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Saudi Arabian footballer and manager
Sameer Hilal
Personal information
Full name Sameer Sulaiman Hilal
Date of birth 1967
Place of birth Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Al-Ettifaq
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–2001 Al-Ettifaq
2001–2002 Al-Khaleej
Managerial career
2002–2005 Al-Ettifaq U18 (assistant)
2003 Al-Ettifaq (assistant)
2005 Al-Ettifaq U18
2005–2007 Al-Ettifaq U23 (assistant)
2007–2008 Al-Khaleej (assistant)
2008–2009 Al-Khaleej
2010–2012 Al-Ettifaq (assistant)
2012 Al-Ettifaq (interim)
2013–2014 Al-Khaleej
2014–2015 Al-Nahda
2016 Al-Orobah
2016 Hajer
2018–2019 Al-Khaleej
2020–2021 Al-Khaleej
2021–2022 Al-Nahda
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sameer Hilal (Arabic: سمير هلال; born 1967) is a Saudi Arabian former professional football midfielder and manager.

Career

Born in Dammam, Hilal began his senior career at Al-Ettifaq in 1987 and spent 15 years at the club, winning 4 major titles with the club. He moved to Al-Khaleej in 2001 where he spent a season before retiring.

After retiring, Hilal was appointed as an assistant coach at Al-Khaleej in 2007. On 17 November 2008, he was appointed as a caretaker manager following the sacking of Samir Sellimi. He was then appointed as manager until the end of the 2008–09 season. Hilal then returned to Al-Ettifaq as an assistant manager, a position he held for two seasons. Following the sacking of Branko Ivanković, Hilal was named as caretaker manager for the second leg of King Cup tie against Al-Fateh. On 28 May 2013, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Al-Khaleej and led the club to promotion to the Pro League, after finishing as runner-up in the First Division. The following season, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Al-Nahda. He was sacked the following season after picking up just 2 points in the opening four matches. On 9 March 2016, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Al-Orobah until the end of the season. On 7 August 2016, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Hajer, but he was sacked after four months. On 29 May 2018, Hilal was appointed as Al-Khaleej's manager for the third time. They narrowly missed out on promotion after losing the play-offs to Al-Hazem on penalties. On 23 September 2020, Hilal returned to Al-Khaleej for the fourth time as a manager. On 22 July 2021, Hilal was appointed as Al-Nahda's manager.

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Al-Khaleej 17 November 2008 31 May 2009 22 8 8 6 036.36
Al-Ettifaq 30 April 2012 1 May 2012 1 0 0 1 000.00
Al-Khaleej 28 May 2013 6 April 2014 34 16 9 9 047.06
Al-Nahda 25 May 2014 21 September 2015 39 19 11 9 048.72
Al-Orobah 9 March 2016 30 April 2016 7 4 1 2 057.14
Hajer 7 August 2016 4 December 2016 15 7 4 4 046.67
Al-Khaleej 29 May 2018 1 June 2019 42 17 15 10 040.48
Al-Khaleej 23 September 2020 1 June 2021 38 13 13 12 034.21
Al-Nahda 22 July 2021 24 March 2022 29 7 10 12 024.14
Total 227 91 71 65 040.09

Honours

Player

Al-Ettifaq

Manager

Al-Khaleej

References

  1. "سمير هلال - Samir Helal".
  2. "السيرة الذاتية للمدرب سمير هلال".
  3. "سمير هلال يوقع رسمياً للخليج".
  4. "الخليج يقيل السليمي ويسند تدريب القدم لهلال".
  5. "سمير هلال لتدريب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالنادي حتى نهاية الموسم".
  6. "التون يرسم الفرحة للفتح .. واقالة برانكو رسميا من الاتفاق".
  7. "سمير هلال مدرباً لقدم الخليج".
  8. "النهضة يقدم سمير هلال للإعلام.. اليوم".
  9. "النهضة يفسخ عقد مدربه سمير هلال".
  10. "إدارة العروبة تقيل التونسي وتتعاقد مع الوطني سمير هلال".
  11. "رئيس نادي هجر يوقع العقد الرسمي مع المدرب سمير هلال".
  12. "هجر يقيل مدربه سمير هلال".
  13. "الخليج يوقع مع سمير هلال لقيادة الدانة".
  14. "سمير هلال يعود لتدريب قدم الخليج".
  15. "وقعت ادارة النادي مع المدرب الوطني سمير هلال لقيادة الفريق في دوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان للموسم المقبل".
Al-Ettifaq FC – managers
(c) = caretaker manager; (i) = interim; (p) = player-manager
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