{{Short description|Saudi Arabian footballer (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | image = Al-Shalhoub.jpg | image_size = 220 | caption = Al-Shalhoub in 2008 | full_name = Mohammad Bandar Saud Al-Shalhoub | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia | height = {{height|m=1.63}}<ref name="FCWC 2019">{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2019/pdf/FCWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Al Hilal SFC |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205105526/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2019/pdf/FCWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=5 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Attacking midfielder]] | youthyears1 = 1993–1998 | youthclubs1 = [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]] | years1 = 1999–2020 | clubs1 = [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]] | caps1 = 329 | goals1 = 64 | nationalyears1 = 2000–2018 | nationalteam1 = [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] | nationalcaps1 = 118 | nationalgoals1 = 19 | manageryears1 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs1 = [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal U17]] | manageryears2 = 2023–2025 | managerclubs2 = [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]] (assistant) | manageryears3 = 2025 | managerclubs3 = [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]] (caretaker) | pcupdate = 18:08, 16 September 2020 (UTC) | ntupdate = 28 September 2020 }}

'''Mohammad Bandar Saud Al-Shalhoub''' ({{langx|ar|مُحَمَّد بَنْدَر سُعُود الشَّلْهُوب}}; born 8 December 1980) is a Saudi Arabian former [[Association football|footballer]] and was the assistant manager of [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]. He played as an [[attacking midfielder]] for [[Al Hilal SFC|Al Hilal]] in the [[Saudi Professional League]]. A legend of Saudi football, he won 33 trophies with Al Hilal and one title with the [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia national team]], making him one of the most decorated footballers of all time.

On 30 November 2006, Al-Shalhoub came third in the Asian Footballer of the Year award, after eventual winner [[Khalfan Ibrahim]] from [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] and [[Bader Al-Mutawa]] from [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]].

==Club career== Al-Shalhoub started his professional career with [[Al Hilal SFC|Al Hilal]] in 1998. On 11 September 2020, he announced his retirement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/al-hilal-legend-al-shalhoub-bids-farewell |title=Al Hilal legend Al-Shalhoub bids farewell |website=AFC |date=11 September 2020 }}</ref>

==Club statistics== {{updated|match played 18 September 2023}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=2|League !colspan=2|King Cup !colspan=2|Crown Prince Cup !colspan=2|Asia !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan=22|[[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]] |[[1998–99 Al-Hilal FC season|1998–99]] |16||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|One appearance in [[Prince Faisal bin Fahd League U-21]]}}||1||17||3 |- |[[1999–00 Al-Hilal FC season|1999–00]] |18||3||0||0||3||1||6||0||5{{efn|five appearances in [[GCC Champions League]]}}||0||32||4 |- |[[2000–01 Al-Hilal FC season|2000–01]] |10||0||0||0||2||0||5||0||9 {{efn|name=WH|Five appearances in [[Arab Cup Winners' Cup]], Three appearances in [[Arab Super Cup]], and one appearance in [[Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup]]}} ||2||26||2 |- |[[2001–02 Al-Hilal FC season|2001–02]] |10||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||6{{efn| One appearances in [[Arab Cup Winners' Cup]], Three appearances in [[Asian Cup Winners' Cup]], and Two appearances in [[Asian Super Cup]]}}||0||16||2 |- |[[2002–03 Al-Hilal FC season|2002–03]] |12||2||0||0||4||1||3||0|| 4{{efn| four appearances in [[GCC Champions League]]}}||2||29||5 |- |[[2003–04 Al-Hilal FC season|2003–04]] |15||2||0||0||0||0||1||0||9{{efn| One appearance in [[Arab Club Champions Cup]]}}||1||24||5 |- |[[2004–05 Al-Hilal FC season|2004–05]] |14||4||0||0||4||1||0||0||11{{efn| Eleven appearances in [[Arab Club Champions Cup]]}}||2||30||7 |- |[[2005–06 Saudi Professional League|2005–06]] |13||4||0||0||5||1||4||2||0||0||30||8 |- |[[2006–07 Al-Hilal FC season|2006–07]] |19||5||0||0||4||0||3||0||0||0||25||5 |- |[[2007–08 Al-Hilal FC season|2007–08]] |17||2||3||0||5||0||2||0||2||0||28||3 |- |[[2008–09 Al-Hilal FC season|2008–09]] |11||3||3||0||0||0||5||0||1{{efn|One appearance in [[Prince Faisal bin Fahd League U-21]]}}||1||24||4 |- |[[2009–10 Al-Hilal FC season|2009–10]] |20||12||4||2||4||0||5||0||0||0||33||14 |- |[[2010–11 Al-Hilal FC season|2010–11]] |25||5||4||1||4||1||11||2||0||0||44||9 |- |[[2011–12 Al-Hilal FC season|2011–12]] |20||7||3||0||4||2||5||1||0||0||32||10 |- |[[2012–13 Al-Hilal FC season|2012–13]] |15||1||2||1||3||1||7||2||0||0||27||5 |- |[[2013–14 Al-Hilal FC season|2013–14]] |16||2||2||1||0||0||8||0||0||0||26||3 |- |[[2014–15 Al-Hilal FC season|2014–15]] |12||1||2||0||1||0||5||1||0||0||20||2 |- |[[2015–16 Al-Hilal FC season|2015–16]] |17||1||1||0||2||0||8||1||1||0||29||2 |- |[[2016–17 Al-Hilal FC season|2016–17]] |10||2||5||0||3||0||6||1||1||0||35||3 |- |[[2017–18 Saudi Professional League|2017–18]] |8||2||1||0||0||0||8||0||0||0||25||2 |- |[[2018–19 Al-Hilal FC season|2018–19]] |12||1||3||1||0||0||5||2||7||0||27||4 |- |[[2019–20 Al-Hilal FC season|2019–20]] |5||0||3||3||0||0||7||1||0||0||15||3 |- ! colspan=2 | Total !311!!64!!36!!9!!49!!8!!101!!13!!46!!8!!543!!102 |- ! colspan=2 | Career totals !311!!63!!36!!9!!49!!8!!101!!13!!46!!8!!543!!102 |}

