Fuad Anwar Amin ( ar, فؤاد أنور أمين; born 13 October 1972) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a

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. On club level, he played mostly for Al-Shabab and Al-Nasr in his home country.

International career

A former captain of the

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, he achieved national fame after becoming the first Saudi to score in the

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finals in the 2–1 defeat against the

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during

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edition. In the same competition, he scored a long range effort against

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. Amin played at the

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. Amin was also selected for 1998 FIFA World Cup. During the match against

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, Amin was stomped by

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, who was banned for two games. People close to Zidane said that Amin had leveled a racial slur against the player.

Honours

Al-Shabab

Saudi Federation cup Prince Faisal bin Fahd League U-21, formerly Saudi Federation Cup/Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup U-21/Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup and currently known as Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Cup, is an association football league of Saudi Arabia. It was founded in t ...

: 1988, 1989. *

Saudi Premier League The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...

: 1991, 1992, 1993. *

Crown Prince Cup The Saudi Crown Prince's Cup ( ar, كأس ولي العهد) was the Saudi Arabian annual cup competition. It was the oldest domestic football competition in Saudi Arabia, its first edition was held in 1956–57, but was not crowned from 1975 unti ...

: 1993, 1996. *

Arab Champions League The Arab Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال, french: Ligue des Champions Arabe) is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by el ...

: 1992 *

Arab Super Cup The Arab Super Cup ( ar, الكأس العربية الممتازة) was an Arab football competition, held between four teams (the winners and runners-up of both the Arab Club Champions Cup and the Arab Cup Winners' Cup) each year. History The ...

: 1996 *

Gulf Club Champions Cup The GCC Champions League ( ar, دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), formerly known as the Gulf Cup for Clubs ( ar, كأس الخليج للأندية), was an annually organized football league tournament for clubs of the Arabian penin ...

: 1993, 1994

National Team U-17

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National Team

* AFC Asian Cup ::''Winner'': 1996 ::''Runner Up'': 1992 *

Gulf Cup of Nations The Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي, ''Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi''), often referred to simply as the Gulf Cup, is a biennial football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nat ...

::''Winner'':

*Qualify for the

: ::

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anwar, Fuad 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Riyadh Saudi Arabian footballers Saudi Arabia international footballers Saudi Arabian expatriate footballers 1992 King Fahd Cup players 1992 AFC Asian Cup players 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1995 King Fahd Cup players 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in China Saudi Arabian expatriate sportspeople in China Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh) players Al Nassr FC players Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Association football midfielders Saudi Professional League players Asian Games competitors for Saudi Arabia 21st-century Saudi Arabian people 20th-century Saudi Arabian people