Salman al-Faraj

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Salman al-Faraj
Salman Al-Faraj 2018.jpg
In the jersey of the national team
at the 2018 World Cup
Personnel
Surname Salman Mohammed al-Faraj
birthday August 1, 1989
place of birth Medina ,  Saudi Arabia
size 179 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
2004-2008 al-Hilal (U-23)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2008– al-Hilal 164 (16)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2011–2012 Saudi Arabia U-23 2 0(1)
2012– Saudi Arabia 53 0(6)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 11, 2020

2 As of November 14, 2019

Salman Mohammed al-Faraj ( Arabic سلمان محمد الفرج, DMG Salmān Muḥammad al-Faraǧ ; * August 1, 1989 in Medina ) is a Saudi Arabian national soccer player. He is used in midfield.

Career

club

Since he was a teenager in 2004 until today, he has played for al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia. During this time he gained quite a bit of success. The first was to win the championship in the 2009/10 season , as well as in the following season. The first win of a cup was the Saudi Crown Prince Cup in the 2011/12 season . This win could then be repeated in the next season. In the Champions League, on the other hand, he made it to the final in 2014 . Due to the 1-0 defeat in the first leg against Western Sydney Wanderers , the 0-0 second leg was only enough for second place in the end. In 2015 he and his team won the Super Cup and the King Cup for the first time in his career . In both cases, his team won against al-Nasr .

The next year he won the Crown Prince Cup again and the following year his club was again champions of the league after a long time. It also went back to the final of the Champions League . There the team failed again. This time the second leg against the Urawa Red Diamonds was lost after a 1-1 draw in the first leg 1-0. The following year the championship and the Super Cup were won again. The whole thing was finally crowned in the third attempt with the first victory of the Champions League. In the final he faced the Red Diamonds again with his club . In this final, compared to the last time, even as captain. In the first and second leg, a victory could be celebrated, which in the end meant winning the cup.

National team

He got his first appearance in the senior national team on October 14, 2012 in a friendly match in al-Hasa against the Republic of the Congo ; the game was won 3-2. He then scored his first goal in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup on September 3, 2015 against East Timor in Jeddah ; the game was won 7-0.

In May 2018 he was appointed to the provisional squad for the World Cup in Russia, and on June 4 he was also part of the final squad. Then on June 25th he scored his first goal in a world championship . This resulted from a penalty in stoppage time in the first half in the last group game against Egypt .

successes

Saudi Professional League

King Cup

  • Winner 2015

Saudi Crown Prince Cup

Saudi Super Cup

  • Winner 2015, 2018

AFC Champions League

Web links

Commons : Salman al-Faraj  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FWC 2018 Squadlists. (PDF) FIFA, July 15, 2018, p. 25 , accessed on November 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Saudi Arabia vs. Congo. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Saudi Arabia vs. Timor Leste. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia . June 4, 2018 ( bbc.com [accessed November 24, 2019]).
  5. ↑ World Cup 2018: Saudi Arabia name all-domestic 23-man squad . June 4, 2018 ( bbc.com [accessed November 24, 2019]).
  6. ^ Press Association: Salem al-Dawsari snatches win for Saudi Arabia against Egypt. In: The Guardian . June 25, 2018, accessed November 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Saudi Arabia - Egypt, June 25, 2018 - World Cup 2018 - match report. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Faraj, Salman al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faraj, Salman Mohammed al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saudi Arabian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Medina , Saudi Arabia