Bilal Mohammed

For the enslaved author in Georgia, see Bilali Document.

Not to be confused with Belal Muhammad or Belal Muhammad (activist).

Bilal Mohammed Rajab (Arabic: بلال محمد رجب; born 2 June 1986) is a Qatari footballer who plays as a defender. He was a long-time captain of the Qatari national team.

Bilal Mohammed

Personal information
Full name	Bilal Mohammed Rajab
Date of birth	(1986-06-02) June 2, 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Qatar
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1996–2003	Al Gharrafa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2017	Al Gharrafa	180	(9)
2017–2018	Al Markhiya	5	(0)
2018–2019	Umm Salal	3	(0)
International career‡
2006	Qatar U-23	5	(4)
2003–2014	Qatar	108	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 4, 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals as of December 13, 2014

Career

Mohammed started his footballing career in the youth team of Al Gharrafa at the age of 10. He went on to make his senior team debut against Qatar SC in 2003. He also made his debut for the Qatar national team in 2003, in a friendly against Algeria in France.^[1]

He earned his 100th cap against Malaysia on 19 November 2013.^[2]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	August 24, 2008	Doha, Qatar	North Korea	2–1	Won	Friendly
2	January 16, 2011	Doha, Qatar	Kuwait	1–0	Won	2011 AFC Asian Cup

Club career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 21 August 2011^[3]

Club	Season	League	League		Cup1		League Cup2		Continental3		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Gharafa	2003–04	QSL	13	2
	2004–05		18	0
	2005–06		21	0
	2006–07		19	1
	2007–08		8	0
	2008–09		20	2
	2009–10		19	1
	2010–11		16	0
	2011–12
	Total		134	6
Career total			134	6

¹Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.

²Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

Personal life

Bilal Mohammed is of Sudanese origin.^[4] His father and uncles were also professional footballers.

He married the daughter of former Sudanese international footballer, Shenan Khidr, in February 2012. The ceremony was attended by a number of Qatari and Sudanese footballers.^[5]

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps