Mohammed Al Wakid (Arabic: محمد الواكد; born 6 October 1985) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Syrian club Al-Jaish, and the Syria national team.[2]

Club career

On 19 January 2018, Al Wakid joined Riffa in the Bahraini Premier League;[3] he scored two goals in the 2017–18 season.[4]

Al Wakid returned to Al-Jaish on 27 July 2018;[5] he finished as top goalscorer of the 2018–19 Syrian Premier League with 27 goals, breaking the previous league record of 29 goals set by Aref Al Agha in 1997–98.[6] Al-Jaish renewed his contract a further year.[7] Al Waked was league top goalscorer once again, in 2019–20, scoring 21 goals;[8] his contract was renewed two further seasons.[9]

On 7 May 2021, Lebanese Premier League club Ahed announced the signing of Al Wakid on loan from Al-Jaish, for the 2021 AFC Cup campaign.[10][11] In AFC clubs competitions he played 34 games and scored 9 goals.

International career

Al-Wakid made his senior international debut for Syria on 20 March 2019,[4] as a starter in a friendly against Iraq.[12]

Honours

Al-Jaish

Al-Shorta

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Baghdad FC changed its name to Amanat Baghdad SC in 2014.

References

  1. ^ "Mohammed Al Wakid". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ "الجيش السوري يعزز هجومه بالواكد". Kooora.com. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ^ "رسميًا.. الرفاع يعلن عن 3 صفقات جديدة". كووورة. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Mohammed Al Wakid". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ^ "الرابحون والخاسرون: الجيش يودع 10 لاعبين.. ويبرم صفقات رائعة". كووورة. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  6. ^ "الواكد هدافا للدوري السوري". كووورة. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. ^ "الواكد والحسين الأبرز في صفقات الكرة السورية 2019". كووورة. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  8. ^ "محمد الواكد هدافا للدوري السوري". كووورة. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  9. ^ "رسميا.. الجيش يحصن الواكد بعقد جديد". كووورة. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  10. ^ "محمد الواكد في بيروت غدا ليكون ضمن كتيبة العهد في كأس الاتحاد الآسيوي لكرة القدم". Facebook. Al Ahed FC. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  11. ^ "الواكد ينضم إلى تدريبات العهد.. ومرمر يحصل على مساعد جديد". كووورة. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  12. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Iraq vs. Syria (1:0)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.


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