Talah Zuhair Ali Al Daif Al-Ghamdi (Arabic: تاله زهير علي الضيف الغامدي; born 18 November 1999) Simply known as Talah Al-Ghamdi is a Saudi professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al-Ittihad and the Saudi Arabia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Talah Zuhair Ali Al Daif Al-Ghamdi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1999[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Ittihad | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Jeddah Eagles | ||
| 2022– | Al-Ittihad | 24 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Saudi Arabia | 14 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 January 2024 | |||
Early life
editTalah Al-Ghamdi has loved playing football since she was young. When she was six, she used to play with her cousins in the house, she also played with boys as a kid.[3]
Club career
editJeddah Eagles: 2018–2022
editIn 2018, Al-Ghamdi joined Jeddah Eagles aged 19, where she was given the opportunity to play in the Jeddah Women's League.[4] She won with the team in the first women's league in December 2019, where her name stood out in the first-ever official league organized by Saudi Arabia. She attracted attention again when she was chosen as the best player in July 2020.[5] She won the SAFF Women's Regional West Football Championship with the Eagles.[6] Al-Ghamdi through winning the west Regional League they qualified to play in the Women's National Football Championship, where the team finished fourth.[7]
Al-Ittihad Club: 2022–present
editIn September 2022, Al-Ittihad acquired the Jeddah Eagles team, including its staff and players, and Al-Ghamdi decided to remain with Al-Ittihad.[8] She played her debut match for the club on 15 October 2022, in a 3–1 win against Al-Ahli.[9]
In February 2023, Al-Ittihad revealed the extension of Al-Ghamdi's contract for an additional two seasons, now lasting until 2025.[10]
International career
editIn February 2022, Al-Ghamdi received her first call-up to the newly established Saudi Arabia women's national football team.[11] On 20 February 2022, she made her debut as a starter, in a 2–0 win against Seychelles.[12]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 30 December 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al-Ittihad | 2022–23 | SWPL | 14 | 0 | – | – | — | 14 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2024-25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
International
edit- As of match played 8 January 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
Honours
editSaudi Arabia
Jeddah Eagles
- SAFF Women's Regional West Football Championship winner: 2021–2022
References
edit- ^ a b "Talah Al Ghamdi player Profile". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "The Talah Al-Ghamdi story – Teaser by Sport 360". Sport 360. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "لاعبة كرة القدم السعودية "تالة الغامدي": أطمح بالاحتراف خارجيًا.. ومَن انتقدني أصبح يشجعني" [Saudi football player "Talah Al-Ghamdi": I aspire to play professionally abroad... and those who criticized me are now supporting me]. sabq.org (in Arabic). 17 March 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Jeddah Eagles' Tala Al-Ghamdi dreams of a future with Saudi squad". arabnews.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "تالة: ملاعب أوروبا هدفي" [Talah; European stadiums are my goal]. arriyadiyah.com (in Arabic). 2 April 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Jeddah Eagles beat White Lion to claim Saudi women's Regional Football League western division". arabnews.com. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Al-Mamlaka overwhelm Challenge to claim first-ever Saudi women's National Football Championship". arabnews.com. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "الاتحاد يستحوذ على "نسور جدة" ويكمل أندية دوري السيدات" [Al-Ittihad acquire «Jeddah Eagles» and complete the line-up of women's league clubs]. aawsat.com (in Arabic). 25 September 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "الاتحاد يواجه الأهلي في ديربي جدة الأول بدوري السيدات" [Al-Ittihad faces Al-Ahli in the first Jeddah Derby in the Women's League.]. koraplus.com (in Arabic). 15 October 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "الاتحاد يجدد عقود لاعبيه … ويخطط للموسم المقبل". fealshabka.com (in Arabic). 15 February 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "سيدات الأخضر يدخلن التاريخ بمواجهة سيشل الليلة" [The Women's Green Flacons Make History Tonight Against Seychelles.]. almowaten.net (in Arabic). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "التشكيلة الأولى لـ أخضر السيدات بلقاء سيشل" [The starting lineup for the Saudi women's national team in the match against Seychelles.]. almowaten.net (in Arabic). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
External links
edit- Talah Al-Ghamdi at Global Sports Archive
- Talah Al-Ghamdi at FBref.com
- Talah Al-Ghamdi at Flash Score