Yahya Al-Shehri


Yahya Sulaiman Ali Al-Shehri is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Riyadh.
He was promoted from the youth team of Ettifaq and appeared in the first team in the 2009–10 Saudi Professional League. In 2013, he transferred to Al-Nassr. In 2018, he was loaned to CD Leganés and became one of the nine Saudi players to go abroad.
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Club career

On 1 June 2013, in the biggest deal in the history of Saudi football, Al-Shehri officially signed a contract to join Al-Nassr in return for 48 million Saudi Riyals.
On 19 August 2021, Al-Shehri joined Al-Raed.
On 22 October 2023, Al-Shehri joined Al-Riyadh on a free transfer.

International career

Al-Shehri has been capped for the Saudi Arabia national team U-17s, U-18s, U-19s, U-20s and Under-21 side, and eventually for the first team. Yahya made his first appearance with the first Saudi team in a friendly match against Tunisia on 14 October 2009.
In May 2018, he was named in the Saudi Arabia senior national team's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 June 2015Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia1–03–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
23 September 2015King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia1–07–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
317 November 2015National Stadium, Dili, East Timor3–010–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
411 October 2016King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia3–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
528 March 2017King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
69 May 2018Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain2–02–0Friendly
728 May 2018kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland1–21–2Friendly
810 September 2018Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia1–02–2Friendly

Honours

Al-Nassr