Ali Al-Bulaihi

**Ali Hadi Mohammed Al-Bulaihi** ( born 21 November 1989) is Saudi Arabian football player who plays centre-back Al Hilal for Saudi Professional League and Saudi Arabia national team.

## Club Career

Al-Bulaihi started first his career at Al-Amal were in he spent three years before joining Al-Nahda in 2014. On 23 July 2015, he joined Al-Fateh. On 21 June 2017, he joined Al Hilal SFC in fee transfer. In 9 April 2024, Cristiano Ronaldo hit Al-Bulaihi by elbowing and given a red card to Cristiano Ronaldo during Al-Nassr vs Al Hilal matche In Saudi Super Cup

## International Career

In June 2018 He called in Saudi Arabia Squad for 2018 World Cup Russia. He made in debut against uruguay, In November 2022 He called in Saudi Arabia Squad for 2022 World Cup Qatar, Al-Bulaihi scored a goal against Argentina and won 2-1, Al-Bulaihi slapped Lionel Messi back while Saudi Arabia vs Argentina matches. In January 2024 Al-Bulaihi shoving and grabbing Son Heung-min hair during Saudi Arabia vs South Korea matches in round of 16 2023 AFC Asian Cup

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=2|League|colspan=2|King Cup|colspan=2|Asia|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|Al-Fateh|2015–16|24|0|1|0|—|1|0|26|0|||
|2016–17|23|1|2|0|6|0|2|1|33|2||||
|rowspan=8|Al-Hilal|2017–18|5|0|1|0|4|0|—|10|0|||
|2018–19|25|3|0|0|6|1|8|0|39|4||||
|2019–20|14|2|6|0|11|1|3|0|34|3||||
|2020–21|16|2|0|0|6|1|0|0|22|3||||
|2021–22|22|3|3|0|7|0|3|0|35|3||||
|2022–23|22|1|2|1|5|0|4|0|33|2||||
|2023–24|32|2|4|0|12|1|8|0|56|3||||
|2024-25|10|1|2|0|3|0|0|0|15|1||||

### International

- _Statistics accurate as of match played in 5 September 2024._

|colspan=3|Saudi Arabia||
| --- | --- | --- |
|2018|11|0|
|2019|6|0|
|2020|2|0|
|2021|8|0|
|2022|13|0|
|2023|7|1|
|2024|7|1|

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 September 2023|St James' Park, Newcastle, England||**1**–2|1–3|Friendly||
|16 January 2024|Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar||**2**–1|2–1|2023 AFC Asian Cup||

### Al Hilal

- Saudi Professional League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
- Kings Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Saudi Super Cup: 2018, 2021, 2023
- AFC Champions League: 2019, 2021

### Individual

- AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2023

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ali Al-Bulaihi
- **image**: File:Saudi Arabia v Oman (13) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Ali Al-Bulaihi Playing 2023 AFC Asian Cup with the Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia
- **full name**: Ali Hadi Mohammed Al-Bulaihi
- **birth place**: Najran, Saudi Arabia
- **height**: 1.82 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Centre-back
- **currentclub**: Al Hilal SFC, Al Hilal

- **clubnumber**: 5
- **youthclubs1**: Al-Amal
- **clubs1**: Al-Amal
- **years1**: 2011-2014
- **years2**: 2014–2015
- **clubs2**: Al-Nahda
- **years3**: 2015-2017
- **clubs3**: Al-Fateh SC, Al-Fateh
- **caps3**: 47
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2017–
- **clubs4**: Al Hilal SFC, Al Hilal
- **caps4**: 146
- **goals4**: 14
- **nationalyears1**: 1999–
- **nationalteam1**: Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia
- **nationalcaps1**: 54
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **club-update**: 8 November 2024
- **nationalteam-update**: 5 November 2024