Yahya Al-Shehri

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Yahya al-Shehri
Al-Shehri with Saudi Arabia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Yahya Sulaiman Ali Al-Shehri
Date of birth (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Dammam, Saudi Arabia,
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Riyadh
Number 88
Youth career
2006–2010 Ettifaq
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Ettifaq 87 (7)
2013–2021 Al-Nassr 157 (19)
2018 → Leganés (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2023 Al-Raed 36 (1)
2023– Al-Riyadh 18 (0)
International career‡
2009–2019 Saudi Arabia 75 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:15, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Yahya Sulaiman Ali al-Shehri (Arabic: يحيى سليمان علي الشهري; born 26 June 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a left winger 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 play abroad since Osama Hawsawi.

Early life[edit]

Born to Indian parents working on behalf of Saudi Arabia. Al Shehri was born in Dammam.

Club career[edit]

On 1 June 2013, in the biggest deal in the history of Saudi football, Yahya Al-Shehri officially signed a contract to join Al-Nassr in return for 48 million Saudi Riyals.[3]

On 19 August 2021, Al-Shehri joined Al-Raed.[4]

On 22 October 2023, Al-Shehri joined Al-Riyadh on a free transfer.[5]

International career[edit]

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.[6]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 30 May 2021[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Other Total
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
2010–11 Pro League 23 4 1 0 3 0 — — 27 4
2011–12 Pro League 18 1 2 0 4 2 12[d] 2 — 36 5
2012–13 Pro League 25 1 2 0 1 0 5[e] 2 — 33 3
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
2014–15 Pro League 25 1 5 0 3 3 6[e] 0 1[f] 0 40 4
2015–16 Pro League 25 1 5 1 3 1 6[e] 1 1[f] 0 40 4
2016–17 Pro League 23 2 2 0 3 0 — — 28 2
2017–18 Pro League 16 4 1 0 — — 3[g] 1 20 5
2018–19 Pro League 24 3 2 0 — 6[e] 2 4[g] 3 36 8
2019–20 Pro League 16 3 2 1 — 2[e] 0 1[f] 0 21 4
2020–21 Pro League 3 0 1 0 — 0 0 0 0 4 0
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
Career total 244 26 24 3 22 7 37 7 10 4 337 47
  1. ^ Includes King Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. ^ Include Crown Prince Cup
  3. ^ Includes AFC Champions League, AFC Cup
  4. ^ One appearance in AFC Champions League, eleven appearances and two goals in AFC Cup
  5. ^ a b c d e Appearances in AFC Champions League
  6. ^ a b c Appearance in Saudi Super Cup
  7. ^ a b Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

International[edit]

As of match played 8 December 2019[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Saudi Arabia 2009 1 0
2010 6 0
2011 3 0
2012 0 0
2013 5 0
2014 9 0
2015 11 3
2016 8 1
2017 11 1
2018 13 3
2019 8 0
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[8]
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  East Timor 1–0 7–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 17 November 2015 National Stadium, Dili, East Timor  East Timor 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[edit]

Al Nassr

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yahya Al-Shehri – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ "الشهري يوقع رسمياً للنصر بـ48 مليون ريال". bab.com (in Arabic). Bab International Company for Specialized Services. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. ^ "الرائد يضم يحيى الشهري رسميًّا".
  5. ^ "الرياض يتعاقد مع الشهري في صفقة انتقال مجاني".
  6. ^ "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia". bbc.com. BBC Sport. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  7. ^ "YEHYA AL SHEHRI".
  8. ^ a b Yahya Al-Shehri at National-Football-Teams.com

External links[edit]


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