Bilal Mohammed

Bilal Mohammed
Personal information
Full name	Bilal Mohammed Rajab
Date of birth	June 2, 1986 (age 37)
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
2003–2017	Al Gharrafa
2017–2018	Al-Markhiya
2018–2019	Umm Salal
International career‡
2006	Qatar U-23
2003–2014	Qatar
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 4, 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 13, 2014

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

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[edit]

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[edit]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	August 24, 2008	Doha, Qatar	North Korea	2–1	Won	Friendly
2	January 16, 2011	Doha, Qatar	Kuwait	1–0	Won	2011 AFC Asian Cup

Club career statistics[edit]

Statistics accurate as of 21 August 2011^[3]

Club	Season	League	League		Cup¹		League Cup²		Continental³		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Gharafa	2003–04	QSL	13	2
	2004–05		18	0
	2005–06		21	0
	2006–07		19	1
	2007–08		8	0
	2008–09		20	2
	2009–10		19	1
	2010–11		16	0
	2011–12
	Total		134	6
Career total			134	6

¹Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.

²Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

Personal life[edit]

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]

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Player profile - doha-2006.com

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[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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