Nawaf Al Abed


Nawaf Shaker al-Abed is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for Al-Hilal. Al-Abed plays as a winger and striker for both Al-Hilal and his national team.

Club career

Al-Hilal

In 2009, Al-Hilal signed in Al-Abed from their youth academy. On 7 November, Nawaf scored the fastest goal in professional football against Al-Shoulla in two seconds in the Prince Faisal U-21 Cup, but the match was cancelled due to Al-Hilal making 6 player which are more than 21 years old play in the match.
On 9 March 2017, Al-Abed scored a third penalty goal against Ittihad and performed a celebration which made Ittihad fans furious. The Saudi Arabia FA banned him for two games, but Al-Hilal appealed and the ban was lifted.

International career

Nawaf represented the Saudi Arabia national football team when his country hosted the 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations. His first international goal came in the quarter-final match with Yemen, becoming the winning goal as the Saudis prevailed 1–0. Nawaf scored again in the semi-final as Saudi Arabia defeated the United Arab Emirates 3–2. The Green Falcons eventually finished as runners-up to Qatar, losing 2–1 in the final at the King Fahd International Stadium.
Nawaf was included in Saudi Arabia's squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, scoring his third international goal in a 4–1 defeat of North Korea in the team's second group match.
In May 2018 he was named in Saudi Arabia’s preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 November 2014King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh1–01–02014 Gulf Cup of Nations
223 November 2014King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh2–03–22014 Gulf Cup of Nations
314 January 2015Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne4–14–12015 AFC Asian Cup
41 September 2016King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
56 September 2016Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam1–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
66 September 2016Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam2–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
711 October 2016King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah2–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
829 August 2017Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain1–01–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

;Al-Hilal