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* '''Assist Goals''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Season!!Team!!Assists |- |[[1998–99 Al-Hilal FC season|1998–99]]|| rowspan="23"|[[Al-Hilal FC ]]|| |- |[[1999–00 Al-Hilal FC season|1999–00]]|| |- |[[2000–01 Al-Hilal FC season|2000–01]]|| |- |[[2001–02 Al-Hilal FC season|2001–02]]|| |- |[[2002–03 Al-Hilal FC season|2002–03]]||2 |- |[[2003–04 Al-Hilal FC season|2003–04]]||6 |- |[[2004–05 Al-Hilal FC season|2004–05]]||3 |- |[[2005–06 Al-Hilal FC season|2005–06]]||3 |- |[[2006–07 Al-Hilal FC season|2006–07]]||4 |- |[[2007–08 Al-Hilal FC season|2007–08]]||2 |- |[[2008–09 Al-Hilal FC season|2008–09]]||0 |- |[[2009–10 Al-Hilal FC season|2009–10]]||5 |- |[[2010–11 Al-Hilal FC season|2010–11]]||5 |- |[[2011–12 Al-Hilal FC season|2011–12]]||6 |- |[[2012–13 Al-Hilal FC season|2012–13]]||3 |- |[[2013–14 Al-Hilal FC season|2013–14]]||2 |- |[[2014–15 Al-Hilal FC season|2014–15]]||5 |- |[[2015–16 Al-Hilal FC season|2015–16]]||3 |- |[[2016–17 Al-Hilal FC season|2016–17]]||1 |- |[[2017–18 Al-Hilal FC season|2017–18]]||0 |- |[[2018–19 Al-Hilal FC season|2018–19]]||4 |- |[[2019–20 Al-Hilal FC season|2019–20]]||0 |- |Total||54 |}

==International career== He has been a member of the [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] national team since 2000 when he was just twenty years old, and made his debut on 17 October 2000 against [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] in the [[2000 AFC Asian Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/?player=4070|title=Player's profile|work=kooora.com}}</ref> Al-Shalhoub was called up for the squad to participate in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]].

===International caps=== {{updated|28 February 2018}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/shalhoub-intl.html |title=Mohammad Bandar Al-Shalhoub - Century of International Appearances |author1=Mamrud, Roberto |author2=Albakr, Naeim |date=11 May 2018 |website=[[RSSSF]] |df=dmy }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia national team]] |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2000||15||3 |- |2001||10||3 |- |2002||1||0 |- |2003||11||4 |- |2004||10||2 |- |2005||9||2 |- |2006||14||3 |- |2007||13||1 |- |2008||15||0 |- |2009||5||0 |- |2010||7||1 |- |2011||6||0 |- |2012||1||0 |- |2018||1||0 |- !Total||118||19 |}

