Salem Al-Dosari .. Escape 3 times for the World Cup

“He is one of the top 10 players in the history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”. So the media, Walid Al-Faraj, described in the introduction to one of the episodes of the “Action with Walid” program, the star Salem Al-Dosari, after leading Al-Akhdar to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

The Saudi national team reached the World Cup for the sixth time, after 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2018.

The Saudi team is discussing with French coach Herve Renard a repeat of what happened 28 years ago, when Al-Akhdar qualified for the 94 World Cup final, led by a generation of greats, such as Fouad Anwar, Saeed Al- Owairan, Sami Al-Jaber and Majed Abdullah.

The Saudi team failed to make it through the group stage and for 12 years was far from qualifying for the World Cup, before the situation changed in the capital, Riyadh, where Salem Al-Dosari, the player who fled 3 times for the World Cup , appeared.

First Escape: (Well … Salem doesn’t like chemistry lessons)

Salem al-Dosari was not an ideal student, according to Ali al-Tamimi, a first-grade chemistry teacher, who confirmed that he ran away from chemistry classes he didn’t understand anything about, as if he listened to talismans or riddles, because he was always present everywhere. except in the classroom.Sometimes in the gym and still in the schoolyard, he plays football.

Salem later decided to settle for high school graduation, to pursue his dreams with soccer.

– The second escape: (Today he trains with Al-Nasr .. Tomorrow he is in Al-Hilal)

At the end of 2010 Salem Al-Dosari, who had not yet turned twenty, was an amateur player in Al-Nasr, but decided, with the help of a friend of his, to escape from this situation, for the sake of Al-Hilal, according to Munif Al-Shahrani, one of his closest friends.

Salem stayed for 43 days, training without getting a pro contract or escalating to the first team, but in subsequent years he got it all with Al Hilal.

– The last escape: (The World Cup is more important than the Spanish league)

The Saudis sent Salem Al-Dosari, among others, on a professional trip to the European continent, moving to Villarreal, Spain, participating in just 33 minutes during the entire semester, precisely before the summer of 2018, where the World Cup was held in Russia.

The match, or 33 minutes, was against Real Madrid, which attracted the attention of several European clubs, and Villarreal wanted to extend the loan or buy the rest of their contract with Al Hilal, Turki Al reported. Sheikh, head of the Saudi Sports Authority said at the time.

How did Salem Al-Dossary respond? The player confirmed that he prefers to return quickly to Al Hilal, in order to get as many minutes as possible, all to bring the Saudi national team back to the 2022 World Cup.

Salem Al-Dosari has scored 15 goals for the Saudi national team in 51 international matches, as well as providing 3 assists.

Salem’s most important international goals with Al-Akhdar were when he scored against our national team in the 2018 World Cup, marking the first Saudi victory in the World Cup since defeating Belgium in the 1994 edition.

With Al-Hilal, Al-Dosari, nicknamed “Tornado”, participated in 305 matches in all official competitions, during which he managed to score 70 goals and assisted 61 more. According to “Transfer Market”, he won 13. titles and leagues.

Interestingly, the FIFA draw placed Saudi Arabia in the third round of the World Cup, alongside teams from Argentina, Poland and Mexico.