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My Take
Ali Al-Bulaihi is the kind of defender I instinctively root for. A Saudi center-back born in Diriyah in 1989, he's spent his prime years anchoring Al-Hilal's backline and the national team, with a spell on loan at Al-Shabab. At 178 cm he isn't towering for a centre-back, which tells me his game leans on reading, timing, and sheer competitiveness rather than pure size. I associate him with the combative, vocal edge Saudi sides have shown on the international stage. Defenders rarely get the spotlight, but the dependable ones like him are the spine of every team that actually wins things.
Overview
Ali Hadi Mohammed Al-Bulaihi (Arabic: عَلِيّ هَادِي مُحَمَّد الْبُلَيْهِيّ; born 21 November 1989) is a Saudi Arabian professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab, on loan from Al Hilal, and the Saudi Arabia national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ali Al Bulaihi
- Name (Japanese)
- アリー・アール=ブライヒー
- Reading
- ありー・あーる=ぶらいひー
- Born
- November 21, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Snake
- Origin
- Diriyah, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Saudi Arabia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.