Turki Marwan Saad Al-Ammar (; born 23 September 1999) is a Saudi Arabian professional

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who plays as a

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for Al-Qadsiah and the Saudi Arabia national team. Widely regarded for his skillful display and good vision, Al-Ammar is praised to be one of the next top best Saudi football talents.

Career

Club career

Al-Ammar began his career at the youth team of Al-Shabab. He made his first-team debut for Al-Shabab on 17 November 2017 in the league match against

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. He came off the bench replacing Abdullah Al-Khaibari in the 84th minute. On 30 November 2017, Al-Ammar made his first start for Al-Shabab in the 2–1 win against Al-Taawoun. He ended his first season at the club making 16 appearances in all competitions. In addition, Al-Ammar won the Young Player of the Season award for the 2017–18 season. During the 2018–19 season, Al-Ammar missed the beginning of the season due to the

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. He made his return on 23 November 2018 in the league match against

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. On 28 January 2019, Al-Ammar signed his first professional contract with the club. He was ruled out until the end of the season due to injury on 25 February 2019. On 5 March 2020, Al-Ammar scored his first goal for Al-Shabab, in the 4–0 win against Al-Adalah. On 29 August 2023, Al-Ammar joined

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side Al-Qadsiah on a three-year deal.

International career

U-20 Saudi Arabia

He was named on the final list of the Saudi Arabia U19 participating in the

held in Indonesia. This tournament saw Turki Al-Ammar managed an outstanding performance, scoring four goals for the Saudi side as his skillful display put up an instrumental part of Saudi Arabia's conquest of the tournament. For this reason, he was named as the best player of the competition, and was later included as young player of the year by the

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, the first Saudi to ever achieve this honor. However, despite skillful performance of Al-Ammar in the 2018 U-19 Asian Cup, his performance in the

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held in Poland was a complete disappointment, with he silenced himself in many important moments as Saudi Arabia, the champions of Asia, exited from the group stage in a complete humiliation with three straight defeats, the first time since 1985.

Senior team

His impressive performance at the 2018 U-19 Asian Cup allowed him to occupy a spot in the Saudi squad, as he was first called up to the main team by then-manager

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for the friendlies against

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and

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. He was unused for the match against Yemen and Jordan. He was later omitted from the squad for the

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. Turki Al-Ammar finally made his debut for the senior team in the friendly against

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at home, came on as substitute for

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at the second half, where they drew goalless. He was also included to the final squad of the

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under coach

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, but after the disastrous 1–3 loss to

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, he is not used. Saudi Arabia eventually recovered with Turki Al-Ammar being unused to march to the final.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Saudi Arabia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Al-Qadsiah *

: 2023–24 Saudi Arabia U20 *

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Saudi Arabia U23 *

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Individual * AFC U-19 Championship MVP:

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Young Player of the Year: 2018–19

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ammar, Turki 1999 births Living people Saudi Arabian men's footballers Saudi Arabia men's youth international footballers 21st-century Saudi Arabian sportsmen Saudi Arabia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Riyadh Saudi Pro League players Saudi First Division League players Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) players Al Qadsiah FC players Asian Young Footballer of the Year winners 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup players