AFC Champions League
The 30-year-old lifted his second AFC Champions League trophy in his fourth final, having started and lost the 2014 decider against Western Sydney Wanderers and the 2017 final against Urawa Red Diamonds, before helping the club win the next two against Urawa in 2019 and on Tuesday against Pohang Steelers.
He joins a select group of players to have competed in as many finals, dominated by Al Hilal players current and past such as Mohammed Al Shalhoub (2000, 2014, 2017 and 2019), Saud Kariri (2004, 2005, 2009 and 2014) as well as current teammates Yasser Al Shahrani and Salman Al Faraj.
He joins a select group of players to have competed in as many finals, dominated by Al Hilal players current and past such as Mohammed Al Shalhoub (2000, 2014, 2017 and 2019), Saud Kariri (2004, 2005, 2009 and 2014) as well as current teammates Yasser Al Shahrani and Salman Al Faraj.
“We are grateful for this achievement. It’s a win for Saudi football, for Al Hilal and for the fans,” said Al Dawsari.
“We were eager to win back-to-back AFC Champions League titles after winning in 2019, but things didn't go our way off the pitch in 2020 as we had to withdraw due to struggling with COVID-19, now we bounced back strongly and won a deserved second title in three years."
“We were eager to win back-to-back AFC Champions League titles after winning in 2019, but things didn't go our way off the pitch in 2020 as we had to withdraw due to struggling with COVID-19, now we bounced back strongly and won a deserved second title in three years."
Al Dawsari has been a consistently outstanding performer for club and country over the past few years, becoming the first Saudi player to score goals in all of the AFC Champions League, AFC Asian Cup, FIFA World Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and the Olympic games, but the one-club man remains hungry for more.
“I am delighted to win the MVP award but I always like to look forward to the next one. Looking back, many people said I deserved to be the best player in Asia, but it wasn’t to be. This is an important award, yes, but it is not the end of the way. It is not my ultimate goal. It’s a motivation for me to win more trophies as well as individual awards, why not win the AFC Champions League MVP award again?"
“Any player in Al Hilal plays to win, not just to start every game or participate. We will aim high. We finished third in the Club World Cup and maybe next time we can finish second or first. Why not?
"We worked hard for the AFC Champions League and finally got it in 2019, so we want to do the same in the Club World Cup. Maybe we don’t win it, but we want to climb to the next step and get closer to that.”
"We worked hard for the AFC Champions League and finally got it in 2019, so we want to do the same in the Club World Cup. Maybe we don’t win it, but we want to climb to the next step and get closer to that.”
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