Sami Al-Jaber

Sami Al-Jaber is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a forward, almost entirely for Al-Hilal, and later worked as a manager. ¹ He won 156 caps and scored 46 goals for Saudi Arabia and played at four FIFA World Cups between 1994 and 2006, scoring at three of them. ¹ Neither article read for this record states his religion, and Wikidata carries no religion value for him, so his data record leaves his faith as unknown. ¹²³

Al-Jaber was born on 11 December 1972 in Riyadh. ¹ He played for Al-Hilal from 1989 to 2007, making 270 league appearances and scoring 101 goals, with a short loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2000 in which he played four times. ¹

Al-Jaber made his 100th international appearance in a friendly against Norway on 27 May 1998, then the youngest male footballer to reach 100 caps. ¹ He appeared at the World Cups of 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006, scoring at three of them; at the 2002 tournament a burst appendix ruled him out after one match. ¹ He finished with 156 caps and 46 goals. ¹

After working as an assistant coach at Al-Hilal and at Auxerre in France, Al-Jaber was appointed Al-Hilal's manager in May 2013, the club's first Saudi coach in fourteen years, and later managed Al-Shabab. ¹ The Arabic article records that he presented the talk show That on Saudi television during Ramadan 2022 and Ramadan 2023. ² In his personal life the English article notes only his advocacy of football reform and his criticism of the federation policy that kept Saudi players from moving abroad. ¹

The sources read for this record do not state Al-Jaber's religion. The English article contains no statement of it; its personal-life section is about football politics. ¹ The Arabic article's only Ramadan references are to his talk show, which was broadcast in Ramadan — television scheduling, not a statement of faith, and naming no school. ² Wikidata carries no religion value for him. ³ Saudi Arabia's Hanbali tradition is a national milieu rather than a personal attestation, so the data record leaves his faith as unknown.