Mohammed Al Wakid

Syrian footballer (born 1985)

Mohammed Al Wakid
Personal information
Al Wakid with Ahed in 2021
Full name	Mohammed Al Wakid^[1]
Date of birth	(1985-10-06) 6 October 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Damascus, Syria^[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Al-Jaish
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2011	Al-Majd		(23)
2009	→ Al-Badyah Al-Wosta (loan)		(0)
2010	→ Al-Jaish (loan)		(3)
2011–2013	Al-Shorta		(12)
2013–2015	Amanat Baghdad^[a]		(14)
2015–2017	Al-Shorta		(5)
2017	Al-Jaish		(7)
2017	Al-Ittihad		(0)
2018	Riffa		(2)
2018–	Al-Jaish		(109)
International career
2019	Syria	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2024

Mohammed Al Wakid (Arabic: محمد الواكد; born 6 October 1985) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Syrian club Al-Jaish, and the Syria national team.^[2]

Club career

On 19 January 2018, Al Wakid joined Riffa in the Bahraini Premier League;^[3] he scored two goals in the 2017–18 season.^[4]

Al Wakid returned to Al-Jaish on 27 July 2018;^[5] he finished as top goalscorer of the 2018–19 Syrian Premier League with 27 goals, breaking the previous league record of 29 goals set by Aref Al Agha in 1997–98.^[6] Al-Jaish renewed his contract a further year.^[7] Al Waked was league top goalscorer once again, in 2019–20, scoring 21 goals;^[8] his contract was renewed two further seasons.^[9]

On 7 May 2021, Lebanese Premier League club Ahed announced the signing of Al Wakid on loan from Al-Jaish, for the 2021 AFC Cup campaign.^[10]^[11] In AFC clubs competitions he played 34 games and scored 9 goals.

International career

Al-Wakid made his senior international debut for Syria on 20 March 2019,^[4] as a starter in a friendly against Iraq.^[12]

Honours

Al-Jaish

Syrian Premier League: 2009–10, 2016–17, 2018–19
Syrian Super Cup: 2018, 2019

Al-Shorta

Syrian Premier League: 2011–12

Individual

Syrian Premier League top goalscorer: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24

Notes

^ Baghdad FC changed its name to Amanat Baghdad SC in 2014.

References

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^ ^a ^b "Mohammed Al Wakid". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "الرابحون والخاسرون: الجيش يودع 10 لاعبين.. ويبرم صفقات رائعة". كووورة. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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^ "الواكد والحسين الأبرز في صفقات الكرة السورية 2019". كووورة. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "محمد الواكد هدافا للدوري السوري". كووورة. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "رسميا.. الجيش يحصن الواكد بعقد جديد". كووورة. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "محمد الواكد في بيروت غدا ليكون ضمن كتيبة العهد في كأس الاتحاد الآسيوي لكرة القدم". Facebook. Al Ahed FC. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "الواكد ينضم إلى تدريبات العهد.. ومرمر يحصل على مساعد جديد". كووورة. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Iraq vs. Syria (1:0)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.