Yahya Sulaiman Ali Al-Shehri (; born 26 June 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
He was promoted from the youth team of Ettifaq and appeared in the first team in the 2009–10 Saudi Professional League. In 2013, he transferred to Al-Nassr. In 2018, he was loaned to CD Leganés and became one of the nine Saudi players to go abroad.
Club career On 1 June 2013, in the biggest deal in the history of Saudi football, Al-Shehri officially signed a contract to join Al-Nassr in return for 48 million Saudi Riyals.
On 19 August 2021, Al-Shehri joined Al-Raed.
On 22 October 2023, Al-Shehri joined Al-Riyadh on a free transfer. On 5 March 2026, he made his 345th Saudi Pro League appearance as a substitute in a 3–0 away defeat to Damac, becoming the all-time appearance record holder and surpassing the previous record set by Mohammed Al-Fuhaid.
International career Al-Shehri has been capped for the Saudi Arabia national team U-17s, U-18s, U-19s, U-20s and Under-21 side, and eventually for the first team. Yahya made his first appearance with the first Saudi team in a friendly match against Tunisia on 14 October 2009.
In May 2018, he was named in the Saudi Arabia senior national team's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAl-Ettifaq2009–10Pro League211—10——2212010–11Pro League2341030——2742011–12Pro League1812042122—3652012–13Pro League251201052—333Total87750921740011813Al-Nassr2013–14Pro League2551141——3072014–15Pro League251503360104042015–16Pro League251513161104042016–17Pro League2322030——2822017–18Pro League16410——312052018–19Pro League24320—62433682019–20Pro League16321—20102142020–21Pro League3010—000040Total1571919313520310421934CD Leganés (loan)2017–18La Liga0000———00Al-Raed2021–22Pro League19110———2012022–23Pro League17010———180Total36120000000381Al-Riyadh2023–24Pro League23000———2302024–25Pro League28110———2912025–26Pro League14011———161Total65121———672Career total3452828422737710444250
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSaudi Arabia200910201060201130201200201350201490201511320168120171112018133201980Total758
Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Al-Shehri goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Yahya Al-ShehriNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 11 June 2015 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 1–0 3–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification2 3 September 2015 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1–0 7–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification3 17 November 2015 National Stadium, Dili, East Timor 3–0 10–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification4 11 October 2016 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 3–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification5 28 March 2017 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification6 9 May 2018 Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain 2–0 2–0 Friendly7 28 May 2018 kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland 1–2 1–2 Friendly8 10 September 2018 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1–0 2–2 Friendly
Honours Al-Nassr Saudi Pro League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19 Crown Prince's Cup: 2013–14 Saudi Super Cup: 2019, 2020
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