Mohammed Al Wakid

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Mohammed Al Wakid (Arabic: محمد الواكد; born 6 October 1985) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Syrian club Al-Jaish, and the Syria national team.[2]

Date of birth (1985-10-06) 6 October 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth Damascus, Syria[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Striker
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Mohammed Al Wakid
Al Wakid with Ahed in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-10-06) 6 October 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth Damascus, Syria[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
Al-Jaish
Number 99
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 Al-Majd (23)
2009 → Al-Badyah Al-Wosta (loan) (0)
2010Al-Jaish (loan) (3)
2011–2013 Al-Shorta (12)
2013–2015 Amanat Baghdad[a] (14)
2015–2017 Al-Shorta (5)
2017 Al-Jaish (7)
2017 Al-Ittihad (0)
2018 Riffa (2)
2018– Al-Jaish (109)
International career
2019 Syria 4 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 May 2024
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Club career

On 19 January 2018, Al Wakid joined Riffa in the Bahraini Premier League;[3] he scored two goals in the 2017–18 season.[4]

Al Wakid returned to Al-Jaish on 27 July 2018;[5] he finished as top goalscorer of the 2018–19 Syrian Premier League with 27 goals, breaking the previous league record of 29 goals set by Aref Al Agha in 1997–98.[6] Al-Jaish renewed his contract a further year.[7] Al Waked was league top goalscorer once again, in 2019–20, scoring 21 goals;[8] his contract was renewed two further seasons.[9]

On 7 May 2021, Lebanese Premier League club Ahed announced the signing of Al Wakid on loan from Al-Jaish, for the 2021 AFC Cup campaign.[10][11] In AFC clubs competitions he played 34 games and scored 9 goals.

International career

Al-Wakid made his senior international debut for Syria on 20 March 2019,[4] as a starter in a friendly against Iraq.[12]

Honours

Al-Jaish

Al-Shorta

Individual

Notes

  1. Baghdad FC changed its name to Amanat Baghdad SC in 2014.

References

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