Salem Al-Dawsari
Saudi Arabia · MF · age 35
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Saudi Arabia
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #1
- Intl caps
- 107
- Intl goals
- 26
- Intl assists
- 13
- Composite rating
- 0.32(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 2.2%
See Salem Al-Dawsari on the full Saudi Arabia scoring list →
Recent form
Steady
2024/25 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (7.44 vs 7.38).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup 2022 | 3 | 297 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| World Cup 2018 | 3 | 283 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 53 | 5 | 6 |
| All tournaments | 6 | 580 | 3 | 0 | 1.8 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 81 | 7 | 6 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
1
Career matches
34
Career minutes
29
Goals
0
Assists
0.0
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
76.76
100
xG / 90
0.00
17
xAG / 90
0.00
18
vs 356 MF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Villarreal | La Liga | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2023-24wiki | Al-Hilal | Saudi Pro League | — | — | 14 | — | — | — |
| 2024-25wiki | Al-Hilal | Saudi Pro League | — | — | 15 | — | — | — |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.