Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (; born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a football goalkeeper. He participated in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 173 officially recognized caps, the record for a goalkeeper. Club career Al-Deayea has split his professional career between the clubs Al-Ta'ee and Al-Hilal. Originally he started as a handball player, but was convinced by his club and his older brother Abdullah to become a footballer. Mohammed was under great pressure in the beginning of his career because of having to wear the shoes of his brother Abdullah, who was an AFC Asian Cup winner and a highly reputed goalkeeper too. Retirement On 22 June 2010, Mohamed Al-Deayea announced his retirement from football at the age of 37. On 5 January 2012, a big farewell match was organised between Al-Hilal and Juventus F.C. 70,000 people were packed in the King Fahd Stadium. The match ended 7–1 in favour of Juventus with one goal from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus's goals were scored by Alessandro Del Piero (twice), Eljero Elia, Arturo Vidal, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella. Career statistics Club International Honours Club Al-Ta'ee Saudi First Division: 1994–95 Al-Hilal Saudi Premier League: 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10 Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 1999–2000, 2003, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 Saudi Founder's Cup: 1999-2000 AFC Champions League: 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2001–02 Asian Super Cup: 2000 Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2000 Arab Super Cup: 2001 International Saudi Arabia U-17 FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1989 Saudi Arabia AFC Asian Cup: 1996 Gulf Cup of Nations: 1994, 2003 Arab Nations Cup: 1998 Islamic Solidarity Games: 2005 Individual Best Goalkeeper of the AFC Asian Cup: 1996, 2000 Best Goalkeeper of the Gulf Cup of Nations: 1998, 2002 Best Goalkeeper of the GCC Champions League: 2000 Best Goalkeeper of the Arab Champions League': 2001 Best Goalkeeper of the Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2002 He was voted Asia's Goalkeeper of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999. AFC Asian All Stars: 2000 IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021 See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps References External links Detail of international appearances – by RSSSF 1972 births Living people People from Ha'il Saudi Arabian footballers Association football goalkeepers Al-Tai FC players Al Hilal SFC players Saudi Professional