Nawaf Al-Abed

Nawaf Shaker Fayrouz Al-Abed (نواف شاكر فيروز العابد; born 26 January 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Al-Hilal
In 2009, Al-Hilal signed in Al-Abed from their youth academy. On 7 November, Nawaf scored the fastest goal in professional football against Al-Shoulla in two seconds in the Prince Faisal U-21 Cup, but the match was cancelled due to Al-Hilal making 6 player which are more than 21 years old play in the match.

On 9 March 2017, Al-Abed scored a third penalty goal against Ittihad and performed a celebration which made Ittihad fans furious. The Saudi Arabia FA banned him for two games, but Al-Hilal appealed and the ban was lifted.

Al-Shabab
On 25 October 2020, Al-Abed joined Al-Shabab on a three-year contract.

On 18 April 2023, Al-Abed was released by Al-Shabab.

Al-Qadsiah
On 11 February 2024, Al-Abed joined Saudi First Division League side Al-Qadsiah on a six-month contract.

International career
Al-Abed represented the Saudi Arabia national football team when his country hosted the 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup. His first international goal came in the quarter-final match with Yemen, becoming the winning goal as the Saudis prevailed 1–0. Nawaf scored again in the semi-final as Saudi Arabia defeated the United Arab Emirates 3–2. The Green Falcons eventually finished as runners-up to Qatar, losing 2–1 in the final at the King Fahd International Stadium.

Al-Abed was included in Saudi Arabia's squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, scoring his third international goal in a 4–1 defeat of North Korea in the team's second group match.

In May 2018 he was named in Saudi Arabia's preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

International goals

 * Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.

Honours
Al-Hilal
 * Saudi Professional League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
 * King Cup of Champions: 2015, 2017
 * Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16
 * Saudi Super Cup: 2015, 2018
 * AFC Champions League: 2019

Al-Qadsiah
 * First Division League: 2023–24