Sami Al-Najei
Personal information
Full name Sami Khalil Nasser Al-Najei[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997
Place of birth Jizan, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al Nassr
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Al Nassr 101 (13)
2019 → Al-Qadsiah (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2020 → Damac (loan) 17 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Saudi Arabia U20 6 (4)
2018–2021 Saudi Arabia U23 2 (2)
2017– Saudi Arabia 20 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024

Sami Khalil Nasser Al-Najei (Arabic: سامي خليل ناصر النجعي; born 7 February 1997) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Professional League club Al Nassr and the Saudi Arabia national team.[3]

Club career

Al-Nassr

2015/2016

In 2016, Al-Nassr brought Al-Najei to the first team. On 8 May 2016, Al Najei made his debut as a substitute in the 74' minute against Ittihad and scored his first goal.[4] 5 days later he played his second match against Al-Shabab.[5]

2016/2017

On 20 October 2016, Al-Najei played his first match of the season against Ittihad replacing Yahya Al-Shehri in the 58' minute, but he got a yellow card in the match. On 21 December 2016, Al-Najei scored his first goal of the season against Al-Fateh in 53rd minute.[6] On 1 January 2017, he played his first match in the starting 11 against Ettifaq FC. On 14 March 2017, he got a second yellow card against Al-Raed.

International career

On 14 January 2017, Al-Najei made his debut against Cambodia in the 76th minute in a friendly, the match was ended 7-2 for the Saudis.

International goals

As of 12 October 2021.

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 October 2021King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia China1–03–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 2–0

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 September 2023[1]

Club Season Pro League King Cup Asia Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Nassr 2015–16 210000—21
2016–17 9111—2[lower-alpha 1]0122
2017–18 9000—1[lower-alpha 2]0100
2020–21 26632701[lower-alpha 3]1379
2021–22 2121031—253
2022–23 24222—1[lower-alpha 3]0274
2023–24 3011100051
Total 9412861115111820
Al-Qadsiah (loan) 2018–19 4000——40
Damac (loan) 2019–20 17011——181
Career total 11512971115113721

International

Saudi Arabia
YearAppsGoals
201710
202182
202290
202420
Total202

Honours

Club

Al-Nassr

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Saudi Arabia - Sami Al Naji - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Saudi Arabia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 24. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. ↑ دوري عبداللطيف جميل للمحترفين 2015/2016 Archived 11 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ دوري عبداللطيف جميل للمحترفين 2015/2016 Archived 29 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ ملعب مدينة الأمير عبدالله بن جلوي الرياضية - الأحساء Archived 26 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Najei, Firas". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "كاريلي أفضل مدرب في أبريل ومايو.. وإيغالو وغروهي والنجعي ينتزعون النجومية | رابطة الدوري السعودي للمحترفين". www.spl.com.sa. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
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