Yahya Sulaiman Ali al-Shehri ( ar, يحيى سليمان علي الشهري; born 26 June 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional

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who plays as a

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for Al-Raed and the Saudi Arabia national team. He was promoted from the youth team of Ettifaq and appeared in the first team in the

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. In 2013, he transferred to

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. In 2018, he was loaned to CD Leganés and became one of the nine Saudi players to go play abroad since

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Club career

On 1 June 2013, in the biggest deal in the history of Saudi football, Yahya Al-Shehri officially signed a contract to join

in return for 48 million Saudi Riyals. On 19 August 2021, Al-Shehri joined Al-Raed.

International career

Al-Shehri has been capped for the Saudi national team U-17s, U-18s, U-19s, U-20s and Under-21 side, and eventually for the first team. Yahya made his first appearance with the first Saudi team in a

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against

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on 14 October 2009. In May 2018, he was named in the Saudi Arabia senior national team's preliminary squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Al-Shehri goal.''

Honours

;Al Nassr *

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 ...

2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19 *

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 ...

: 2013–14 *

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: 2019,

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* 1990 births Living people People from Dammam Association football wingers Saudi Arabian footballers Saudi Professional League players Ettifaq FC players Al Nassr FC players CD Leganés players Al-Raed FC players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Saudi Arabia international footballers Saudi Arabian expatriate footballers Saudi Arabian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup players Saudi Arabia youth international footballers {{SaudiArabia-footy-midfielder-stub