===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/5727/Mohammad_Al_Shalhoub.html|title=Al-Shalhoub, Mohammad|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=1 March 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || rowspan=3 | 20 October 2000 || rowspan=3 | [[Saida Municipal Stadium]], [[Sidon]] || rowspan=3 | {{fb|UZB}} ||align="center"| 2–0 ||rowspan =3 align="center"| 5–0 || rowspan=3 | [[2000 AFC Asian Cup]] |- | 2. ||align="center"| 3–0 |- | 3. ||align="center"| 4–0 |- | 4. || rowspan=2 | 8 February 2001 || rowspan=2 | [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]] || rowspan=2 | {{fb|MNG}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||rowspan=2 align="center"| 6–0 || rowspan=2 | [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] |- | 5. || align="center"| 3–0 |- | 6. || 15 February 2001 || Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam || {{fb|MNG}} ||align="center"| 2–0 ||align="center"| 6–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier |- | 7. || 6 October 2003 || [[Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium]], [[Jeddah]] || {{fb|YEM}} ||align="center"| 6–0 ||align="center"| 7–0 || [[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier]] |- | 8. || 13 October 2003 || Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah || {{fb|YEM}} ||align="center"| 3–1 ||align="center"| 3–1 || 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier |- | 9. || 17 October 2003 || Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah || {{fb|IDN}} ||align="center"| 2–0 ||align="center"| 6–0 || 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier |- | 10. || 26 December 2003 || [[Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium]], [[Kuwait City]] || {{fb|UAE}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 2–0 || [[16th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- | 11. || 4 January 2004 || Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City || {{fb|KUW}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 1–1 || 16th Arabian Gulf Cup |- | 12. || 17 November 2004 || Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam || {{fb|SRI}} ||align="center"| 2–0 ||align="center"| 3–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] |- | 13. || rowspan=2 | 3 June 2005 || rowspan=2 | [[King Fahd International Stadium]], [[Riyadh]] || rowspan=2 | {{fb|KUW}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||rowspan=2 align="center"| 3–0 || rowspan=2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier |- | 14. || align="center"| 3–0 |- | 15. || 21 January 2006 || [[Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium]], Riyadh || {{fb|FIN}} ||align="center"| 1–1 ||align="center"| 1–1 || Friendly |- | 16. || rowspan=2 | 22 February 2006 || rowspan=2 | [[Althawra Sports City Stadium]], [[Aden]] || rowspan=2 | {{fb|YEM}} ||align="center"| 2–0 ||rowspan=2 align="center"| 4–0 || rowspan=2 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier |- | 17. ||align="center"| 4–0 |- | 18. || 1 July 2007 || [[Jurong West Stadium]], [[Singapore|Singapore City]] || {{fb|OMA}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 1–1 || Friendly |- | 19. || 22 November 2010 || [[May 22 Stadium]], [[Aden]] || {{fb|YEM}} ||align="center"| 2–0 ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[20th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |}

==Honours==

'''Al-Hilal''' * [[Saudi Professional League|Saudi League]]: [[2001–02 Saudi Premier League|2002]], [[2004–05 Saudi Premier League|2005]], [[2007–08 Saudi Premier League|2008]], [[2009–10 Saudi Professional League|2010]], [[2010–11 Saudi Professional League|2011]], [[2016–17 Saudi Professional League|2017]], [[2017–18 Saudi Professional League|2018]], [[2019–20 Saudi Professional League|2020]] * [[Crown Prince Cup]]: 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, [[2008–09 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2009]], [[2009–10 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2010]], [[2010–11 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2011]], [[2011–12 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2012]], [[2012–13 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2013]], [[2015–16 Saudi Crown Prince Cup|2016]] * [[King Cup of Champions]]: [[2015 King Cup|2015]], [[2017 King Cup|2017]] * [[Saudi Super Cup]]: [[2015 Saudi Super Cup|2015]], [[2018 Saudi Super Cup|2018]] * [[Saudi Federation cup]]: 2000, 2005, 2006 * [[AFC Champions League]]: [[1999–2000 Asian Club Championship|2000]], [[2019 AFC Champions League|2019]] * [[Asian Cup Winners Cup]]: [[Asian Cup Winners Cup 2002|2002]] * [[Asian Super Cup]]: [[2000 Asian Super Cup|2000]] * [[Saudi Founder's Cup]]: [[Saudi Founder's Cup|2000]] * [[Arab Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[Arab Cup Winners' Cup|2001]] * [[Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup]]: [[Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup|2001]]

'''Saudi Arabia''' *[[Arabian Gulf Cup]]: [[16th Arabian Gulf Cup|2003]] *[[AFC Asian Cup]] runner-up: [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]]

'''Individual''' * [[Saudi Professional League|Saudi Premier League]] top goalscorer: [[2009–10 Saudi Professional League|2009–10]] (12 goals) * [[Asian Footballer of the Year]] nominee: 2006

==See also== * [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]] * [[List of one-club men in association football]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{NFT player|5727}} *{{FIFA player|181865}}

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