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Saudi Arabia · 1988–2000 · GK
He kept goal for Al-Ta'ee's handball team as an eight-year-old until a coach moved him into football in 1988, and eight years later he stood in the Abu Dhabi shootout that won the 1996 Asian Cup, 0-0 after extra time and 4-3 on penalties against the hosts. An Asian Cup winner in 1996 and runner-up in 2000, best goalkeeper of that tournament, a FIFA U-16 world title in 1989, four World Cups, and 173 caps.
Saudi Arabia · 2000s · SS
Saudi Arabia reached the 2007 Asian Cup final on his goals, four of them, level with Younis Mahmoud and Naohiro Takahara at the top of the tournament's scoring chart before Iraq took the trophy. He was named AFC Asian Footballer of the Year for 2007, won five Saudi league titles and seven Crown Prince Cups at Al-Hilal, and finished with 42 goals in 108 internationals.
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