Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hamzah Idris Falatah | ||
Date of birth | 8 October 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Medina, Saudi Arabia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1983–1989 | Ohud | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1997 | Ohud | ||
1997–2007 | Al Ittihad | (84) | |
International career‡ | |||
1996 | Saudi Arabia Olympic (O.P.) | 3 | (0) |
1990–2005 | Saudi Arabia | 67 | (17) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 February 2022 |
Hamzah Idris Falatah (Arabic: حمزة إدريس فلاتة, born 8 October 1972) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer. He played as a striker for Ohud from 1992 to 1995 and then for Al Ittihad until he retired in 2007.
For Saudi Arabia national team, Falatah participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1996 Summer Olympics[2] and the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup.[3]
He held the national record for most goals scored in one season at 33 goals for the 1999–2000 season. This record was superseded in 2018–2019 season, when Abderrazak Hamdallah scored 34 goals .
Falatah is currently an assistant coach for Al-Ittihad, He was number 9 for Al-Ittihad.