September 2015 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Timor-Leste | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 17 November 2015 | National Stadium, Dili, East Timor | Timor-Leste | 3–0 | 10–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 11 October 2016 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 28 March 2017 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Iraq | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 9 May 2018 | Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain | Algeria | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 28 May 2018 | kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland | Italy | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 8 | 10 September 2018 | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Bolivia | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |

## Honours

Al-Nassr
* Saudi Pro League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19
* Crown Prince's Cup: 2013–14
* Saudi Super Cup: 2019, 2020