Waleed Abdullah

Waleed Abdullah began playing on a regular basis with Al-Shabab in the 2007–08 season. In the 2006–07 season, he was with the Saudi Olympic team in their qualifiers, so he had no chance of playing with Al-Shabab as their first goalkeeper. On 3 February 2017, Abdullah joined Al-Nassr on a free transfer. On 4 February 2020, he renewed his contract with Al-Nassr for another three years. On 16 July 2024, Waleed Abdullah joined Saudi Second Division League side Al-Diriyah.

Olympic Team

Waleed Abdullah played 11 games with the Olympic team during the 2008 Qualifiers, in which he helped the team reach the second round, and was close to qualifying had they won against Japan in Tokyo in the last game. Waleed's best game was against Japan in Tokyo, where he stopped many Japanese attacks and stopped the Japanese from scoring.

Senior team

Waleed first joined the Saudi Arabia national football team for the AFC Asian Cup 2007. His first official game was a friendly against United Arab Emirates in June 2007, which ended 2-0 for Saudi Arabia. He also played another friendly against Oman, and it ended 1-1. Right before the beginning of the Asian Cup, Waleed received news of the death of his infant daughter. But he decided to stay with the national team, and was one of the players in Saudi Arabia's squad in the Asian Cup, but didn't get any playtime during the cup itself. After the Asian Cup he was called up a couple of times, for a friendly against Ghana which ended 5-0 for Saudi Arabia, and the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers against Singapore which ended 2–0, and for the Uzbekistan qualifier on 26 March 2008.

Club

As of 31 May 2024.

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 28 February 2018.

Club

Al-Shabab

Saudi Pro League: 2011–12 King's Cup: 2008, 2009, 2014 Saudi Super Cup: 2014 Federation Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10 Al-Nassr

Saudi Pro League: 2018–19 Saudi Super Cup: 2019, 2020 Arab Club Champions Cup: 2023