{{Short description|Saudi Arabian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2009}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Salman Al-Moasher | image = | fullname = Salman Mohammed Al-Moasher | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = Mecca, Saudi Arabia | height = {{height|meters=1.73}}<ref>[http://slstat.com/spl2017-2018en/player.php?id=408 2017–2018 Player Profile] {{dead link|date=January 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | currentclub = Al-Wehda | position = Winger | clubnumber = 79 | youthyears1 = –2005 | youthclubs1 = Heraa | youthyears2 = 2005–2007 | youthclubs2 = Al Hilal | years1 = 2007–2011 | clubs1 = Al Hilal | caps1 = 5 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2010 | clubs2 = → Al-Qadsiah | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2011–2014 | clubs3 = Al-Wehda | caps3 = 86 | goals3 = 29 | years4 = 2014–2023 | clubs4 = Al-Ahli | caps4 = 190 | goals4 = 22 | years5 = 2023–2024 | clubs5 = Al-Tai | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2024–2025 | clubs6 = Al-Jubail | caps6 = 29 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2025– | clubs7 = Al-Wehda | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2012–2018 | nationalteam1 = Saudi Arabia | nationalcaps1 = 24 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | pcupdate = 21:12, 12 July 2023 (UTC) | ntupdate = 23:29, 27 March 2018 (UTC) }}
'''Salman Al-Moasher''' ({{langx|ar|سلمان المؤشر}}; born 5 October 1988) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for Al-Wehda a winger. He is a former Saudi Arabia international having represented them from 2012 until 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/?player=38679|title = كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول}}</ref>
== Career == Salman Al-Moasher started his career at Heraa in his hometown of Mecca. In 2005, he received offers from Al-Ahli, Al-Nassr and Al-Shabab. He also received an offer from Khaled Al-Hubaish, the head of youth development at Al Hilal at the time, to join Al-Hilal's youth team. Al-Moasher eventually agreed to Al-Hilal's offer and officially joined their youth team.<ref>{{cite web |title=من هو سلمان المؤشر |date=18 May 2022 |url=https://www.arageek.com/bio/salman-al-moasher}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=سلمان المؤشر النجم الهلالي الجديد في أول حوار صحفي له |url=http://www.al-jazirah.com/2008/20080125/sp6.htm}}</ref>
Al-Moasher made his first-team debut for Al-Hilal on 7 January 2008 in the league match against Al-Wehda. He scored the only goal of the game in the 45th minute.<ref>{{cite web |title=مؤشر الهلال اخضر |url=http://search.al-jazirah.com.sa/FLASHPDFARCH/2008/2008-01/08-01-2008/ppp3701.jpg}}</ref> On 12 January 2008, Al-Moasher scored his second goal for the club as Al-Hilal defeated Al-Wehda 3–1 at home.<ref>{{cite web |title=طارق التائب لعب مباراة كبيرة امس امام الوحدة وصنع الهدف الاول |date=13 January 2008 |url=https://www.alyaum.com/articles/550585/%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84}}</ref> Despite scoring twice, Al-Moasher was unable to break into the first team and made just 4 appearances throughout all competitions in the 2007–08 season. On 15 December 2008, Al-Moasher made his final appearance for the club in the 2–0 away win against Al-Raed.<ref>{{cite web |title=الرائد 0 - 2 الهلال |url=http://slstat.com/spl2008-2009ar/matchdet.php?id=76|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160630064111/http://slstat.com/spl2008-2009ar/matchdet.php?id=76|archive-date = 2016-06-30}}</ref> In January 2010, Al-Moasher joined Al-Qadsiah on loan until the end of the season. However, he failed to make a single appearance for the club and returned to Al-Hilal following the conclusion of the season.
On 20 January 2011, Al-Moasher joined Al-Wehda on a three-and-a-half-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=إدارة الوحدة تكسب "مؤشر" الهلال لثلاث سنوات ونصف |work=جريدة الرياض |url=http://www.alriyadh.com/596265}}</ref> He made his debut for the club on 12 February 2011 in the league match against former club Al-Hilal.<ref>{{cite web |title=دوري زين : الأهلي والفيصلي والفتح يتغلبون على نجران والاتفاق والرائد |url=https://www.hasanews.com/12362.html}}</ref> He scored twice and assisted five times in 18 matches throughout all competitions as Al-Wehda finished as runners-up in the Crown Prince Cup. Despite his best efforts, Al-Wehda were relegated at the end of the season after they were docked three points.<ref>{{cite web |title=الانضباط تقرر حسم ثلاث نقاط والوحدة إلى الأولى والتعاون خارج كأس الأبطال |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2010-2011ar/news.php?id=403|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170929003539/http://www.slstat.com/spl2010-2011ar/news.php?id=403|archive-date = 2017-09-29}}</ref> In his second season at the club, Al-Moasher scored 14 league goals helping Al-Wehda finish second in the First Division thus earning promotion to the Pro League.<ref>{{cite web |title=دوري الأولى صعب وشاق.. وزين أرحم منه ألف مرة |url=http://www.al-jazirah.com/2012/20120505/sp10.htm}}</ref> In the 2012–13 season, Al-Moasher scored once and assisted three times in 21 league matches. However, Al-Wehda finished 14th and were relegated at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |title=الإثارة تُوفر ليوم الأحد.. الأنظار كلها صوب الأحساء |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/sport/2013/04/13/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AD-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D9%87%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A}}</ref> Following Al-Wehda's relegation to the First Division, Al-Moahser was linked to moves to Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr.<ref>{{cite web |title=الإتحاد والنصر يدخلان السباق على المؤشر |url=https://www.dawriplus.com/news/12072-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B4%D8%B1.html}}</ref> However, a move wasn't materialized and Al-Moasher remained at Al-Wehda. In his fourth and final season at the club, Al-Moasher scored 11 goals in 28 appearances and finished as the club's top scorer. However, Al-Wehda finished third and failed to gain promotion to the Pro League. Al-Moasher refused to sign a new contract with the club and left following the conclusion of the season.
