Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
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Mohammad Al-Sahlawi is a Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
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n football player. He was born in 1987 in Al-Ahsa
Al-Hasa
Al-Ahsa is the largest governorate in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, named after Al-Ahsa oasis. The name Al-Ahsa is also given to the biggest city in the region, Hofuf. In classic Arabic, Ahsa means the sound of water underground. It has one of the largest oases in the world with Date Palms of...

 in Saudi Arabia and plays in the position of striker
Striker
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. He played for Al-Qadisiyah as a striker from 2003 to 2009. On 1 June 2009, he moved to Al-Nassr for $8,500,000.

Al-Sahlawi & Football

His father died when he was young and his mother raised him with his brothers, he was playing for a small team called Al-Faysaly then he moved to a bigger club in Al Houfuf called Al-Ta'awoon. he began to gain fame in Al-Ta'awoon and he was just 15 years old and attract the attention of clubs to him but his family's desire was to complete his studies first. But this didn't stop him from keep improving which attracting attention to him more strongly then ever. in 2002 he went for trial in Al-Hilal
Al-Hilal
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 where he spent a full week and he convinced everyone saw him that his going to be a the next big thing in Saudi Football. However, he didnt convince the coach at the time.

Moving to Al-Qadisiya

A year later, Mohammad Al-Sahlawi was 17 years old when his talent started to complete maturity which was clear, during his participation in "Karkiz" Championship what made Adel Body (the administrative of Al-Qadisiya Handball) register him in Al-Qadisiya because he was afraid that another club could catches him. so he signed for SR40,000 and a car. After only two seasons, specifically in the 2006 season (when Yasser Al-Qahtani moved to Al-Hilal with the largest deal ever at that time) Sahlawi broke into the first team squad so he had to assume responsibility of Al-Qadisiya attack alongside his team mate Yousef Al-Salem. The team was living in a very hard time after they lose too many players alongside others administrative problems that was going to lead them to the first division, but they end the season in a safe position. But the problems returned after one season which made Al-Qadisiya living the worst phase ever in the history of the club especially with the Portuguese manager Olenho that Al-Sahlawi experienced difficult periods with him because he was keeping him on the bench, while in the same time he was leading the Saudi Olympic team. And despite the dismissal of Olenho and contracting with the local manager Al-Ajlani but the team eventually fell to the first division

Al-Sahlawi leads Al-Qadisiya to the Premier League

After Al-Qadisiya fell to the first division and the departure fot the most of the star players in the team. Al-Sahlawi has been lent to Al-Fateh and played 5 matchs there scoring only one goal. And despite the offers he received he was committed to his words to the fans and the eventually returned to Al-Qadisiya. He promise himself that he well bring back Al-Qadisiya to where they belong and he did what he promised himself & and the fans by scoring 18 goals and he made more than 8 goals for his team mates. at the end of the season he signed a new deal with Al-Qadisiya for 3 years in a fee of SR3,000,000 which is the largest deal in Al-Qadisiya history. Despite that he was the Top Goalscorer in Saudi First Division and his best season Al-Qadsiya but eventually It was his last season in the club.

Al-Nassr

He moved to Al-Nassr in 2009 for SR32,000,000 (more than 8 million dollars) which broke Yasser Al-Qahtani number and considered as the biggest deal ever in Saudi football history. The story began in 2008-2009 when Al-Qadisiya received a big offer from Al-Nassr for Mohammad Al-Sahlawi but they said that they would like to talk about it after Al-Qadisiya moved to Premier League. A meeting between Al-Hazaa (Al-Qadisiya President) and Mohammad Al-Sahlawi and he told him about the offer and they couldn't refuse it because the financial problem that the club have. A few days later It has been officially announced thet the deal done for SR32,000,000 ($25,000,000 for the club and 8,000,000 for the player).

Mohammad Al-Sahlawi is doing great in his first season with Al-Nassr. He scored 18 goals in 35 match until now. Also he received the Young Player of the Year award from STC.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 May 2010 Tivoli Neu
Tivoli Neu
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, Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, Austria
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2-3 Lost Friendly
Correct as of 29 May 2010
2. 28 July 2011 Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
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, Hong Kong
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, Hong Kong
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5-0 Won 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
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