Al-Marsad Newspaper: Shaya Al-Nafisa, player of Al-Kawkab Club and the first Saudi football team in the eighties, passed away today, Sunday, at the age of 61, and he will be prayed for on Monday in Al-Kharj Governorate.
The late played 32 international matches with the Saudi national team, the first against Indonesia on December 12, 1980, where Al-Akhdar won with eight clean goals, scoring two of them. He also played in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers and participated in the Bahrain match, which Al-Akhdar won with a clean goal. He also participated in the Gulf Cup that took place in the UAE in 1982 and Oman in 1984, and in the Gulf Cup that took place in Bahrain in 1986.
He was an influential player in leading the Saudi national team to win the Asian Nations Cup, as he scored the first goal against China at the tenth minute of the match, before Majid Abdullah, Saudi Arabia’s top scorer, reinforced the score with a second goal against the “Dragon”, and also participated in the Asian qualifiers. Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.
