Bilal Mohammed

Bilal Mohammed (Arabic: بلال محمد; born on June 2, 1986) is a Qatari footballer who plays as a defender.

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Bilal Mohammed
Personal information
Full name Bilal Mohammed Rajab
Date of birth (1986-06-02) June 2, 1986
Place of birth Qatar
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1996–2003 Al Gharrafa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2017 Al Gharrafa 180 (9)
2017–2018 Al-Markhiya 5 (0)
2018–2019 Umm Salal 3 (0)
International career‡
2006 Qatar U-23 5 (4)
2003–2014 Qatar 108 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 4, 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 13, 2014

He is a member of Qatar national football team since 2003. He scored the goal that won Qatar the golden medal for the 2006 Asian Games against Iraq in the final game which ended 1–0.

Career

Mohammed started his footballing career in the youth team of Al Gharafa at the age of 10. He was coached by the youth coach of Al Gharafa, Zamalek star Ali Khalil. He went on to make his senior team debut against Qatar SC in 2003. He also made his debut for the Qatar national team in 2003, in a friendly against Algeria in France.[1]

He earned his 100th cap against Malaysia on 19 November 2013.[2]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1August 24, 2008Doha, Qatar North Korea2–1WonFriendly
2January 16, 2011Doha, Qatar Kuwait1–0Won2011 AFC Asian Cup

Club career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 21 August 2011[3]

Club Season League League Cup1 League Cup2 Continental3 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Gharafa 2003–04 QSL 132
2004–05 180
2005–06 210
2006–07 191
2007–08 80
2008–09 202
2009–10 191
2010–11 160
2011–12
Total 1346
Career total 1346

1Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.

2Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.

3Includes AFC Champions League.

Personal life

Bilal Mohammed is of Sudanese origin.[4] His father and uncles were also professional footballers.

He married the daughter of former Sudanese international footballer, Shenan Khidr, in February 2012. The ceremony was attended by a number of Qatari and Sudanese footballers.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Player profile". Al-Gharafa Sports Club. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  2. "Bilal Mohammed Rajab - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. "QSL.com.qa - Bilal Mohammed". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  4. "Qatar Football". Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  5. "Qatar-soccer.net - Bilal to tie the knot". Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-19.


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