Abdulla Yusuf Helal

Abdulla Yusuf Abdulrahim Mohamed Helal (Arabic: عَبْد الله يُوسُف عَبْد الرَّحِيم مُحَمَّد هِلَال; born 12 June 1993) is a Bahraini professional footballer who plays as a forward for Czech First League club Bohemians 1905 and the Bahrain national team.^[2]

Abdulla Yusuf Helal

Personal information
Full name	Abdulla Yusuf Abdulrahim Mohamed Helal[1]
Date of birth	(1993-06-12) 12 June 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Manama, Bahrain
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Bohemians 1905
Number	9
Youth career
2009–2014	East Riffa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	East Riffa	28	(4)
2017–2018	Al-Muharraq	17	(3)
2018–2019	Bohemians 1905	15	(5)
2019–2022	Slavia Prague	25	(3)
2019	→ Bohemians 1905 (loan)	9	(0)
2020–2021	→ Slovan Liberec (loan)	9	(1)
2021–2022	→ Slovan Liberec (loan)	19	(3)
2022–2023	Persija Jakarta	17	(9)
2023–2024	Mladá Boleslav	33	(10)
2024–	Bohemians 1905	33	(10)
International career‡
2015	Bahrain U23	1	(0)
2012–	Bahrain	89	(13)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2024

Personal life

Abdulla Yusuf Helal was born on 12 June 1993.^[3] He has a Czech wife.^[4]

Club career

Helal played for East Riffa since 2009. Through this journey he joined Al-Muharraq SC on loan from his club. He won the Bahraini Premier League in the 2017–18 season with Al-Muharraq.^[5]

Bohemians 1905

On 19 July 2018, it was announced that he would join Czech First League club Bohemians 1905 on loan and become the first Bahraini player to join a European top division club.^[6][7] On 28 July 2018, Helal played his first game with the club after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. He scored a goal and provided an assist in an eventual 4–2 loss at Příbram.^[8]

Slavia Prague

On 4 January 2019, Slavia Prague announced the signing of Helal from Bohemians 1905, and loaned him out for the rest of the season.^[9] On 17 September 2019, Helal entered the history again by being the first player from the GCC countries to participate in a 2019–20 UEFA Champions League match against Internazionale.^[10][11][12]

Slovan Liberec (loan)

On 4 August 2020, Slavia loaned Helal to Slovan Liberec with two other players.^[13] 22 October 2020, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Gent in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.^[14]

Persija Jakarta

Helal officially joined the capital club Persija Jakarta on 20 July 2022.^[15] On 31 July 2022, he made his league debut by substituted Hanif Sjahbandi in the 64th minute, in a 2–1 winning match against Persis at Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium.^[16]

Mladá Boleslav

On 28 June 2023, Helal signed with Mladá Boleslav one-year contract.^[17]

Return to Boehmians

Before the 2024–25 season, Helal returned to Bohemians 1905, where he started European part of his career.^[4]

International career

He represents Bahrain national team since 2012. In his 100th appearances for the national team, he scored the winning goal against Jordan that sent Bahrain through to the round of 16 of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup at the top of Group E.^[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 February 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Muharraq	2017–18	Bahraini Premier League	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3
Bohemians 1905	2018–19	Czech First League	15	5	3	0	—		—		18	5
Slavia Prague	2019–20	Czech First League	17	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	23	2
	2020–21	Czech First League	8	1	1	0	—		—		9	1
	Total		25	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	32	3
Bohemians 1905 (loan)	2018–19	Czech First League	9	0	2	0	—		—		11	0
Slovan Liberec (loan)	2020–21	Czech First League	9	1	0	0	8	3	—		17	4
	2021–22	Czech First League	19	3	0	0	—		—		19	3
	Total		28	4	2	0	8	3	0	0	36	7
Persija Jakarta	2022–23	Liga 1	17	9	0	0	—		—		17	9
Career total			111	24	8	0	11	3	1	0	131	27

International

As of matches played on 6 June 2024^[19]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bahrain	2012	9	0
	2013	5	1
	2014	7	0
	2015	5	0
	2016	6	1
	2017	8	1
	2018	8	2
	2019	9	0
	2021	3	0
	2022	11	4
	2023	10	2
	2024	8	2
Total		89	13

Scores and results list Bahrain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Helal goal.^[19]

List of international goals scored by Abdulla Yusuf Helal

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 January 2013	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Kuwait	1–0	1–6	21st Arabian Gulf Cup
2	5 February 2016		Lebanon	2–0	2–0	Friendly
3	5 September 2017		Chinese Taipei	4–0	5–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4	27 March 2018		Turkmenistan	1–0	4–0
5				2–0
6	11 June 2022	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	2–1	2–1	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7	14 June 2022		Turkmenistan	1–0	1–0
8	11 November 2022	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town, Bahrain	Canada	2–1	2–2	Friendly
9	18 November 2022	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain	Serbia	1–1	1–5
10	10 January 2023	Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium, Basra, Iraq	Qatar	2–1	2–1	25th Arabian Gulf Cup
11	7 September 2023	Police Officers' Club Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Kuwait	1–3	1–3	Friendly
12	25 January 2024	Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Jordan	1–0	1–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup
13	26 March 2024	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Nepal	2–0	3–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honors

East Riffa

• Bahraini Second Division League: 2014
• Bahraini King's Cup: 2014
• Bahraini Super Cup: 2014

Al-Muharraq

• Bahraini Premier League: 2017–18

Slavia Prague

• Czech First League: 2019–20

Bahrain

• GCC U-23 Championship: 2013