Mohammed Al Wakid

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mohammed Al Wakid

| image = Mohammed Al Wakid, Ahed 2021 AFC Cup (cropped).jpg

| caption = Al Wakid with Ahed in 2021

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|10|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Damascus, Syria{{GSA player|mohammed-al-wakid/141979|access-date=3 May 2021}}

| height = 1.78 m

| currentclub = Al-Jaish

| clubnumber = 99

| position = Striker

| years1 = 2004–2011

| clubs1 = Al-Majd

| caps1 =

| goals1 = 23

| years2 = 2009

| clubs2 = → Al-Badyah Al-Wosta (loan)

| caps2 =

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = → Al-Jaish (loan)

| caps3 =

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2011–2013

| clubs4 = Al-Shorta

| caps4 =

| goals4 = 12

| years5 = 2013–2015

| clubs5 = Amanat Baghdad{{efn|Baghdad FC changed its name to Amanat Baghdad SC in 2014.}}

| caps5 =

| goals5 = 14

| years6 = 2015–2017

| clubs6 = Al-Shorta

| caps6 =

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2017

| clubs7 = Al-Jaish

| caps7 =

| goals7 = 7

| years8 = 2017

| clubs8 = Al-Ittihad

| caps8 =

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2018

| clubs9 = Riffa

| caps9 =

| goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2018–

| clubs10= Al-Jaish

| caps10 =

| goals10 = 109

| years11 = 2021

| nationalyears1 = 2019

| nationalteam1 = Syria

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 1 May 2024

}}

Mohammed Al Wakid ({{langx|ar|محمد الواكد}}; born 6 October 1985) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Syrian club Al-Jaish, and the Syria national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/?n=511788&o=n3013484 |title=الجيش السوري يعزز هجومه بالواكد |publisher=Kooora.com |date=10 August 2016 |access-date=30 January 2017}}

Club career

On 19 January 2018, Al Wakid joined Riffa in the Bahraini Premier League;{{Cite web|date=2019-07-09|title=رسميًا.. الرفاع يعلن عن 3 صفقات جديدة|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=663891|access-date=2021-05-03|website=كووورة}} he scored two goals in the 2017–18 season.{{NFT player|73856|access-date=3 May 2021}}

Al Wakid returned to Al-Jaish on 27 July 2018;{{Cite web|date=2019-07-08|title=الرابحون والخاسرون: الجيش يودع 10 لاعبين.. ويبرم صفقات رائعة|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=723557|access-date=2021-05-03|website=كووورة}} he finished as top goalscorer of the 2018–19 Syrian Premier League with 27 goals, breaking the previous league record of 29 goals set by Aref Al Agha in 1997–98.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-09|title=الواكد هدافا للدوري السوري|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=816207|access-date=2021-05-03|website=كووورة}} Al-Jaish renewed his contract a further year.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-27|title=الواكد والحسين الأبرز في صفقات الكرة السورية 2019|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=881228|access-date=2021-05-03|website=كووورة}} Al Waked was league top goalscorer once again, in 2019–20, scoring 21 goals;{{Cite web|date=2020-07-28|title=محمد الواكد هدافا للدوري السوري|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=941537|access-date=2021-05-03|website=كووورة}} his contract was renewed two further seasons.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-16|title=رسميا.. الجيش يحصن الواكد بعقد جديد|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=955188|access-date=2021-05-03|website=كووورة}}

On 7 May 2021, Lebanese Premier League club Ahed announced the signing of Al Wakid on loan from Al-Jaish, for the 2021 AFC Cup campaign.{{Cite web|date=7 May 2021|title=محمد الواكد في بيروت غدا ليكون ضمن كتيبة العهد في كأس الاتحاد الآسيوي لكرة القدم.|url=https://www.facebook.com/Ahed.official/posts/5760789377297052|access-date=7 May 2021|website=Facebook|publisher=Al Ahed FC}}{{Cite web|date=2021-05-08|title=الواكد ينضم إلى تدريبات العهد.. ومرمر يحصل على مساعد جديد|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1029134|access-date=2021-05-09|website=كووورة}}

In AFC clubs competitions he played 34 games and scored 9 goals.

International career

Al-Wakid made his senior international debut for Syria on 20 March 2019, as a starter in a friendly against Iraq.{{Cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|title=Iraq vs. Syria (1:0)|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/22523/Iraq_Syria.html|access-date=2021-05-03|website=www.national-football-teams.com|language=en}}