Saeed Al-Owairan

Career Owairan spent his entire club career at Al-Shabab, a Saudi club based in Riyadh.

He won 85 caps for the Saudi Arabia national team, scoring 34 goals, including seven in 1994 World Cup Qualifiers. He achieved international renown at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, in which he scored a stunning individual goal against Belgium at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. that was later voted the sixth best in FIFA's Goal of the Century rankings. The goal sent Saudi Arabia through to the second round of the World Cup for the first time. They subsequently lost 3–1 to Sweden in the Round of 16.

Following the World Cup, Owairan returned to Saudi Arabia. The same year he was named as Asian Footballer of the Year. Despite interest from European clubs, he was unable to leave the country due to a national law preventing Saudi footballers from playing abroad. Although he was selected as part of the Saudi Arabia national team at the 1998 World Cup in France, he only made two appearances as Saudi Arabia went out in the group stages.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 13 September 1992 Aleppo, Syria 2–? 2–1 1992 Arab Cup 2. 17 September 1992 2–2 2–3 3. 20 October 1992 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1–3 1–3 1992 King Fahd Cup 4. 2 November 1992 Onomichi, Japan 1–0 4–0 1992 AFC Asian Cup 5. 6 November 1992 Hiroshima, Japan 1–0 2–0 6. 1 May 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2–0 6–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 7. 3–0 8. 14 May 1993 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 4–0 8–0 9. 6–0 10. 7–0 11. 18 May 1993 1–0 2–0 12. 24 October 1993 Doha, Qatar 1–1 1–1 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 13. 29 June 1994 Washington, D.C., United States 1–0 1–0 1994 FIFA World Cup 14. 10 November 1994 Abu Dhabi, UAE 2–0 3–1 12th Arabian Gulf Cup

Club career stats

Honours Al-Shabab Arab Club Champions Cup:1992, 1999 Saudi Premier League :1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup:2000–01

Saudi Arabia Arab Nations Cup runner-up:1992 King Fahd Cup runner-up:1992 AFC Asian Cup runner-up:1992

Individual IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer: 1993 Best Bombardier Saudi Premier League:1991–92