Saeed Al-Owairan

Saeed Al-Owairan
Personal information
Full name	Saeed Ali Al-Owairan Al-Dossari
Date of birth	19 August 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–2001	Al-Shabab
International career
1991–1998	Saudi Arabia
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Saudi Arabia
FIFA Arab Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup
AFC Asian Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Saeed Ali Al-Owairan Al-Dossari (Arabic: سَعِيد عَلِيّ الْعُوَيْرَان الدَّوْسَرِيّ‎; born 19 August 1967) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab. Widely considered to be one of the greatest Asian footballers of all time,^[2] Al-Owairan is renowned for his goal against Belgium in the 1994 World Cup, which was considered the sixth-best in FIFA's Goal of the Century rankings. He scored 283 goals across his 13-year career.

Career

Owairan spent his entire club career at Al-Shabab, a Saudi club based in Riyadh.^{[citation needed]}

He won 85 caps for the Saudi Arabia national team, scoring 34 goals, including seven in 1994 World Cup Qualifiers.^{[citation needed]} He achieved international renown at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, in which he scored a stunning individual goal against Belgium at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. that was later voted the sixth best in FIFA's Goal of the Century rankings.^[3] The goal sent Saudi Arabia through to the second round of the World Cup for the first time.^{[citation needed]} They subsequently lost 3–1 to Sweden in the Round of 16.^{[citation needed]}

Following the World Cup, Owairan returned to Saudi Arabia. The same year he was named as Asian Footballer of the Year.^[4] Despite interest from European clubs, he was unable to leave the country due to a national law preventing Saudi footballers from playing abroad.^[5] Although he was selected as part of the Saudi Arabia national team at the 1998 World Cup in France, he only made two appearances as Saudi Arabia went out in the group stages.^{[citation needed]}

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 September 1992	Aleppo, Syria	Palestine	2–?	2–1	1992 Arab Cup
2.	17 September 1992	Aleppo, Syria	Egypt	2–2	2–3	1992 Arab Cup
3.	20 October 1992	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Argentina	1–3	1–3	1992 King Fahd Cup
4.	2 November 1992	Onomichi, Japan	Thailand	1–0	4–0	1992 AFC Asian Cup
5.	6 November 1992	Hiroshima, Japan	United Arab Emirates	1–0	2–0	1992 AFC Asian Cup
6.	1 May 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Macau	2–0	6–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.	1 May 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Macau	3–0	6–0
8.	14 May 1993	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Macau	4–0	8–0
9.				6–0
10.				7–0
11.	18 May 1993		Kuwait	1–0	2–0
12.	24 October 1993	Doha, Qatar	Iraq	1–1	1–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.	29 June 1994	Washington, D.C., United States	Belgium	1–0	1–0	1994 FIFA World Cup
14.	10 November 1994	Abu Dhabi, UAE	Bahrain	2–0	3–1	12th Arabian Gulf Cup

Club career stats

As of match played 1 July 2023

Club	Season	League			King Cup		Saudi Crown Prince Cup		Arabian Compétitions		GCC Champions League		Asian Compétitions
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al Shabab	1988–89	SPL
	1989–90
	1990–91
	1991–92			16
	1992–93									4 ^[a]		3		4 ^[b]
	1993–94											4
	1994–95									1 ^[c]				1 ^[d]
	1995–96
	1996–97									1 ^[e]
	1997–98
	1998–99			11
	1999–2000			4						4^[f]^[g]
	2000–01			2
Career total				60				10		10		8		5