Mohamed Al-Deayea

Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (محمد عبد العزيز الدعيع; born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He participated in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 173 officially recognised caps.

Club career
Al-Deayea has split his professional career between the clubs Al-Ta'ee and Al-Hilal. Originally, he started as a handball player, but was convinced by his club and his older brother Abdullah to become a professional footballer. Mohammed was under great pressure of expectations in the beginning of his career because his brother Abdullah was an AFC Asian Cup winner and a highly reputed goalkeeper.

Retirement
On 22 June 2010, Mohamed Al-Deayea announced his retirement from football at the age of 37. On 5 January 2012, a testimonial match for him was organised between his club Al-Hilal and Juventus FC, with 70,000 people attending at the King Fahd Stadium. The match ended 7–1 in favour of Juventus with Al-Hilal's sole goal coming from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus' goals were scored by Alessandro Del Piero (twice), Eljero Elia, Arturo Vidal, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella.

Honours
Al-Ta'ee
 * Saudi First Division: 1994–95

Al-Hilal
 * Saudi Premier League: 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10
 * Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 1999–2000, 2003, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
 * Saudi Founder's Cup: 1999-2000
 * AFC Champions League: 1999–2000
 * Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2001–02
 * Asian Super Cup: 2000
 * Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2000
 * Arab Super Cup: 2001

Saudi Arabia U17
 * FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1989

Saudi Arabia
 * AFC Asian Cup: 1996
 * Arabian Gulf Cup: 1994, 2003
 * Arab Nations Cup: 1998
 * Islamic Solidarity Games: 2005

Individual
 * Best Goalkeeper of the AFC Asian Cup: 1996, 2000
 * Best Goalkeeper of the Arabian Gulf Cup: 1998, 2002
 * Best Goalkeeper of the GCC Champions League: 2000
 * Best Goalkeeper of the Arab Champions League': 2001
 * Best Goalkeeper of the Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2002
 * He was voted Asia's Goalkeeper of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999.
 * AFC Asian All Stars: 2000
 * AFC Fans' All-time XI at the FIFA World Cup: 2020
 * IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021
 * AFC Asian Cup All-time XI: 2023