Majed Abdullah
Majid Abdullah (1978 )
Majid Ahmed Abdullah Mohammed (Arabic: ماجد أحمد عبدالله المحمد, DMG Māǧid Ahmad ʿ Abdullāh al - Muḥammad, born January 11, 1959 in Jeddah ) is a former Saudi Arabian football player. He is a scorer Saudi Arabia, and since 1988 member of the " hundreds FIFA Club ". In 1999 he finished third in the poll for the best Asian player of the century.
- 7.1 with the national
- 7.2 with the club
- 7.3 Individual Awards
Childhood
Majid Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah was born in 1959 the son of a famous football coach in Jeddah. At the age of six, he moved with his family to Riyadh, as his father had taken a job as coach of the junior team of Al -Nasr.
Career as a football player
Youth and amateur time
There Abdullah also came first in contact with football, but first played as a goalkeeper in the juniors before moving into the storm with ten years. In the development of his footballing talent of the linksfüssig playing Majid was increasingly supported by his father.
Al -Nasr
At age 16, Abdullah Ljubisa Brocic, the Yugoslav coach of Al Nasr, fell to under a workout, and the club signed him on November 9, 1975. At Al -Nasr he trained often with his father and in addition to the support of the Saudi Prince Abdul Rahman bin Saud al Saud let him train shortly thereafter with the A- team Brocic. His first game Abdullah graduated in 1976 for a stay abroad in the UK against an English second- division team and a 4-0 success of Al -Nasr he scored a goal - to it, however, also injured. Its first use in an official match was followed on 14 January 1977, when he took a position in a storm in a friendly match against a Moroccan club. A short time later, he debuted via Substitutes in the 70th minute in a competitive match of the newly established Saudi Professional League against Al -Shabab. The first competitive goal he scored again in a game against Alwidah. Ultimately, he served five times in a team that took second place (of eight teams ) finished second in the league.
In the second season, the league was expanded to ten teams and again reached Al -Nasr second place. Here, Abdullah was the league 's second- leading scorer, although he had an injury in the meantime must pause. In his third season, when he acted on the side of players like Rivalinho, he won with 13 goals, the award for the top scorer. However, the next runner-up presented the club leadership of Al -Nasr not satisfied and so she dismissed Abdullah's " mentors " Brocic. Under the new coach Chico Formiga finally succeeded in 1980, winning the league title and Abdullah had become with 17 goals for the second consecutive time scorer. These four goals came on the way to victory in the Saudi Arabian King's Cup and the total of 21 goals ensured that he won the Golden Boot as top scorer in the Arab countries. Injuries threw Abdullah in time from 1981 to 1985 sporty back frequently, which affected on the Saudi national team. From 1986, the performances have stabilized again and by 1990 he was victorious three times in the King's Cup and once in the championship. The next track after difficult years of the early 1990s was followed by mid-decade with another championship (1995 ), 1996 and 1997 respectively to the Golf Club Cup and the 1998 Asia Cup Winners' Cup. The victory in the final of the latter competition, in which Abdullah scored one goal for Al -Nasr, also marked the end of Abdullah's career at Al -Nasr dar. Following the resignation of Abdullah Al -Nasr decided borne by it jersey number 9 no longer to forgive another player. Insgesamtz he had shot 189 league goals for Al -Nasr in the course of his career.
Saudi national
Only five top-flight appearances for Al -Nasr had played when he was called up for the first time in 1977 Junior National Team to participate in a friendly tournament in Iran's Tabriz Abdullah. In this tournament Majid was charged with seven goals scorer and the team from Saudi Arabia landed on the second place. This remained the A coach not hidden and so called him shortly after this first time in the A-team in Saudi Arabia. After just five games with Al -Nasr Abdullah had thus made the leap into the national squad. As a result, he should be a member until his resignation in 1994 without interruption for the national team. The first game he played for the national team, was a friendly match against Benfica. Here, Abdullah scored two goals, with especially his goal after a solo run took wide observance in his own half. Together with other young talented players, the Saudi national team improved in the following years, to Saudi Arabia was considered in the late 1980s as one of the best Asian team.
The decade had initially disappointing started with another failure in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 1982 and the Brazilian world champion coach Mário Zagallo made some progress without reaching " countable ", as the team was concerned about Abdullah in 1984 under the new, popular Saudi coach Khalil al - Zayani for a big surprise. Under al - Zayani for the first time succeeded in qualifying for an Olympic football tournament and the initially injured Abdullah scored six goals in the decisive phase. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles even Saudi Arabia then lost all three games, with Abdullah scored against Brazil (1-3 ) its only goal.
In December 1984, Saudi Arabia first participated at the Asian Cup and the tournament, Abdullah sat with his men against higher -ranked team like South Korea, Kuwait, Iran and China in the finals - in the final made Abdullah for the 2-0 - Final. Four years later, Abdullah repeated this success, being now the Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira stood on the sidelines with Saudi Arabia. After Abdullah had in the semifinals against Iran scored the only goal, the final match against South Korea went to penalties that could win Saudi Arabia 4-3.
Next and last peak in the course of Abdullah's National team career in 1994 was the first qualification of Saudi Arabia for a World Cup. There Saudi Arabia has even been a surprising foray into the second round and Abdullah's two inserts were also the last international appearances for his country.
Career after football career
Currently, Abdullah worked as a commentator for a Saudi Arabian sports channel.
Club career
Abdullah played from 1977 to 1998 at Al -Nasr. In 20 seasons, he scored a total of 324 goals.
National
- Debut on May 4, 1978: Saudi Arabia against Pakistan 6-0 ( in Riyadh )
- Farewell on June 26, 1994: Saudi Arabia - Belgium 1:0 ( in Washington DC)
- Participation in the 1994 World Cup: 2 games, no goals
- Participation in the Olympic Games in 1984
- Stats: 139 games - 67 goals (including friendlies and unofficial games he scored even 209 goals)
Title / Awards
With the national
- 2 x winning the Asian Cup (1984 and 1988)
With the association
Individual awards
- 3 x Asian Player of the Year ( 1984, 1985 and 1986 ( unbestätigt! ) )
- 6 x scorer in the Saudi Professional League ( 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986 and 1989)