All football stars playing in Saudi Arabia

2023-09-14 15:30 © AFP

The famous Saudi Arabian transfer window - is over.

This summer, the Saudi Arabian professional league was filled with a plethora of stars, making it interesting to count all players who are somewhat known in these competitions.

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) owns four teams - "Al Nassr", "Al Hilal", "Al Ittihad", and "Al Ahli". They have been the most active this summer, each having at least 6 famous players in their squad. "Al Hilal" also boasts the most famous Saudi Arabian football player - Salem Al-Dawsari.

Among the coaches, there are also some well-known names. For example, Slaven Bilic coaches the "Al Fateh" team, and the summer saw the famous move of Steven Gerrard to the "Al Ettifaq" club.

Saudi Arabian clubs and their brightest stars:  

"Al Hazem", Al Raed", "Al Akhdood", "Al Khaalej", "Al Tai" - without bigger stars

"Al Shabab" - Habib Diallo, Ever Banega, Yannick Carrasco, Romain Saiss

"Damac FC" - Assan Ceesay, Georges-Kevin N'Koudou, Adam Maher

"Al Riyadh" - Andre Gray, Juanmi

"Al Wehda" - Odion Ighalo, Craig Goodwin, Oscar Duarte

"Abha" (coached by Czeslaw Michniewicz) - Karl Toko Ekambi, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Ciprian Tatarusanu

"Al Fayha" - Fashion Sakala, Abdelhamid Sabiri, Henry Onyekuru, Victor Ruiz

"Al Fateh" (coached by Slaven Bilic) - Cristian Tello, Jason Denayer

"Al Ettifaq" (coached by Steven Gerrard) - Demarai Gray, Moussa Dembele, Robin Quaison, Jordan Henderson, Giorginio Wijnaldum, Marcel Tissarand, Jack Hendry, Vitinho

"Al Taawoun" - Musa Barrow, Alvaro Medran

"Al Nassr" (coached by Luis Castro) - Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Marcelo Brozovic, Anderson Talisca, Otavio, Seka Fofana, Aymeric Laporte, Alex Telles, David Ospina

"Al Ahli" (coached by Matthias Jaissle) - Riyad Mahrez, Roberto Firmino, Allan Saint-Maximin, Franck Kessie, Gabriel Veiga, Merih Demiral, Roger Ibanez, Ezgjan Alioski, Edouard Mendy

"Al Ittihad" (coached by Nuno Espirito Santo) - Karim Benzema, Jota, N'Golo Kante, Fabinho, Ahmed Hegazy, Luiz Felipe

"Al Hilal" (coached by Jorge Jesus) - Neymar, Aleksandr Mitrovic, Malcom, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Ruben Neves, Michael, Salem Al-Dawsari, Kalidou Koulibaly, Yassine Bounou