Yahya Al-Shehri

Yahya Sulaiman Ali al-Shehri (Arabic: يحيى سليمان علي الشهري; born 26 June 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Riyadh.

Yahya al-Shehri
Al-Shehri with Saudi Arabia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Yahya Sulaiman Ali Al-Shehri
Date of birth (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990[1]
Place of birth Dammam, Saudi Arabia,
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Riyadh
Number 88
Youth career
2006–2010 Ettifaq
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Ettifaq 87 (7)
2013–2021 Al-Nassr 157 (19)
2018 → Leganés (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2023 Al-Raed 36 (1)
2023– Al-Riyadh 1 (0)
International career‡
2009–2019 Saudi Arabia 75 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:15, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

He was promoted from the youth team of Ettifaq and appeared in the first team in the 2009–10 Saudi Professional League. In 2013, he transferred to Al-Nassr. In 2018, he was loaned to CD Leganés and became one of the nine Saudi players to go play abroad since Osama Hawsawi.

Club career

On 1 June 2013, in the biggest deal in the history of Saudi football, Yahya Al-Shehri officially signed a contract to join Al-Nassr in return for 48 million Saudi Riyals.[3]

On 19 August 2021, Al-Shehri joined Al-Raed.[4]

On 22 October 2023, Al-Shehri joined Al-Riyadh on a free transfer.[5]

International career

Al-Shehri has been capped for the Saudi national team U-17s, U-18s, U-19s, U-20s and Under-21 side, and eventually for the first team. Yahya made his first appearance with the first Saudi team in a friendly match against Tunisia on 14 October 2009.

In May 2018, he was named in the Saudi Arabia senior national team's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 30 May 2021[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Ettifaq 2009–10 Pro League 211—10——221
2010–11 Pro League 2341030——274
2011–12 Pro League 181204212[lower-alpha 4]2—365
2012–13 Pro League 25120105[lower-alpha 5]2—333
Total 87750921740011813
Al-Nassr 2013–14 Pro League 2551141——307
2014–15 Pro League 25150336[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 6]0404
2015–16 Pro League 25151316[lower-alpha 5]11[lower-alpha 6]0404
2016–17 Pro League 2322030——282
2017–18 Pro League 16410——3[lower-alpha 7]1205
2018–19 Pro League 24320—6[lower-alpha 5]24[lower-alpha 7]3368
2019–20 Pro League 16321—2[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 6]0214
2020–21 Pro League 3010—000040
Total 1571919313520310421934
CD Leganés (loan) 2017–18 La Liga 0000———00
Career total 2442624322737710433747
  1. Includes King Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. Include Crown Prince Cup
  3. Includes AFC Champions League, AFC Cup
  4. One appearance in AFC Champions League, eleven appearances and two goals in AFC Cup
  5. Appearances in AFC Champions League
  6. Appearance in Saudi Super Cup
  7. Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

International
As of match played 8 December 2019[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Saudi Arabia 200910
201060
201130
201200
201350
201490
2015113
201681
2017111
2018133
201980
Total758
Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Al-Shehri goal.
List of international goals scored by Yahya Al-Shehri[8]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
111 June 2015Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Palestine1–03–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
23 September 2015King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Timor-Leste1–07–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
317 November 2015National Stadium, Dili, East Timor Timor-Leste3–010–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
411 October 2016King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates3–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
528 March 2017King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Iraq1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
69 May 2018Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain Algeria2–02–0Friendly
728 May 2018kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland Italy1–21–2Friendly
810 September 2018Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Bolivia1–02–2Friendly

Honours

Al Nassr

References
  1. Yahya Al-Shehri – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. "الشهري يوقع رسمياً للنصر بـ48 مليون ريال". bab.com (in Arabic). Bab International Company for Specialized Services. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. "الرائد يضم يحيى الشهري رسميًّا".
  5. "الرياض يتعاقد مع الشهري في صفقة انتقال مجاني".
  6. "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia". bbc.com. BBC Sport. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  7. "YEHYA AL SHEHRI".
  8. Yahya Al-Shehri at National-Football-Teams.com


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