According to reporter Made Xing, following the right-back Saud Hamid joining Serie A team AS Roma, two more active national team players from Saudi Arabia have joined the ranks of overseas players.
Recently, Ittihad Club released an official statement confirming that they have agreed for two midfield players, Faisal Jameedi and Marwan Sahafi, to join the Belgian Pro League team Beerschot. Currently, these two are preparing with the Saudi Arabian national team for the World Cup Qualifiers.
Born in 2001, Jameedi began his professional career with Ittifaq in 2022, playing 30 times in the Saudi Professional League for this team. He joined Ittihad at the beginning of last season on a five-year contract. In the 2023-2024 season, Jameedi played a total of 18 games and was named “Young Player of the Month” in November 2023. At the Asian Cup earlier this year, Jameedi represented Saudi Arabia and scored his first international goal against Kyrgyzstan.
Sahafi, born in 2004, signed his first professional contract with Ittihad in summer 2022 and made his professional league debut in October 2022. To date, he has made 27 appearances and scored 2 goals. After participating in the U23 Asian Cup, which also served as the Paris Olympic qualifiers in April this year, he was called up to the national team for the first time in June and made his debut in a match against Pakistan.
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