Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan ( ar, عبد الله عبد الرحمن الحمدان; born 13 September 1999) is a Saudi Arabian football player who plays as a

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for Al-Hilal in the Saudi Professional League and the

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. He is the son of former Al-Shabab goalkeeper and former Hetten manager, Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan. He made his debut for the national team in the match against

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on 5 September 2019.

Career

Al-Hamdan is an academy graduate of Al-Shabab. In 2018, as part of a deal between the Saudi Arabian Football Federation and

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, Al-Hamdan joined Spanish club Sporting Gijón's U19 squad on a six-month loan. He returned to Al-Shabab following the conclusion of the 2017–18 season. On 2 January 2019, Al-Hamdan made his debut with the first team in the

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match against Al-Sahel coming off the bench in the 61st minute to replace Khalid Kaabi. Al-Hamdan made his league debut in the match against Al-Wehda on 15 February 2019. He made his first start for the club in the final match of the 2018–19 season against Al-Hilal. On 23 September 2019, Al-Hamdan scored his first goal for the club in the

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match against Algerian club

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, he also assisted Danilo Asprilla's goal to put Al-Shabab 3–1 ahead. Four days later, Al-Hamdan scored his first league goal in the 2–1 loss against

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. He ended his second season at the club scoring 5 goals in 22 appearances in all competitions. On 7 November 2020, Al-Hamdan came off the bench in the 94th minute and assisted

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's third goal in the 3–1 away win against Al-Fateh. On 23 November 2020, Al-Hamdan made his first start of the season and assisted Cristian Guanca's equalizer in the 2–2 draw against Al-Ahli. On 27 November 2020, Al-Hamdan came off the bench and assisted Turki Al-Ammar's winner in the 2–1 win against Damac. On 2 December 2020, he assisted Cristian Guanca's equalizer in the 2–2 draw against Al-Ittihad in the first leg of the

semi-finals. On 26 December 2020, Al-Hamdan started the league match against

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and assisted two goals. On 14 January 2021, Al-Hamdan scored his first goal of the season in the 3–0 away win against Al-Ain, he also assisted Cristian Guanca's opener. On 19 January 2021, he assisted Fábio Martins's equalizer in the 1–1 draw against Al-Faisaly. On 25 January 2021, Al-Hamdan scored once and assisted once in the 4–2 away win against Al-Wehda. On 6 February 2021, Al-Hamdan made his final appearance for Al-Shabab in the 4–1 home win against

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. He left the pitch in tears while being replaced by Odion Ighalo in the 84th minute. He made 51 appearances for Al-Shabab in all competitions and scored 7 goals and recorded 12 assists. On 6 February 2021, Al-Hamdan joined Al-Hilal on a five-year contract for a reported fee of

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3 million.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Al-Hilal * Saudi Professional League:

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, 2021–22 *

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International

Saudi Arabia U20 *

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Individual

* Saudi Professional League Young Player of the Month:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamdan, Abdullah 1999 births Living people Saudi Arabian footballers Saudi Arabian expatriate footballers Saudi Arabia men's international footballers Saudi Arabia men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Saudi Professional League players Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) players Al Hilal SFC players Sporting de Gijón B players Footballers from Riyadh Expatriate footballers in Spain Saudi Arabian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Olympic footballers for Saudi Arabia Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics