Abdulla Yusuf Abdulrahim Mohamed Helal ( ar, عبد الله يوسف هلال; born 12 June 1993) is a

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i professional

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who plays as a forward for

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and Bahrain national team.

Club career

Helal played for East Riffa since 2009. Through this journey he joined

Al-Muharraq SC Al-Muharraq Sports Club ( ar, نادي المحرق الرياضي) is a Bahraini professional football club based in Muharraq. It is one of the oldest sports clubs in the Arabian Peninsula. Al-Muharraq Sports Club has won the Bahraini Premier ...

on loan from his club. He won the

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in the 2017–18 season with Al-Muharraq.

Bohemians

On 19 July 2018, it was announced that he would join

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club

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on loan and become the first Bahraini player to join a European top division club. On 28 July 2018, Helal played his first game with the club after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. He scored a goal and provided an assist in an eventual 4–2 loss at

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Slavia Prague

On 4 January 2019,

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announced the signing of Helal from

, and loaned him out for the rest of the season. On 17 September 2019, Helal entered the history again by being the first player from the GCC countries to participate in a

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match against

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Slovan Liberec (loan)

On 4 August 2020, Slavia loaned Helal to Slovan Liberec with two other players. 22 October 2020, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against

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in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Persija Jakarta

Helal officially joined the capital club

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on 20 July 2022. On 31 July 2022, he made his league debut by substituted Hanif Sjahbandi in the 64th minute, in a 2–1 winning match against

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Mladá Boleslav

On 28 June 2023, Helal signed with

one-year contract.

International career

He represents Bahrain national team since 2012.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Bahrain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Helal goal''.

Honors

East Riffa *

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: 2014 *

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: 2014 * Bahraini Super Cup: 2014 Al-Muharraq *

: 2017–18 Slavia Prague *

: 2019–20 Bahrain * GCC U-23 Championship: 2013

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yusuf Helal, Abdulla Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from Manama Bahraini men's footballers Men's association football forwards Bahrain men's international footballers 2015 AFC Asian Cup players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Bahraini Premier League players Czech First League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players East Riffa Club players Al-Muharraq SC players Bohemians 1905 players SK Slavia Prague players FC Slovan Liberec players Persija Jakarta players Bahraini expatriate men's footballers Bahraini expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Bahraini expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia FK Mladá Boleslav players