Majed Abdullah

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Majed Abdullah

Majed with Saudi Arabia in 1984
Personal information
Full name	Majed Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mohammed
Date of birth	(1959-01-11) 11 January 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1975–1977	Al-Nassr
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1998	Al-Nassr	194	(189)
International career
1975–1977	Saudi Arabia U17	4	(7)
1977–1994	Saudi Arabia	117	(72)
Medal record Representing  Saudi Arabia Men's football AFC Asian Cup Winner 1984 Singapore Winner 1988 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Majed Ahmed Abdullah (Arabic: ماجد احمد عبد الله; born 11 January 1959) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a striker for Al Nassr FC and the Saudi Arabia national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for Saudi Arabia with 72 goals in 117 games. At the club level, he is the record goal scorer for Al-Nassr and the all-time top scorer of the Saudi Pro League.^[1][2][3] He was often referred to by his nickname "The Arabian Pelé".^[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.^[6]