On 13 May 2014, Al-Moasher joined Al-Ahli on a free transfer. He signed a three-year contract with the club.<ref>{{cite web |title=سلمان المؤشر "أهلاوي" لمدة ثلاث سنوات |url=http://www.alriyadh.com/935297}}</ref> He made his debut for the club on 22 September 2014 in the Crown Prince Cup match against Hajer.<ref>{{cite web |title=ثنائية السومة تقود الأهلي لفوز سهل على هجر |url=http://www.sportksa.net/main/archives/140045}}</ref> He made his league debut on 27 September 2014 against Al-Shoulla.<ref>{{cite web |title=السومة يقود الأهلي للفوز على الشعلة بهدفين |url=https://arriyadiyah.com/455131}}</ref> Al-Moasher scored his first goal for Al-Ahli in the 4–2 away win against Al-Raed on 25 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=عبد الشافي: خرجنا بالأهم |url=https://arriyadiyah.com/457019}}</ref> In the final league match of the season, Al-Moasher scored the equalizer against derby rivals Al-Ittihad. This meant that Al-Ahli would end their season unbeaten. However, despite ending the league unbeaten, Al-Ahli finished in second place.<ref>{{cite web |title=المؤشر ينقذ الأهلي من الخسارة. |date=15 May 2015 |url=https://sabq.org/iQ6gde}}</ref> In his second season at the club, Al-Moasher played a vital role in helping Al-Ahli win the domestic double.
On 11 September 2023, Al-Moahser joined Al-Tai on a one-year deal following the expiration of his contract with Al-Ahli.<ref>{{cite web |title=القادم من النادي الأهلي.. "سلمان المؤشر" ينضم للطائي |url=https://sabq.org/sports/4746npcaax}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|27 May 2024.}}<ref>{{cite web |title=SALMAN AL MOASHER |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/salman-al-moasher/143615/}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|King Cup !colspan="2"|Crown Prince Cup {{efn|Discontinued in September 19, 2017}} !colspan="2"|Asia !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Al-Hilal |2007–08 |rowspan="3"|Premier League||3||2||0||0||1||0||–||–||–||–||4||2 |- |2008–09 ||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||2||0 |- |2009–10 ||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Al-Hilal Total !5!!2!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!6!!2 |- |rowspan="1"|Al-Qadsiah |2009–10 |rowspan="2"|Pro League||0||0||–||–|||0||0||–||–||–||–||0||0 |- |rowspan="5"|Al-Wehda |2010–11 ||10||1||5||1||3||0||–||–||–||–||18||2 |- |2011–12 |First Division||27||16||–||–||0||0||–||–||–||–||27||16 |- |2012–13 |Pro League||21||1||–||–||2||0||–||–||–||–||23||1 |- |2013–14 |First Division||28||11||0||0||0||0||–||–||–||–||28||11 |- !colspan="2"|Al-Wehda Total !86!!29!!5!!1!!5!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!96!!30 |- |rowspan="10"|Al-Ahli |2014–15 |rowspan="8"|Pro League||18||4||2||1||2||0||8||0||–||–||30||5 |- |2015–16 ||24||1||5||0||4||0||3||0||–||–||36||1 |- |2016–17 ||25||2||5||2||3||0||9||1||1{{efn|name=SC|Appearances in Saudi Super Cup}}||0||43||5 |- |2017–18 ||13||4||2||3||–||–||6||0||–||–||21||7 |- |2018–19 ||22||3||3||0||–||–||7||0||8{{efn|name=AC|Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup}}||1||40||4 |- |2019–20 ||22||2||5||1||–||–||7||2||–||–||22||4 |- |2020–21 ||29||5||1||0||–||–||6||0||–||–||36||5 |- |2021–22 ||17||0||0||0||–||–||0||0||–||–||17||0 |- |2022–23 |SFDL||20||1||0||0||–||–||0||0||–||–||20||1 |- !colspan="2"|Al-Ahli Total !190!!22!!23!!7!!9!!0!!46!!3!!9!!1!!267!!33 |- |rowspan="1"|Al-Tai |2023–24 |rowspan="1"|Pro League||18||0||0||0||–||–||–||–||–||–||18||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career Total !299!!53!!28!!8!!15!!0!!46!!3!!9!!1!!397!!65 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== :''Statistics accurate as of match played 10 September 2019.''<ref>{{NFT player|id=48757}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3|Saudi Arabia |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2012||1||0 |- |2013||0||0 |- |2014||0||0 |- |2015||5||0 |- |2016||4||0 |- |2017||11||2 |- |2018||3||0 |- !Total||24||2 |}
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.''<ref>{{cite web |title=( Salman Muwashar ) Goals |url=https://www.ksa-team.com/english/players.php?id=463&type=8}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 23 March 2017 || Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand || {{fb|THA}} || align=center | '''3'''–0 || align=center | 3–0 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 2. || 22 December 2017 || Jaber International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait || {{fb|KUW}} || align=center | 1–0 || align="center" | 2–1 || 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup |}
==Honours== '''Al-Hilal''' *Pro League: 2007–08 *Crown Prince Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09
'''Al-Ahli''' *Pro League: 2015–16 *First Division: 2022–23 *King Cup: 2016 *Crown Prince Cup: 2014–15 *Saudi Super Cup: 2016
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Al-Wehda Club squad}}
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