Waleed Jahdali (born 1 June 1982) is a Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

n football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player who currently plays as a defender

Defender (football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 for Al-Shabab Riyadh. Walid Abdrabh Jahdali started his career with Al Ahli as a striker before being switched into the backline. The 25-year-old started in four of Al Ahli’s 2005 AFC Champions League matches before leading the Jeddah-based side to the Crown Prince Cup and the Saudi Federation Cup last season.

Jahdali has made several appearances for the Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...

, including five FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

 qualifying matches.

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