Goalkeeper al-Deayea joins Saudi Arabia for World Cup

Jonathan Roorda - 15 May 2006 23:11

Mohammad al-Deayea (Allsport)

SITTARD, May 15 (SW) - Saudi Arabia's Brazilian coach Marcos Paquetá revealed the team that is to face Spain, Ukraine and Tunisia at the upcoming World Cup in Germany.

Most notable is the presence of goalkeeper Mohammad al-Deayea, for whom this World Cup is to be his fourth, having earned a record 181 caps for his country.

The roster also includes forward Sami al-Jaber, and for him this is also his fourth appearance at the global tournament.

<b>Saudi Arabia World Cup squad</b>

<b>Goalkeepers:</b>

Mohammad al-Deayea (Al-Hilal)

MOhammad Khouja (Al-Shabab)

Mabrouk Zayed (Al-Ittihad)

<b>Defenders:</b>

Ahmed al-Bahri (Al-Ittifak)

Ahmad al-Doukhi (Al-Ittihad)

Hussein Abdul Ghani (Al-Ahli)

Nayef al-Kahdi (Al-Ahli)

Abdul Aziz al-Khathran (Al-Hilal)

Mohammad Masaad (Al-Ahli)

Hamad al-Montashari (Al-Ittihad)

Redha Takar (Al-Ittihad)

<b>Midfielders:</b>

Mohammad Amin (Al-Ittihad)

Khaled Aziz (Al-Hilal)

Omar al-Ghamdi (Al-Hilal)

Saoud Kariri (Al-Ittihad)

Mohammad Nour (Al-Ittihad)

Mohammad al-Shalboub (Al-Hilal)

Nawaf al-Temyat (Al-Hilal)

<b>Forwards:</b>

Mohammad al-Anbar (Al-Hilal)

Saad al-Harthi (Al-Nasr)

Sami al-Jaber (Al-Hilal)

Malek Maath (Al-Ahli)

Yasser al-Qahtani (Al-Hilal)