Photo: Hussain Isa Alderazi / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Salmeen embodies a kind of footballing leadership I deeply respect. As captain of Bahrain, wearing the number ten for club and country, he shouldered a small nation's ambitions across three World Cup qualifying campaigns, a grind few outside the region ever witnessed. The detail that lingers for me is his lineage, the son of a national-team father, suggesting football was less a career than an inheritance. He never chased the glamour of Europe's big leagues; instead he stayed rooted, anchoring Muharraq and his homeland with quiet authority. That brand of loyal, dependable captaincy is, to me, more impressive than any transfer headline.
Overview
Mohamed Ahmed Youssef Salmeen (Arabic: مُحَمَّد أَحْمَد يُوسُف سَالِمَيْن; born 4 November 1980) is a Bahraini former professional footballer who played for Muharraq and the Bahrain national team. He was captain of the Bahrain national team and wore the number 10 jersey for his club and country. He is the son of Bahraini footballer Ahmed Salmeen. Salmeen participated in three World Cup qualifying campaigns.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mohamed Salmeen
- Name (Japanese)
- モハメド・サルミーン
- Reading
- もはめど・さるみーん
- Born
- November 4, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Monkey
- Origin
- Al-Muharraq, Muharraq Governorate, Bahrain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 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
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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.