Ayman Yahya
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| Full name | Ayman Yahya Salem Ahmed | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 May 2001[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Nassr | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Al-Nassr | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Al-Nassr | 110 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Al-Ahli (loan) | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Saudi Arabia U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Saudi Arabia U23 | 12 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Saudi Arabia | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 December 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Ayman Yahya Salem Ahmed (Arabic: أَيْمَن يَحْيَى سَالِم أَحْمَد, born 14 May 2001) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a winger or full-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr and the Saudi Arabia national team.[2]
Club career
Al-Nassr
Originally an Al-Nassr youth player, Yahya made his first-team debut for the club in an SPL game against Al-Hazem in 2019.[3] On 31 May 2024, he equalised for Al-Nassr in the King's Cup final against Al-Hilal, putting the score at 1–1 after 88 minutes; the team later lost on penalties.[4] On 14 August, in the 2024 Saudi Super Cup, he scored the opener in a 2–0 win against Al-Taawoun. On 13 February 2025, he set up Jhon Durán and then scored in a 2–3 away league win vs Al-Ahli.[5]
International career
He made his international debut on 14 November 2020 in a friendly match, a 3–0 victory against Jamaica. He was part of the Saudi Arabia squad that participated in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. He played all three group stage matches, but Saudi Arabia failed to advance to the quarter-finals after two defeats and a draw.
He then played with the under-23 team at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. During the tournament, held in Thailand, he appeared in two matches including the final. Saudi Arabia lost in the final to South Korea after extra time.
He subsequently represented the Olympic team at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in the summer of 2021. He played in two matches during the Olympic tournament. With three defeats in three games, Saudi Arabia was eliminated in the group stage.
He later participated with the under-23 team in the 2022 AFC U-23 Championship, held in Uzbekistan. He played in six matches and stood out by scoring three goals, including one in the semi-final against Australia. Saudi Arabia won the final 2–0 against Uzbekistan, and he was named the tournament's best player.
In June 2023, Yahya took part in the Maurice Revello Tournament in France[6] with Saudi Arabia.
Personal life
Yahya was born in Riyadh. His older brother Ali is also a professional player.
Career statistics
Club
As of 31 May 2024[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al-Nassr | 2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |
| 2021–22 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | ||
| 2023–24 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
| Total | 67 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 13 | |
| Al-Ahli (loan) | 2021–22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 78 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 13 | |
Honours
Al-Nassr
- Saudi Super Cup: 2020,[8] 2024[9] (runner-up)
- Arab Club Champions Cup: 2023
Saudi Arabia
Individual
- AFC U-23 Asian Cup Most Valuable Player: 2022[10]
- AFC U-23 Asian Cup Top Scorer: 2022
References
- ^ a b "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Saudi Arabia" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 12. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "أيمن يحيى-". Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "النصر vs. الحزم - 20 أيلول 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ Flashscore 2024 Saudi King's Cup Final: Al-Nassr vs Al Hilal
- ^ "SPL: Al-Ahli vs Al-Nassr".
- ^ "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". tournoimauricerevello.com (in French). Maurice Revello Tournament. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "AYMAN YAHYA".
- ^ "النصر يضرب الهلال بالثلاثة.. ويُتوج بكأس السوبر السعودي للمرة الثانية (صور وفيديو)" [Al-Nasr strikes Al-Hilal by three ... and crowns the Saudi Super Cup for the second time] (in Arabic). Akhbaar 24. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "2024 Saudi Super Cup Final: Al-Nassr vs Al-Hilal". livescore.com. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "Yahya lands MVP honour". the-AFC. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
External links
- Media related to Ayman Yahya at Wikimedia Commons
- Ayman Yahya at Soccerway