Mohammed Al Wakid (; born 6 October 1985) is a Syrian professional

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who plays as a striker for Syrian club Al-Jaish, and the Syria national team.

Club career

On 19 January 2018, Al Wakid joined

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in the

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; he scored two goals in the 2017–18 season. Al Wakid returned to Al-Jaish on 27 July 2018; he finished as top goalscorer of the

2018–19 Syrian Premier League The 2018–19 Syrian Premier League season is the 47th since its establishment. This season's league featured one stage. It pitted one group of 14 teams and kicked off on 21 September 2018. Al-Jaish are the defending champions, having won the pr ...

with 27 goals, breaking the previous league record of 29 goals set by Aref Al Agha in 1997–98. Al-Jaish renewed his contract a further year. Al Waked was league top goalscorer once again, in 2019–20, scoring 21 goals; his contract was renewed two further seasons. On 7 May 2021,

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club Ahed announced the signing of Al Wakid on loan from Al-Jaish, for the

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campaign. In AFC clubs competitions he played 34 games and scored 9 goals.

International career

Al-Wakid made his senior international debut for

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on 20 March 2019, as a starter in a friendly against

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Honours

Al-Jaish *

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: 2009–10, 2016–17, 2018–19 *

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: 2018, 2019 Al-Shorta * Syrian Premier League: 2011–12 Individual * Syrian Premier League top goalscorer: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24

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* * * 1985 births Living people Footballers from Damascus Syrian men's footballers 21st-century Syrian sportsmen Men's association football forwards Al-Majd SC players Al-Jaish SC (Syria) players Al-Shorta SC (Syria) players Amanat Baghdad SC players Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo players Al-Riffa SC players Al Ahed FC players Syrian Premier League players Iraq Stars League players Bahraini Premier League players Syria men's international footballers Syrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon {{Syria-footy-bio-stub