Saeed Al-Owairan

Saeed Al-Owairan (also spelt Owairan; Arabic: سعيد العويران‎; born 19 August 1967) is a former Saudi Arabian international footballer. Owairan played his entire career for Al-Shabab, a Saudi club based in Riyadh. He became very famous internationally after his goal in FIFA World Cup 1994 against Belgium, and was also chosen as best player in Asia same year.^[1]

International career

He played for the Saudi national team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, in which he scored a goal against Belgium that was later voted the 6th best in FIFA's Goal of the Century rankings,^[2] thus earning him the nickname "The Maradona of the Arabs". FIFA has selected Owairan among the top 22 players in that World Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Overall, he scored 24 goals in 50 international matches and also competed in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

Individual

• IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year: 1
  • 1993

References

External links

• Saeed Al-Owairan at National-Football-Teams.com

Asian Footballer of the Year 1988: Radhi 1989: Kim Joo-sung 1990: Kim Joo-sung 1991: Kim Joo-sung 1992: No award 1993: Miura 1994: Al-Owairan 1995: Ihara 1996: Azizi 1997: Nakata 1998: Nakata 1999: Daei 2000: Al-Temyat 2001: Fan Zhiyi 2002: Ono 2003: Mahdavikia 2004: Karimi 2005: Al-Montashari 2006: Ibrahim 2007: Al-Qahtani 2008: Djeparov 2009: Endō 2010: Ognenovski 2011: Djeparov 2012: Lee Keun-ho 2013: Zheng Zhi