Sameer Hilal

Sameer Sulaiman Hilal (Arabic: سَمِير سُلَيْمَان هِلَال; born 1967) is a Saudi Arabian former professional football midfielder and manager.^[1]

Sameer Hilal

Personal information
Full name	Sameer Sulaiman Hilal
Date of birth	1967
Place of birth	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Al-Ettifaq
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–2001	Al-Ettifaq
2001–2002	Al-Khaleej
Managerial career
2002–2005	Al-Ettifaq U18 (assistant)
2003	Al-Ettifaq (assistant)
2005	Al-Ettifaq U18
2005–2007	Al-Ettifaq U23 (assistant)
2007–2008	Al-Khaleej (assistant)
2008–2009	Al-Khaleej
2010–2012	Al-Ettifaq (assistant)
2012	Al-Ettifaq (interim)
2013–2014	Al-Khaleej
2014–2015	Al-Nahda
2016	Al-Orobah
2016	Hajer
2018–2019	Al-Khaleej
2020–2021	Al-Khaleej
2021–2022	Al-Nahda
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Dammam, Hilal began his senior career at Al-Ettifaq in 1987 and spent 15 years at the club, winning 4 major titles with the club.^[2] He moved to Al-Khaleej in 2001 where he spent a season before retiring.^[3]

After retiring, Hilal was appointed as an assistant coach at Al-Khaleej in 2007. On 17 November 2008, he was appointed as a caretaker manager following the sacking of Samir Sellimi.^[4] He was then appointed as manager until the end of the 2008–09 season.^[5] Hilal then returned to Al-Ettifaq as an assistant manager, a position he held for two seasons. Following the sacking of Branko Ivanković, Hilal was named as caretaker manager for the second leg of King Cup tie against Al-Fateh.^[6] On 28 May 2013, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Al-Khaleej and led the club to promotion to the Pro League, after finishing as runner-up in the First Division.^[7] The following season, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Al-Nahda.^[8] He was sacked the following season after picking up just 2 points in the opening four matches.^[9] On 9 March 2016, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Al-Orobah until the end of the season.^[10] On 7 August 2016, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Hajer, but he was sacked after four months.^[11][12] On 29 May 2018, Hilal was appointed as Al-Khaleej's manager for the third time.^[13] They narrowly missed out on promotion after losing the play-offs to Al-Hazem on penalties. On 23 September 2020, Hilal returned to Al-Khaleej for the fourth time as a manager.^[14] On 22 July 2021, Hilal was appointed as Al-Nahda's manager.^[15]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Al-Khaleej	17 November 2008	31 May 2009	22	8	8	6	036.36
Al-Ettifaq	30 April 2012	1 May 2012	1	0	0	1	000.00
Al-Khaleej	28 May 2013	6 April 2014	34	16	9	9	047.06
Al-Nahda	25 May 2014	21 September 2015	39	19	11	9	048.72
Al-Orobah	9 March 2016	30 April 2016	7	4	1	2	057.14
Hajer	7 August 2016	4 December 2016	15	7	4	4	046.67
Al-Khaleej	29 May 2018	1 June 2019	42	17	15	10	040.48
Al-Khaleej	23 September 2020	1 June 2021	38	13	13	12	034.21
Al-Nahda	22 July 2021	24 March 2022	29	7	10	12	024.14
Total			227	91	71	65	040.09

Honours

Player

Al-Ettifaq

• Saudi Premier League: 1986–87
• Saudi Federation Cup: 1990–91
• Arab Club Champions Cup: 1988
• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 1988

Manager

Al-Khaleej

• Saudi First Division runner-up: 2013–14 (Promotion to Pro League)