Mohammed Al Wakid (Arabic: محمد الواكد; born 6 October 1985) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Syrian club Al-Jaish, and the Syria national team.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 October 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Damascus, Syria[1] | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Jaish | ||
Number | 99 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2011 | Al-Majd | (23) | |
2009 | → Al-Badyah Al-Wosta (loan) | (0) | |
2010 | → Al-Jaish (loan) | (3) | |
2011–2013 | Al-Shorta | (12) | |
2013–2015 | Amanat Baghdad[a] | (14) | |
2015–2017 | Al-Shorta | (5) | |
2017 | Al-Jaish | (7) | |
2017 | Al-Ittihad | (0) | |
2018 | Riffa | (2) | |
2018– | Al-Jaish | (109) | |
International career | |||
2019 | Syria | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2024 |
Club career
editOn 19 January 2018, Al Wakid joined Riffa in the Bahraini Premier League;[3] he scored two goals in the 2017–18 season.[4]
Al Wakid returned to Al-Jaish on 27 July 2018;[5] he finished as top goalscorer of the 2018–19 Syrian Premier League with 27 goals, breaking the previous league record of 29 goals set by Aref Al Agha in 1997–98.[6] Al-Jaish renewed his contract a further year.[7] Al Waked was league top goalscorer once again, in 2019–20, scoring 21 goals;[8] his contract was renewed two further seasons.[9]
On 7 May 2021, Lebanese Premier League club Ahed announced the signing of Al Wakid on loan from Al-Jaish, for the 2021 AFC Cup campaign.[10][11] In AFC clubs competitions he played 34 games and scored 9 goals.
International career
editAl-Wakid made his senior international debut for Syria on 20 March 2019,[4] as a starter in a friendly against Iraq.[12]
Honours
editAl-Jaish
- Syrian Premier League: 2009–10, 2016–17, 2018–19
- Syrian Super Cup: 2018, 2019
Al-Shorta
- Syrian Premier League: 2011–12
Individual
- Syrian Premier League top goalscorer: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24
Notes
edit- ^ Baghdad FC changed its name to Amanat Baghdad SC in 2014.
References
edit- ^ "Mohammed Al Wakid". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "الجيش السوري يعزز هجومه بالواكد". Kooora.com. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "رسميًا.. الرفاع يعلن عن 3 صفقات جديدة". كووورة. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Mohammed Al Wakid". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "الرابحون والخاسرون: الجيش يودع 10 لاعبين.. ويبرم صفقات رائعة". كووورة. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "الواكد هدافا للدوري السوري". كووورة. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "الواكد والحسين الأبرز في صفقات الكرة السورية 2019". كووورة. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "محمد الواكد هدافا للدوري السوري". كووورة. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "رسميا.. الجيش يحصن الواكد بعقد جديد". كووورة. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "محمد الواكد في بيروت غدا ليكون ضمن كتيبة العهد في كأس الاتحاد الآسيوي لكرة القدم". Facebook. Al Ahed FC. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "الواكد ينضم إلى تدريبات العهد.. ومرمر يحصل على مساعد جديد". كووورة. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Iraq vs. Syria (1:0)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
External links
edit- Mohammed Al Wakid at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mohammed Al Wakid at Soccerway
- Mohammed Al Wakid at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)