Faiz Al-Rushaidi

Faiz Issa-Khadoom Al-Rushaidi (; born 19 July 1988) is an Omani footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Nahda in the Oman Professional League and the Oman national team.

Club career On 3 June 2014, Faiz joined 2014 GCC Champions League runners-up Saham SC. On 9 September 2021, he signed for Iranian side Mes Rafsanjan.

Club career statistics

International career Faiz is part of the first team squad of the Oman national football team. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2010. He made his first appearance for Oman on 15 August 2012 in a friendly match against Egypt. He has made appearances in the 2012 WAFF Championship, the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification and has represented the national team in the 20th Arabian Gulf Cup and the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup. He produced an outstanding performance against the UAE, saving two penalty shots from Omar Abdulrahman, winning the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup.

He was selected for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup for Oman, but he initially served as second-choice goalkeeper to Ali Al-Habsi. However, Al-Habsi suffered an injury and was left out, thus he became the team's first choice goalkeeper and made appearances in the 4 games Oman played as Oman managed to reach the knockout stage for the first time.

Honours Al-Suwaiq Oman Elite League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13 Sultan Qaboos Cup: 2008, 2012 Oman Super Cup: 2013; runner-up: 2009, 2010, 2011 Oman Arabian Gulf Cup: 2017–18

Individual Oman Elite League Best Goalkeeper: 2012–13, 2013–14