Saudi Arabian footballer
Talal Saeed Al-Meshal (Arabic :طَلَال سَعِيد الْمَشْعَل ; born 7 June 1978) is a Saudi Arabian formerfootballer , who played for the national team from 1998 to 2006.[ 2]
A prolificstriker , Al-Meshal played forAl-Ahli ,Al-Nassr ,Al-Ittihad ,Al-Markhiya andAl-Raed football clubs. He played for Al-Ittihad at the2008 AFC Champions League .[ 3] [ 4]
International career [ edit ] Al-Meshal played for theSaudi Arabia national football team and was a participant at theAsian Cup 2000 , where he scored 3 goals as Saudi Arabia finished as runners-up.
International goals [ edit ] Scores and results list saudi Arabia's goal tally first.[ 5] # Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored 1 31 May 2000 Győr ,Hungary Hungary 2-2 Friendly 1 2 23 September 2000 Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia Syria 2-1 Friendly 1 3 28 September 2000 Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates 6-1 Friendly 1 4 7 October 2000 Amman ,Jordan Kazakhstan 1-0 Friendly 1 5 24 October 2000 Beirut ,Lebanon Kuwait 3-2 2000 Asian Cup 1 6, 7 26 October 2000 Beirut ,Lebanon South Korea 2-1 2000 Asian Cup 2 8 30 January 2001 Dammam ,Saudi Arabia Syria 1-0 Friendly 1 9, 10 10 February 2001 Dammam ,Saudi Arabia Bangladesh 3-0 2002 World Cup qualifier 2 11, 12 12 February 2001 Dammam ,Saudi Arabia Vietnam 5-0 2002 World Cup qualifier 2 13 15 February 2001 Dammam ,Saudi Arabia Mongolia 6-0 2002 World Cup qualifier 1 14, 15, 16 17 February 2001 Dammam ,Saudi Arabia Bangladesh 6-0 2002 World Cup qualifier 3 17, 18, 19 19 February 2001 Dammam ,Saudi Arabia Vietnam 4-0 2002 World Cup qualifier 3 20 30 January 2002 Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia Qatar 3-1 2002 Gulf Cup 1 21 17 December 2002 Kuwait City ,Kuwait Bahrain 3-1 2002 Arab Cup 1 22 24 December 2002 Kuwait City ,Kuwait Syria 3-0 2002 Arab Cup 1 23 6 October 2003 Jeddah ,Saudi Arabia Yemen 7-0 2004 Asian Cup qualifier 1 24, 25, 26 10 October 2003 Jeddah ,Saudi Arabia Indonesia 5-0 2004 Asian Cup qualifier 3 27, 28 17 October 2003 Jeddah ,Saudi Arabia Indonesia 6-0 2004 Asian Cup qualifier 2 29 20 December 2003 Dammam ,Saudi Arabia Azerbaijan 1-0 Friendly 1 30, 31 9 June 2004 Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia Turkmenistan 3-0 2006 World Cup qualifier 2 32 12 October 2004 Jakarta ,Indonesia Indonesia 3-1 2006 World Cup qualifier 1
