Mohammad Al-Shalhoub

Mohammad Bandar Saud Al-Shalhoub (Arabic: مُحَمَّد بَنْدَر سُعُود الشَّلْهُوب; born 8 December 1980) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer and was the assistant manager of Al-Hilal. He played as an attacking midfielder for Al Hilal in the Saudi Professional League. A legend of Saudi football, he won 33 trophies with Al Hilal and one title with the Saudi Arabia national team, making him one of the most decorated footballers of all time.

Mohammad Al-Shalhoub

Al-Shalhoub in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Bandar Saud Al-Shalhoub
Date of birth	(1980-12-08) 8 December 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1993–1998	Al-Hilal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2020	Al-Hilal	329	(64)
International career‡
2000–2018	Saudi Arabia	118	(19)
Managerial career
2022–2023	Al-Hilal U17
2023–2025	Al-Hilal (assistant)
2025	Al-Hilal (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:08, 16 September 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 September 2020

On 30 November 2006, Al-Shalhoub came third in the Asian Footballer of the Year award, after eventual winner Khalfan Ibrahim from Qatar and Bader Al-Mutawa from Kuwait.

Club career

Al-Shalhoub started his professional career with Al Hilal in 1998. On 11 September 2020, he announced his retirement.^[2]

Club statistics

As of match played 18 September 2023

Club	Season	League		King Cup		Crown Prince Cup		Asia		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Hilal	1998–99	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	1	17	3
	1999–00	18	3	0	0	3	1	6	0	5[b]	0	32	4
	2000–01	10	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	9 [c]	2	26	2
	2001–02	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6[d]	0	16	2
	2002–03	12	2	0	0	4	1	3	0	4[e]	2	29	5
	2003–04	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9[f]	1	24	5
	2004–05	14	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	11[g]	2	30	7
	2005–06	13	4	0	0	5	1	4	2	0	0	30	8
	2006–07	19	5	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	25	5
	2007–08	17	2	3	0	5	0	2	0	2	0	28	3
	2008–09	11	3	3	0	0	0	5	0	1[h]	1	24	4
	2009–10	20	12	4	2	4	0	5	0	0	0	33	14
	2010–11	25	5	4	1	4	1	11	2	0	0	44	9
	2011–12	20	7	3	0	4	2	5	1	0	0	32	10
	2012–13	15	1	2	1	3	1	7	2	0	0	27	5
	2013–14	16	2	2	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	26	3
	2014–15	12	1	2	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	20	2
	2015–16	17	1	1	0	2	0	8	1	1	0	29	2
	2016–17	10	2	5	0	3	0	6	1	1	0	35	3
	2017–18	8	2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	25	2
	2018–19	12	1	3	1	0	0	5	2	7	0	27	4
	2019–20	5	0	3	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	15	3
Total		311	64	36	9	49	8	101	13	46	8	543	102
Career totals		311	63	36	9	49	8	101	13	46	8	543	102

1. One appearance in Prince Faisal bin Fahd League U-21
2. five appearances in GCC Champions League
3. Five appearances in Arab Cup Winners' Cup, Three appearances in Arab Super Cup, and one appearance in Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup
4. One appearances in Arab Cup Winners' Cup, Three appearances in Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and Two appearances in Asian Super Cup
5. four appearances in GCC Champions League
6. One appearance in Arab Club Champions Cup
7. Eleven appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup
8. One appearance in Prince Faisal bin Fahd League U-21

• Assist Goals

Season	Team	Assists
1998–99	Al-Hilal FC
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03		2
2003–04		6
2004–05		3
2005–06		3
2006–07		4
2007–08		2
2008–09		0
2009–10		5
2010–11		5
2011–12		6
2012–13		3
2013–14		2
2014–15		5
2015–16		3
2016–17		1
2017–18		0
2018–19		4
2019–20		0
Total		54

International career

He has been a member of the Saudi Arabia national team since 2000 when he was just twenty years old, and made his debut on 17 October 2000 against Qatar in the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.^[3] Al-Shalhoub was called up for the squad to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

International caps

As of 28 February 2018^[4]

Saudi Arabia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	15	3
2001	10	3
2002	1	0
2003	11	4
2004	10	2
2005	9	2
2006	14	3
2007	13	1
2008	15	0
2009	5	0
2010	7	1
2011	6	0
2012	1	0
2018	1	0
Total	118	19

International goals

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.^[5]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 October 2000	Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon	Uzbekistan	2–0	5–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup
2.				3–0
3.				4–0
4.	8 February 2001	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Mongolia	1–0	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
5.				3–0
6.	15 February 2001	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Mongolia	2–0	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
7.	6 October 2003	Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah	Yemen	6–0	7–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
8.	13 October 2003	Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah	Yemen	3–1	3–1	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
9.	17 October 2003	Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah	Indonesia	2–0	6–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
10.	26 December 2003	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City	United Arab Emirates	1–0	2–0	16th Arabian Gulf Cup
11.	4 January 2004	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City	Kuwait	1–0	1–1	16th Arabian Gulf Cup
12.	17 November 2004	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Sri Lanka	2–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
13.	3 June 2005	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Kuwait	1–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
14.				3–0
15.	21 January 2006	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh	Finland	1–1	1–1	Friendly
16.	22 February 2006	Althawra Sports City Stadium, Aden	Yemen	2–0	4–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
17.				4–0
18.	1 July 2007	Jurong West Stadium, Singapore City	Oman	1–0	1–1	Friendly
19.	22 November 2010	May 22 Stadium, Aden	Yemen	2–0	4–0	20th Arabian Gulf Cup

Honours

Al-Hilal

• Saudi League: 2002, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020
• Crown Prince Cup: 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
• King Cup of Champions: 2015, 2017
• Saudi Super Cup: 2015, 2018
• Saudi Federation cup: 2000, 2005, 2006
• AFC Champions League: 2000, 2019
• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2002
• Asian Super Cup: 2000
• Saudi Founder's Cup: 2000
• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2001
• Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2001

Saudi Arabia

• Arabian Gulf Cup: 2003
• AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2000

Individual

• Saudi Premier League top goalscorer: 2009–10 (12 goals)
• Asian Footballer of the Year nominee: 2006

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
• List of one-club men in association football