Majed ABDULLAH (Patreon)

Hello, there. If you interested in this project, click here to read common Question & Answers for possible newcomers

Wait no more: Early access click here to Download

Majed Ahmed Abdullah (Arabic: ماجد احمد عبد الله; born 11 January 1959) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played for Al-Nassr and the Saudi national team. Abdullah is the all-time leading goalscorer for Saudi Arabia with 72 goals in 117 games. At club level, he is the record goalscorer for Al-Nassr and is the all-time top scorer of the Saudi Professional League.[1][2][3] He was often referred to by his nickname "Arabian Jewel".[4]

Majed Abdullah is regarded as one of the greatest Western Asian strikers of all time. He was nominated for IFFHS Asia's Player of the Century, finishing third place.[5] He spent his entire club career at Al-Nassr, and scored 189 league goals in a twenty-one-year career. During this time, Al-Nassr established themselves as one of the dominant forces in Saudi and Asian football. With Abdullah leading the attack, Al-Nassr won five League titles and four King Cup titles as well as the 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. Abdullah also finished as the Saudi League top scorer six times throughout his career. Majed Abdullah retired from football in 1998, after Al-Nassr's Asian Cup Winners' Cup Final victory over Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

His success was not limited to the domestic stage. In 1984 Saudi Arabia qualified for their first-ever global international tournament at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Abdullah scored their only goal as Saudi Arabia lost all three group games. International success did come in 1984, however, in the Asian Cup in Singapore. Saudi Arabia beat China 2–0 in the final to take the title for the first time, with Abdullah scoring the second goal. Four years later in 1988, he would score twice in the tournament in Qatar as the Saudi team retained the title by beating South Korea on penalties.

Honours

Al-Nassr

• Saudi Premier League: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1994–95

• Saudi King Cup: 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990

• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 1996, 1997

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98

Saudi Arabia

• AFC Asian Cup: 1984, 1988

• Asian Games silver medal: 1986

• Arab Nations Cup runner-up: 1992

Individual

• Saudi Premier League top scorer: 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988–89[44]

• Saudi King Cup top scorer: 1979, 1987, 1989, 1990

• Arabian Golden Boot: 1981, 1989

• Gulf Cup of Nations top scorer: 1982

• Asia-Oceania Soccer Handbook Player of the Year: 1984[45]

• Pan Arab Games top scorer: 1985

• Saudi Crown Prince Cup top scorer: 1991

• Gulf Club Champions Cup top scorer: 1991, 1996

• IFFHS Asia's Player of the Century third place: 1999[5]

• IFFHS World Player of the Century 64th place: 2000[46]

• IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021