Nawaf Shaker Fayrouz Al-Abed ( ar, نواف شاكر فيروز العابد; born 26 January 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional

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who plays as a winger for Al Shabab and the Saudi Arabia national team.

Club career

Al-Hilal

In 2009, Al-Hilal signed in Al-Abed from their youth academy. On 7 November, Nawaf scored the fastest goal in professional football against Al-Shoulla in two seconds in the Prince Faisal U-21 Cup, but the match was cancelled due to Al-Hilal making 6 player which are more than 21 years old play in the match. On 9 March 2017, Al-Abed scored a third penalty goal against

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and performed a celebration which made Ittihad fans furious. The Saudi Arabia FA banned him for two games, but Al-Hilal appealed and the ban was lifted.

International career

Al-Abed represented the

Saudi Arabia national football team The Saudi Arabia national football team ( ar, المنتخب العربي السعودي لكرة القدم) represent Saudi Arabia in men's international football. They are known as ''Al-Suqour Al-Khodhur'' (The Green Falcons) in reference to ...

when his country hosted the

2014 Gulf Cup of Nations The 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was the 22nd edition of the biennial football competition, and took place between 13 and 26 November 2014 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was scheduled to take place in Basra, Iraq bu ...

. His first international goal came in the quarter-final match with

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, becoming the winning goal as the Saudis prevailed 1–0. Nawaf scored again in the semi-final as Saudi Arabia defeated the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

3–2. The Green Falcons eventually finished as runners-up to

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, losing 2–1 in the final at the

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. Al-Abed was included in Saudi Arabia's squad for the

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, scoring his third international goal in a 4–1 defeat of

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in the team's second group match. In May 2018 he was named in Saudi Arabia's preliminary

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for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

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

Honours

Club

;Al-Hilal *

Saudi Professional 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 ...

: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 *

King Cup of Champions The King Cup (sometimes spelled King's), officially known as The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup ( ar, كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين), is the Saudi Arabian football knockout cup competition, run by the Saudi Arabian Footba ...

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Saudi 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 ...

: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16 *

Saudi Super Cup The Saudi Super Cup ( ar, كأس السوبر السعودي) is an annual super cup football match organised by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Founded in 2013 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2022 ...

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References

External links

Nawaf Al Abed - The official site of Al Hilal

Nawaf Al Abed - Fastest soccer goal ever scored in 2 seconds
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abed, Nawaf 1990 births Living people Saudi Arabian footballers Al Hilal SFC players Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh) players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Saudi Arabia international footballers Sportspeople from Riyadh Association football midfielders Saudi Professional League players 2022 FIFA World Cup players

Club career

Al-Hilal

International career

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Club

See also

References

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