Talah Al-Ghamdi
{{short description|Saudi footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Talah Al-Ghamdi
| fullname = Talah Zuhair Ali Al-Daif Al-Ghamdi{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/talah-zuhair-ali-al-daif-al-ghamdi/945129/|title=Talah Al Ghamdi player Profile|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=11 January 2024}}
| image =
| image_size = 200
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Jeddah, Saudi Arabia{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/sport360/videos/942843926323071/|title=The Talah Al-Ghamdi story – Teaser by Sport 360|date=30 November 2021|publisher=Sport 360|access-date=11 January 2024}}
| currentclub = Al-Ittihad
| clubnumber = 4
| position = Defender
| years1 = 2018–2022
| clubs1 = Jeddah Eagles
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2022–
| clubs2 = Al-Ittihad
| caps2 = 24
| goals2 = 0
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| nationalteam1 = Saudi Arabia
| nationalyears1 = 2022–
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 30 December 2023
| nationalteam-update = 12 January 2024
}}
Talah Zuhair Ali Al-Daif Al-Ghamdi ({{langx|ar|تَالَة زُهَيْر عَلِيّ الضَّيْف الْغَامِدِيّ}}; born 18 November 1999) Simply known as Talah Al-Ghamdi is a Saudi professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al-Ittihad and the Saudi Arabia national team.
Early life
Talah Al-Ghamdi has loved playing football since she was young. When she was six, she used to play with her cousins in the house, she also played with boys as a kid.{{cite web |url=https://sabq.org/saudia/rdj4gy#:~:text=%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8E%D9%86%20%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%20%D8%A3%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD%20%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%8A,-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB%D8%AA%20%D8%B9%D9%86%20%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7&text=%E2%80%8F%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%AA%20%22%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%22%20%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A9,%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8B%D8%A7%20%D9%81%D9%8A%20%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%20%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A.|title=لاعبة كرة القدم السعودية "تالة الغامدي": أطمح بالاحتراف خارجيًا.. ومَن انتقدني أصبح يشجعني|language=ar|trans-title=Saudi football player "Talah Al-Ghamdi": I aspire to play professionally abroad... and those who criticized me are now supporting me|date=17 March 2021|website=sabq.org|access-date=11 January 2024}}
Club career
=Jeddah Eagles: 2018–2022=
In 2018, Al-Ghamdi joined Jeddah Eagles aged 19, where she was given the opportunity to play in the Jeddah Women's League.{{cite web |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1859641/sport|title=Jeddah Eagles’ Tala Al-Ghamdi dreams of a future with Saudi squad|date=16 May 2021|website=arabnews.com|access-date=11 January 2024}} She won with the team in the first women's league in December 2019, where her name stood out in the first-ever official league organized by Saudi Arabia. She attracted attention again when she was chosen as the best player in July 2020.{{cite web |url=https://arriyadiyah.com/724934|title=تالة: ملاعب أوروبا هدفي|language=ar|trans-title=Talah; European stadiums are my goal|date=2 April 2021|website=arriyadiyah.com|access-date=11 January 2024}} She won the SAFF Women's Regional West Football Championship with the Eagles.{{cite web |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1994706/%7B%7B|title=Jeddah Eagles beat White Lion to claim Saudi women’s Regional Football League western division|date=29 December 2021|website=arabnews.com|access-date=11 January 2024}} Al-Ghamdi through winning the west Regional League they qualified to play in the Women's National Football Championship, where the team finished fourth.{{cite web |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2000811/sport|title=Al-Mamlaka overwhelm Challenge to claim first-ever Saudi women’s National Football Championship
|date=9 January 2022|website=arabnews.com|access-date=11 January 2024}}
=Al-Ittihad Club: 2022–present=
In September 2022, Al-Ittihad acquired the Jeddah Eagles team, including its staff and players, and Al-Ghamdi decided to remain with Al-Ittihad.{{cite web |url=https://aawsat.com/home/article/3894846/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B0-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%C2%AB%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A9%C2%BB-%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA|title=الاتحاد يستحوذ على "نسور جدة" ويكمل أندية دوري السيدات|language=ar|trans-title=Al-Ittihad acquire «Jeddah Eagles» and complete the line-up of women's league clubs|date=25 September 2022|website=aawsat.com|access-date=11 January 2024}} She played her debut match for the club on 15 October 2022, in a 3–1 win against Al-Ahli.{{cite web |url=https://koraplus.com/article/51123/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA|title=الاتحاد يواجه الأهلي في ديربي جدة الأول بدوري السيدات|language=ar|trans-title=Al-Ittihad faces Al-Ahli in the first Jeddah Derby in the Women's League.|date=15 October 2022|website=koraplus.com|access-date=11 January 2024}}
In February 2023, Al-Ittihad revealed the extension of Al-Ghamdi's contract for an additional two seasons, now lasting until 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.fealshabka.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B7-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3/|title=الاتحاد يجدد عقود لاعبيه … ويخطط للموسم المقبل|language=ar|trans-title=|date=15 February 2023|website=fealshabka.com|access-date=11 January 2024}}
International career
In February 2022, Al-Ghamdi received her first call-up to the newly established Saudi Arabia women's national football team.{{cite web |url=https://www.almowaten.net/2022/02/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B6%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A8%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%8A/|title=سيدات الأخضر يدخلن التاريخ بمواجهة سيشل الليلة|language=ar|trans-title=The Women's Green Flacons Make History Tonight Against Seychelles.|date=20 February 2022|website=almowaten.net|access-date=4 January 2024}} On 20 February 2022, she made her debut as a starter, in a 2–0 win against Seychelles.{{cite web |url=https://www.almowaten.net/2022/02/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%80-%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B6%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A1/|title=التشكيلة الأولى لـ أخضر السيدات بلقاء سيشل|language=ar|trans-title=The starting lineup for the Saudi women's national team in the match against Seychelles.|date=20 February 2022|website=almowaten.net|access-date=4 January 2024}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 30 December 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4" |Al-Ittihad
| rowspan="3" |SWPL |14 | 0 | – | – | colspan="2" |— | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2" rowspan="2" |— | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2024-25
|3 |0 |1 |0 |4 |0 | ||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2" |— | 34 | 1 | ||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2" |— | 34 | 1 |
=International=
{{updated|match played 8 January 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team !Year !Apps !Goals |
| rowspan="3" |Saudi Arabia
|2022 |4 |0 |
| 2023
|8 |0 |
| 2024
|1 |0 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!13 !0 |
|---|
International goals
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 December 2024 | Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha, Qatar | {{fbw|PAK}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah Eagles
- SAFF Women's Regional West Football Championship winner: 2021–2022
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{GSA player|talah-al-ghamdi/533683}}
- {{FBref player|b6741ed7/Tala-Al-Ghamdi}}
- [https://www.flashscore.com/player/al-ghamdi-talah/OWhrke11/ Talah Al-Ghamdi] at Flash Score
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghamdi, Talah}}
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:Saudi Arabian women's footballers
Category:21st-century Saudi Arabian sportswomen
Category:Saudi Arabia women's international footballers