Salem Al-Dawsari

Salem Mohammed Shafi Al-Dawsari (; born 19 August 1991) is a Saudi Arabian professional Winger football player, he play Al Hilal in the Saudi Professional League and the Saudi Arabia national football team.

Club Career
Al-Dawsari joined Villarreal on loan, but he only played 1 match as a substitute against Real Madrid.   He played most of his career at Al Hilal.

In 7 February 2023, Al Dawsari scored two penalties against Flamengo in the semi-final of the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup. Al Hilal won 3-2, became the first Saudi Arabian club to play in the Club World Cup final. On 5 May 2025, Al-Dawsari became the first Saudi player to win AFC Champions League Golden Boot.

International Career
Al-Dawsari scored his first international goal against Australia in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

In May 2018, he was confirmed in the Saudi Arabia's initial Squad for the Russian 2018 FIFA World Cup

On 23 June 2018, he scored late penalty against Egypt, he won the last group stage matches in the Russian 2018 FIFA World Cup

On 23 November 2022, Al-Dawsari scored his second goal against Argentina and the result was 2-1 beat Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup match.

On 30 November 2022, he scored his goal against Mexico and resulted in a 2-1 defeat by Mexico in the 2022 FIFA World Cup matches.

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAl Hilal2011–12Saudi Professional League132414071—2842012–13183102082—2952013–14214304182—3672014–151832130100—3342015–161432020111002942016–17172422051102952017–1813400—60—1942018–1923510—201103752019–2020431—123313892020–2124810—20102882021–2222922–854236182022–2314420—42422482023–24271430—1068448242024–257310—3420137Total251682971719627349427112Villarreal (loan)2017–18La Liga10————10Career total252682971719627349428112

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSaudi Arabia201221201370201491201540201600201752201814320199420201120218420221332023632024121Total9023

Saudi Arabia score listed first, score after each Al-Dawsari goal.

+ List of international goals scored for Salem Al-Dawsari No.  Date  Venue  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1.  29 February 2012  Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia    1–0  2–4  2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2.  23 November 2014  King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia    3–2  3–2  2014 Arabian Gulf Cup 3.  8 June 2017  Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia    1–1  2–3  2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 4.  7 October 2017  King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia    1–0  5–2  Friendly 5.  15 May 2018  La Cartuja, Seville, Spain    1–0  2–0 6.  25 June 2018  Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia    2–1  2–1  2018 FIFA World Cup 7.  10 September 2018  Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia    2–0  2–2  Friendly 8.  8 January 2019  Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates    3–0  4–0  2019 AFC Asian Cup 9.  5 September 2019  Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia    1–1  1–1  Friendly 10.  10 September 2019  Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain    2–2  2–2  2022 FIFA World Cup qualification  11.  14 November 2019Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan3–2  3–2 12.  14 November 2020  Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia    1–0  3–0  Friendly 13.  30 March 2021  King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia    5–0  5–0  2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 14.  5 June 2021    1–0  3–0 15.  11 June 2021    1–0  3–0 16.  2 September 2021   1–1  3–1  2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 17.  29 March 2022  King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia    1–0 1–0 18.  22 November 2022  Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail, Qatar   2–1 2–1  2022 FIFA World Cup  19.  30 November 2022    1–2  1–2 20.  24 March 2023  Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia    1–2  1–2  Friendly 21.  28 March 2023    1–1  1–2 22.  17 October 2023  Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal    1–2  1–3 23.  21 March 2024  King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia    1–0  1–0  2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours
Al Hilal
 Saudi Professional League: 2016–17, 2017-18, 2019–20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24
 King Cup: 2015, 2017, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
 Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 2011–12, 2012-13, 2015-16
 Saudi Super Cup: 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024
 AFC Champions League: 2019, 2021

References

Other websites

Category:Saudi Arabian footballers
Category:1991 births
Category:2022 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Footballers from Jeddah
Category:Living people
Category:2018 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Al Hilal SFC players