Hussein Abdulghani

Hussein Abdulghani
حسين عبدالغني
Personal information
Full name Hussein Omar Abdulghani Sulaimani
Date of birth (1977-01-21) 21 January 1977
Place of birth Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Ohud
Number 24
Youth career
1992–1995 Al-Ahli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2008 Al-Ahli 287 (30)
2008–2009 Neuchâtel Xamax 19 (0)
2009–2017 Al-Nassr 141 (6)
2017–2018 Vereya 13 (0)
2018– Ohud 1 (0)
National team‡
1996– Saudi Arabia 135[1] (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:56, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Hussein Omar Abdulghani Sulaimani (Arabic: حسين عمر عبد الغني سليماني‎; born 21 January 1977 in Jeddah) is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Ohod in the Saudi Professional League.

Career

He started playing football in 1992 and joined the Al-Ahli junior club until 1995. That same year, he became a professional player and stayed at the club until 2008. He then moved to Swiss based Neuchâtel Xamax staying for a year. He made 13 appearances without scoring.[2] His transfer to Europe had made him the third Saudian footballer to play in Europe, after Sami Al-Jaber and Fahad Al-Ghesheyan. In 2009, he returned to Saudi Arabia to play for Al-Nassr. he is one of the longest-tenured and most experienced Saudi footballers.

On 13 September 2017, he signed a one-year contract with Bulgarian First League club Vereya.[3] He hoped to take a chance to play for the Saudi Arabian national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[4] In June 2018, he went back to Saudi Arabia to sign for the newly promoted Ohod.[5]

International career

Abdulghani was a regular member of the Saudi Arabian national team. He was part of the team that won 1996 AFC Asian Cup aging 19. He was selected to 1998, 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. Abdulghani announced his retirement from international football after failing to lead his national team for 2010 FIFA World Cup. On 25 February 2018, he received a call-up for a friendly match against Iraq.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
122 June 1999Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha Jordan2–02–1Friendly
29 July 1999Titan Stadium, Fullerton Canada2–02–0Friendly
38 February 2001Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Mongolia4–06–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
48 February 2001Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Mongolia5–06–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
514 October 2004Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta Indonesia2–03–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2017–18VereyaFirst League13010—140
Total 1301000140

Honours

Al-Ahli

Al-Nassr

National team

References

  1. ↑ Hussein Omar Abdulghani AL SULAIMANI - Statistics at Saudi Team site
  2. ↑ Abdulghani moving to Neuchâtel Xamax - Okaz newspaper (AR)
  3. ↑ "Верея взе 40-годишен беĸ cъc 108 мача за Саyдитcка Аpабия" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 12 September 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.blitz.bg/sport/intervyu/zvezdata-na-vereya-khyusein-syuleymani-pred-blits-sport-imam-samo-edna-zhena-i-pet-detsa-vsichki-sa-ot-neya_383801.html
  5. ↑ "رسميا: حسين عبد الغني يعود إلى الدوري السعودي". Kooora (in Arabic). 11 June 2018.
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