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Fuad Anwar
Amin in 2002
Personal information
Full name Fuad Anwar Amin
Date of birth (1972-10-13) 13 October 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
1987–1990 Al-Shabab
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
1990–1998 Al-Shabab 289 (48)
1999 Sichuan 9 (1)
1999–2001 Al Nassr 42 (7)
Total 340 (56)
International career
1988–1989 Saudi Arabia U-17 13 (0)
1989 Saudi Arabia U-20 3 (0)
1995 Saudi Arabia U-23 5 (0)
1996 Saudi Arabia Olympic ( O.P.) 3 (1)
1990–1998 Saudi Arabia 95 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fuad Anwar Amin ( Arabic: فؤاد أنور أمين; born 13 October 1972) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. On club level, he played mostly for Al-Shabab and Al-Nasr in his home country.

International career

A former captain of the national team, he achieved national fame after becoming the first Saudi to score in the FIFA World Cup finals in the 2–1 defeat against the Netherlands during 1994 edition. In the same competition, he scored a long range effort against Morocco. [1]

Amin played at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2]

Amin was also selected for 1998 FIFA World Cup. During the match against France, Amin was stomped by Zidane, who was banned for two games. People close to Zidane said that Amin had leveled a racial slur against the player. [3]

Honours

Al-Shabab

Saudi Arabia U17

Saudi Arabia

Individual

References

  1. ^ Fuad AminFIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ "Fuad Anwar Amin Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  3. ^ Karon, Tony (13 July 2006). "The Head Butt Furor: A Window on Europe's Identity Crisis". Time. Archived from the original on 16 July 2006.
  4. ^ "The best Asian team at the FIFA World Cup announced!". Asian Football Confederation. 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

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