Yahya Al-Shehri

Yahya Sulaiman Ali Al-Shehri (; born 26 June 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Riyadh.

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

International

Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Al-Shehri goal.

Honours Al-Nassr Saudi Pro League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19 Crown Prince's Cup: 2013–14 Saudi Super Cup: 2019, 2020