Talah Al-Ghamdi

Talah Al-Ghamdi
Personal information
Full name Talah Zuhair Ali Al Daif Al-Ghamdi[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Jeddah, Saudi Arabia[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Al-Ittihad
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Jeddah Eagles
2022– Al-Ittihad 24 (0)
International career‡
2022– Saudi Arabia 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 January 2024

Talah Zuhair Ali Al Daif Al-Ghamdi (Arabic: تاله زهير علي الضيف الغامدي; born 18 November 1999) Simply known as Talah Al-Ghamdi is a Saudi professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al-Ittihad and the Saudi Arabia national team.

Early life

Talah Al-Ghamdi has loved playing football since she was young. When she was six, she used to play with her cousins in the house, she also played with boys as a kid.[3]

Club career

Jeddah Eagles: 2018–2022

In 2018, Al-Ghamdi joined Jeddah Eagles aged 19, where she was given the opportunity to play in the Jeddah Women's League.[4] She won with the team in the first women's league in December 2019, where her name stood out in the first-ever official league organized by Saudi Arabia. She attracted attention again when she was chosen as the best player in July 2020.[5] She won the SAFF Women's Regional West Football Championship with the Eagles.[6] Al-Ghamdi through winning the west Regional League they qualified to play in the Women's National Football Championship, where the team finished fourth.[7]

Al-Ittihad Club: 2022–present

In September 2022, Al-Ittihad acquired the Jeddah Eagles team, including its staff and players, and Al-Ghamdi decided to remain with Al-Ittihad.[8] She played her debut match for the club on 15 October 2022, in a 3–1 win against Al-Ahli.[9]

In February 2023, Al-Ittihad revealed the extension of Al-Ghamdi's contract for an additional two seasons, now lasting until 2025.[10]

International career

In February 2022, Al-Ghamdi received her first call-up to the newly established Saudi Arabia women's national football team.[11] On 20 February 2022, she made her debut as a starter, in a 2–0 win against Seychelles.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Ittihad 2022–23 SWPL 14 0 – – — 14 0
2023–24 14 0 2 1 — 16 1
2024-25 3 0 1 0 4 0
Total 31 0 3 1 — 34 1
Career total 31 0 3 1 — 34 1

International

As of match played 8 January 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Saudi Arabia 2022 4 0
2023 8 0
2024 1 0
Total 13 0

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 December 2024 Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Pakistan 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours

Saudi Arabia

Jeddah Eagles

  • SAFF Women's Regional West Football Championship winner: 2021–2022

References

  1. ^ a b "Talah Al Ghamdi player Profile". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ "The Talah Al-Ghamdi story – Teaser by Sport 360". Sport 360. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ "لاعبة كرة القدم السعودية "تالة الغامدي": أطمح بالاحتراف خارجيًا.. ومَن انتقدني أصبح يشجعني" [Saudi football player "Talah Al-Ghamdi": I aspire to play professionally abroad... and those who criticized me are now supporting me]. sabq.org (in Arabic). 17 March 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Jeddah Eagles' Tala Al-Ghamdi dreams of a future with Saudi squad". arabnews.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. ^ "تالة: ملاعب أوروبا هدفي" [Talah; European stadiums are my goal]. arriyadiyah.com (in Arabic). 2 April 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Jeddah Eagles beat White Lion to claim Saudi women's Regional Football League western division". arabnews.com. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Al-Mamlaka overwhelm Challenge to claim first-ever Saudi women's National Football Championship". arabnews.com. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  8. ^ "الاتحاد يستحوذ على "نسور جدة" ويكمل أندية دوري السيدات" [Al-Ittihad acquire «Jeddah Eagles» and complete the line-up of women's league clubs]. aawsat.com (in Arabic). 25 September 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  9. ^ "الاتحاد يواجه الأهلي في ديربي جدة الأول بدوري السيدات" [Al-Ittihad faces Al-Ahli in the first Jeddah Derby in the Women's League.]. koraplus.com (in Arabic). 15 October 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  10. ^ "الاتحاد يجدد عقود لاعبيه … ويخطط للموسم المقبل". fealshabka.com (in Arabic). 15 February 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  11. ^ "سيدات الأخضر يدخلن التاريخ بمواجهة سيشل الليلة" [The Women's Green Flacons Make History Tonight Against Seychelles.]. almowaten.net (in Arabic). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  12. ^ "التشكيلة الأولى لـ أخضر السيدات بلقاء سيشل" [The starting lineup for the Saudi women's national team in the match against Seychelles.]. almowaten.net (in Arabic). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.