Mohamed Kanno

Mohamed Ibrahim Abdullah Kanno (Arabic: محمد إبراهيم عبد الله كنو; born 22 September 1994) is a Saudi Arabian football player who plays as a midfielder for the Saudi Arabia national team and Al-Hilal.

Mohammed Kanno

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdullah Kanno[1]
Date of birth	(1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al-Hilal
Number	28
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	Al-Ettifaq	67	(14)
2017–	Al-Hilal	180	(17)
International career‡
2016–2017	Saudi Arabia U23	5	(1)
2017–	Saudi Arabia	64	(5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:28, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Ettifaq

Kanno was playing at Ettifaq in 2013–2017, who were relegated in 2014. In 2016, Kanno helped his team get back into the league. He left in 2017 to join Al-Hilal.

Al-Hilal

On 3 July 2017, Kanno moved to Al-Hilal on a five-year contract.^[4]

International career

In May 2018, he was named in Saudi Arabia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[5]

At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, he started all three group stage matches for Saudi Arabia.^[6][7][8] Despite defeating eventual champion Argentina in their first match, Saudi Arabia finished fourth in their group and did not advance to the knockout stage.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 July 2025^[1]

Club	Season	League			King's Cup		Crown Prince Cup [a]		Asia		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Ettifaq	2013–14	SPL	16	3	5	2	2	1	—	—	23	6
	2014–15	First Division	6	2	0	0	2	1	—	—	8	3
	2015–16		26	6	0	0	2	0	—	—	28	6
	2016–17	SPL	19	3	2	1	1	0	—	—	22	4
	Total		67	14	7	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	81	19
Al-Hilal	2017–18	SPL	15	0	2	0	—	9	0	—	26	0
	2018–19		29	5	5	0	—	5	0	10[b]	0	49	5
	2019–20		20	1	4	0	—	12	0	2[c]	0	38	1
	2020–21		22	3	1	0	—	6	0	1[d]	0	30	3
	2021–22		16	1	1	0	—		9	1	4[e]	1	30	3
	2022–23		19	1	4	1	—		5	0	3[f]	1	31	3
	2023–24		30	4	5	0	—		11	0	8[g]	1	54	5
	2024–25		29	2	2	0	—		10	1	6[h]	0	47	3
	Total		170	17	24	1	0	0	67	2	34	3	305	23
Career Total			237	31	31	4	7	2	67	2	34	3	386	42

1. Discontinued in 19 September 2017
2. Eight appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup, one appearance in Saudi Super Cup and one appearance in Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup
3. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
4. Appearances in Saudi Super Cup
5. Three appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup, and one appearance in Saudi Super Cup
6. One appearance in Saudi Super Cup, and two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
7. Six appearances and one goal in Arab Club Champions Cup, and one appearance in Saudi Super Cup
8. One appearance in Saudi Super Cup, five appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 10 June 2025.^[9]

Saudi Arabia
Year	Apps	Goals
2017	2	0
2018	7	1
2019	6	0
2020	2	0
2021	8	0
2022	16	0
2023	6	1
2024	15	3
2025	2	0
Total	64	5

International goals

As of 31 December 2024.

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.^[10]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 May 2018	Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville, Spain	Greece	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	13 October 2023	Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal	Nigeria	2–2	2–2	Friendly
3.	21 January 2024	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Kyrgyzstan	1–0	2–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup
4.	25 December 2024	Sulaibikhat Stadium, Sulaibikhat, Kuwait	Yemen	1–2	3–2	26th Arabian Gulf Cup
5.	31 December 2024		Oman		1–2

Honours

Al-Ettifaq

• Saudi First Division: 2015–16

Al-Hilal

• Pro League: 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
• King Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Saudi Super Cup: 2018, 2021, 2023,^[11] 2024^[12]
• AFC Champions League: 2019,^[13] 2021

Individual

• Saudi Pro League Saudi Player of the Season: 2018–19^[14]