Turki Al-Ammar

Turki Al-Ammar (Arabic: تركي العمار‎; born 23 September 1999) is a Saudi Arabian football player who plays as a midfielder for Al-Shabab in Saudi Professional League.[1][2]

Turki al-Ammar
Personal information
Full name Turki Marwan Al-Ammar
Date of birth (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999
Place of birth Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al-Shabab
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Al-Shabab 39 (4)
National team‡
2017– Saudi Arabia U19 21 (11)
2018– Saudi Arabia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 27, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 17, 2020

Widely regarded for skillful display and good vision, Al-Ammar is praised to be one of the next top best Saudi football talents.

Career

Club career

He made his debut for Al-Shabab in 2017, having played for several youth level of the club. Though only managed to appear 20 games, he left impression for his strong and energetic display, for which he helped Al-Shabab to achieve fifth place in the 2018–19 Saudi Professional League season. This allowed him to receive the award as the best young player of the Saudi Professional League in 2018.[3]

U-20 Saudi Arabia

He was named on the final list of the Saudi Arabia U19 participating in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship held in Indonesia. This tournament saw Turki Al-Ammar managed an outstanding performance, scoring four goals for the Saudi side as his skillful display put up an instrumental part of Saudi Arabia's conquest of the tournament. For this reason, he was named as the best player of the competition, and was later included as young player of the year by the Asian Football Confederation, the first Saudi to ever achieve this honor.[4]

However, despite skillful performance of Al-Ammar in the 2018 U-19 Asian Cup, his performance in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Poland was a complete disappointment, with he silenced himself in many important moments as Saudi Arabia, the champions of Asia, exited from the group stage in a complete humiliation with three straight defeats, the first time since 1985.

Senior team

His impressive performance at the 2018 U-19 Asian Cup allowed him to occupy a spot in the Saudi squad, as he was first called up to the main team by then-manager Juan Antonio Pizzi for the friendlies against Yemen, Jordan and South Korea. He was unused for the match against Yemen[5] and Jordan.[6] He was later omitted from the squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Turki Al-Ammar finally made his debut for the senior team in the friendly against Paraguay at home, came on as substitute for Yahya Al-Shehri at the second half, where they drew goalless.[7] He was also included to the final squad of the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup under coach Hervé Renard, but after the disastrous 1–3 loss to Kuwait, he is not used. Saudi Arabia eventually recovered with Turki Al-Ammar being unused to march to the final.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 December 2020[9]
Club Season League King Cup Asia Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Shabab 2017–18 14020——160
2018–19 3010——40
2019–20 16100—5[lower-alpha 1]0211
2020–21 6300——63
Total 394300050474
Career totals 394300050474
  1. Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

Honours

Club
Al-Shabab
  • Young Player of the Year: 2018

International
Saudi Arabia

References
  1. "تركي مروان العمار - Turki Al Ammar". Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. Turki Al-Ammar at Soccerway
  3. ظاظا, حاتم. "من هو تركي العمار لاعب فريق الشباب والمنتخب السعودي؟ - سبورت 360". arabic.sport360.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. "AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men) 2018: Turki Al Ammar | Football News |". the-AFC. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. "Saudi Team". www.ksa-team.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. "Saudi Team". www.ksa-team.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  7. "Saudi Arabia vs. Paraguay - 19 November 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  8. "Saudi Arabia vs. Kuwait - 27 November 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. Turki Al-Ammar at Soccerway
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