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My Take
Hussein Sulaimani earns my respect as a workhorse of Saudi football. A left-back from Jeddah who spent his career in the Saudi Professional League, he played arguably the most thankless position on the pitch, expected to defend and attack without rest. At 174 cm he was never going to win matches on size alone, so I imagine his game was built on stamina and intelligence. Players who quietly anchor a flank for years rarely get the headlines they deserve. As a living witness to a key era of Middle Eastern football, he is exactly the sort of dependable figure worth remembering.
Overview
Hussein Omar Abdulghani Sulaimani (Arabic: حُسَيْن عُمَر عَبْد الْغَنِيّ سُلَيْمَانِيّ; born 21 January 1977) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a left-back in the Saudi Professional League.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hussein Sulaimani
- Name (Japanese)
- フセイン・スライマーニー
- Reading
- ふせいん・すらいまーにー
- Born
- January 21, 1977 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Snake
- Origin
- Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 174 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.