Al-Abed with Saudi Arabia in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nawaf Shaker Fayrouz Al-Abed[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Riyadh | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2009 | Al-Hilal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2020 | Al-Hilal | 146[4] | (25) |
| 2020–2023 | Al-Shabab | 41 | (3) |
| 2024 | Al-Qadsiah | 3 | (0) |
| 2024– | Al-Riyadh | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | Saudi Arabia U20 | ||
| 2011–2012 | Saudi Arabia U23 | ||
| 2011–2022 | Saudi Arabia | 57 | (8) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:33 14 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:31 26 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Nawaf Shaker Fayrouz Al-Abed (Arabic: نواف شاكر فيروز العابد; born 26 January 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Al-Riyadh.
In 2009, Al-Hilal signed in Al-Abed from their youth academy. On 7 November, Nawaf scored the fastest goal in professional football against Al-Shoulla in two seconds in the Prince Faisal U-21 Cup,[5] but the match was cancelled due to Al-Hilal making 6 player which are more than 21 years old play in the match.[6]
On 9 March 2017, Al-Abed scored a third penalty goal against Ittihad and performed a celebration which made Ittihad fans furious. The Saudi Arabia FA banned him for two games,[7] but Al-Hilal appealed and the ban was lifted.[8]
On 25 October 2020, Al-Abed joined Al-Shabab on a three-year contract.[9]
On 18 April 2023, Al-Abed was released by Al-Shabab.[10]
On 11 February 2024, Al-Abed joined Saudi First Division League side Al-Qadsiah on a six-month contract.[11]
On 22 July 2024, Al-Abed joined Pro League side Al-Riyadh.[12]
Al-Abed represented the Saudi Arabia national football team when his country hosted the 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup. His first international goal came in the quarter-final match with Yemen, becoming the winning goal as the Saudis prevailed 1–0.[13] Nawaf scored again in the semi-final as Saudi Arabia defeated the United Arab Emirates 3–2. The Green Falcons eventually finished as runners-up to Qatar, losing 2–1 in the final at the King Fahd International Stadium.[14]
Al-Abed was included in Saudi Arabia's squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, scoring his third international goal in a 4–1 defeat of North Korea in the team's second group match.[15]
In May 2018 he was named in Saudi Arabia's preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[16]
| Club | Season | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al-Hilal | 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2011–12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 25 | 8 | ||
| 2012–13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 25 | 5 | ||
| 2013–14 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 34 | 10 | |
| 2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Total | 146 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 67 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 258 | 40 | |
| Al-Shabab | 2020–21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 4 | |
| Al-Qadsiah | 2023–24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career totals | 190 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 73 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 312 | 44 | |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 19 November 2014 | King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh |  Yemen |
1–0 | 1–0 | 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup |
| 2 | 23 November 2014 | King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh |  United Arab Emirates |
2–0 | 3–2 | 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup |
| 3 | 14 January 2015 | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |  North Korea |
4–1 | 4–1 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup |
| 4 | 1 September 2016 | King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh |  Thailand |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 6 September 2016 | Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam |  Iraq |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 2–1 | |||||
| 7 | 11 October 2016 | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah | United Arab Emirates |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 29 August 2017 | Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain | United Arab Emirates |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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