Saud Abdulhamid

#2 · Defender · age 26

Only Europe-based player in squad.

Club

RC Lens

France · Ligue 1

Caps

Intl goals

WC26 rating

high confidence

Recent form: 74
Career peak: 80
League level: 88
Competition pedigree: 57
International pedigree: 83
Longevity: 60

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Career by season

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Gls	Ast	Rating
25/26	Racing Club de Lens	Ligue 1	25	2	5	—
24/25	Associazione Sportiva Roma	UEFA Europa League	4	1	0	—
24/25	Associazione Sportiva Roma	Serie A	4	0	1	—

Source: transfermarkt · fetched 2026-05-29

Saud is the player Saudi look to for the kind of one-v-one defending against elite wingers that domestic-league regulars cannot replicate. Against Yamal and Núñez specifically, his Ligue 1 reps are the structural difference between conceding two goals and conceding four.

Strengths

recovery pace against wingers
overlap stamina
two-footed crossing

Recent form

Settled into Ligue 1 starter minutes for Lens through 2025-26 after his Roma transition season.

His 2024 move to Roma made him the first Saudi-born outfield player to play in Italy's Serie A — a deliberately symbolic step for the federation's player-development push.