Mohammed Noor

Mohammed Noor Bin Adam Hawsawi (Arabic: محمد نور‎; born 26 February 1978), commonly known as Mohammed Noor (Arabic pronunciation: [moʊˈhæməd ˈnuːɾ]), also known by his short name Noor, is a retired footballer from Saudi Arabia who played as an attacking midfielder. He played almost all of his career for Saudi Professional League side Al Ittihad. In 2013, he was forced out of Al-Ittihad to a series of financial epidemics there, and as for that, he moved to Al-Nassr club for one football season. Still, Noor is considered to be one of the best players to ever play in Asia, mostly due to his excellent distribution, ball control, and dribbling skills.

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Mohammed Noor
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Bin Mohammed Noor Adam Hawsawi
Date of birth (1978-02-26) 26 February 1978
Place of birth Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2013 Al-Ittihad 355 (124)
2013–2014 Al Nassr 19 (0)
2014–2016 Al-Ittihad 20 (4)
National team‡
1999–2012 Saudi Arabia 96 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 December 2015

International career

His first appearance with the national football team was in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in the semi - finals against Brazil. Noor played for Saudi Arabia in the 2002 World Cup, without any real success. He fared better in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship in Japan for Al-Ittihad. While playing for the Saudi national team on 14 June 2006, Noor managed to deliver a powerful performance while also having come down with a bad case of influenza. During the second half of the Saudi Arabian game against Tunisia (their opening match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup), he provided Al-Qahtani with the winning assist which secured Saudi Arabia's first goal of the match, bringing the score from a 1–0 lead for Tunisia to a 1–1 tie.

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1December 30, 2002Kuwait City, Kuwait Bahrain1–0Won2002 Arab Nations Cup
2October 6, 2003Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Yemen7–0Won2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3October 17, 2003Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia6–0Won2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4January 6, 2004Kuwait City, Kuwait Oman2–1Won2003 Gulf Cup of Nations
5June 9, 2004Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Turkmenistan3–0Won2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6June 6, 2009Tianjin, China China PR4–1WonFriendly match
7July 28, 2011Hong Kong Hong Kong5–0Won2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
8November 11, 2011Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Thailand3–0Won2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Al-Ittihad

Al-Nassr

International

Saudi Arabia

Individual

References
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