Milestones

Games:

Played his first game with Al-Nassr football club in 14-1-1977, in a friendly against Alfat'h from Morocco
Played his first official game in the Saudi premier league in 20-1-1977 against Alshabab during the second round of the season
Had the honor of playing in the inaugural season of the Saudi premier league 1976-1977
Selected to the youth national team after only his first 5 matches in the premier league, and then directly selected to the first National team
Played his first game for the national team in 1977, in a friendly against Benfica of Portugal, and scored two goals
Played his first official game for the national team on 9/12/1977, Vs. Iraq in the Asian Games in Bangkok
Holds the Asian record, third in the world, for the number of international class "A" matches played, 139
Holds the national record for the longest affiliation with the premier league, 20 years (1977-1997)
He represented his country in its first ever presence in the Olympics, Los Angeles 1984
He was the national team captain in their first ever presence in the World Cup, USA 1994
Played his last international game in 29-6-1994 against Belgium in the World Cup, which the Saudis won 1-0
Played his final game with Al-Nassr club in 12-4-1998 against Samsung of South Korea in the final of Asia's Cup winners Cup, which Al-Nassr won 1-0

Goals:

Scored 533 goals throughout his career
209 of them for the National team including official and friendly matches
324 of them for Al-Nassr football club
Scored his first goal for Al-Nassr club in 18-3-1977 against Alwihdah in the Premier League
Scored his first goal for the Saudi national team in the friendly against Benfica of Portugal in 1977
His first official goal for the Saudi national team came in the 8th Asian Games held in Bangkok, December 1978, against Qatar
Scored his last official goal for the national team in 18-5-1993, against Kuwait in a qualifier for the 1994 World Cup
His last goal for the national team in came in 4-6-1994, a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago in preparation for the World Cup
Scored his last goal for Al-Nassr club in 10-4-1998 against Kopetdag of Turkmenistan in the semi-final of Asia's Cup winners Cup
The heights scoring player for the national team
The heights scoring player in the history of Al-Nassr club
Won the league's top scorer title 6 times.. a long standing national record, the next players in the list won it only twice
Of the 6 top scorer titles, he won 3 in a raw, no other player won it even two in a raw
Holds the national record for the most goals scored in the premier league (189)
Won the golden boot as the Arab countries top scorer in 1981, and again in 1989.
Scored 5 Goals in one international match against Qatar in 3-4-1979, still unbroken national record
In 1981, he repeated that number in a friendly against Indonesia
In 1989, he repeated the same number again in a league match against Alrowdah
Scored 4 goals in just 15 minutes, against India, during a qualifier for the 1984 Olympics

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