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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Saeed Ali Al Owairan Al Dossari [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 August 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–2001 | Al-Shabab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1998 | Saudi Arabia | 75 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Saeed Ali Al-Owairan Al-Dossari (Arabic: سعيد علي العويران الدوسري; 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.