Faisal Al-Ghamdi
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| Full name | Faisal Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | August 13, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dammam, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ettifaq | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Al-Ittihad | 29 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | → Beerschot (loan) | 26 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Saudi Arabia U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Saudi Arabia U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Saudi Arabia | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Faisal Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi (Arabic: فَيْصَل عَبْد الرَّحْمٰن الْغَامِدِيّ; born 13 August 2001) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad and the Saudi Arabia national team.[1][2]
Al-Ghamdi began his career at the youth team of Al-Ettifaq. He signed his first professional contract with the club on 12 December 2019.[3] He made his first team debut for Al-Ettifaq on 5 May 2022 by coming off the bench in a 4–0 away win against Al-Taawoun.[4] He made his first start for the club on 11 May 2022 in the 2–0 defeat to Al-Hilal.[5]
On 7 September 2023, Al-Ghamdi joined Al-Ittihad on a five-year deal.[6] On 1 September 2024, Al-Ghamdi joined Belgian club Beerschot on a one-year loan,[7] making his debut in a 4–0 derby loss at Royal Antwerp at the end of the month.[8] On 10 May 2025, he scored his first goal for Beerschot from a penalty in a 4–2 win over Cercle Brugge during the relegation play-offs.[9]
