Talal Al-Meshal ( ar, طلال المشعل) (born 7 June 1978) is a Saudi Arabian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

Club career

A prolific striker, Al-Meshal played for Al-Ahli,

Al-Nassr Al Nassr Football Club ( ar, نادي النصر السعودي; '' Naṣr'' meaning ''Victory'') is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955, the club plays its home games at the Mrsool Park. Their home colours are yello ...

Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to: Sports Football Libya *Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier * Al Ittihad Gheryan, a football club bas ...

, Al-Markhiya and

Al-Raed Al Raed Saudi Football Club ( ''Nādī ar-Rāʾid'', "Pioneer Club") is a Saudi football club based in Buraidah, and the first of its kind in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. One of the club's notable founders is Abdulaziz Al-Aboudi. Established ...

. He played for Al-Ittihad at the

2008 AFC Champions League The 2008 AFC Champions League was the 27th AFC Champions League, the top-level Asian club football tournament, and the 6th under the current AFC Champions League title. It was the last AFC Champions League before the competition expanded to 32 te ...

International career

Al-Meshal played for 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 ...

and was a participant at the

Asian Cup 2000 The 2000 AFC Asian Cup was the 12th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Lebanon between 12 and 29 October 2000. Japan def ...

, where he scored 3 goals as Saudi Arabia finished as runners-up.

International goals

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meshal, Talal 1978 births Living people Saudi Arabian footballers Saudi Arabia international footballers 2000 AFC Asian Cup players 2004 AFC Asian Cup players Al-Ahli Saudi FC players Al Nassr FC players Ittihad FC players Al-Raed FC players Saudi First Division League players Saudi Professional League players Sportspeople from Jeddah Association football forwards