Sameer Hilal

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.[1]

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.[2] He moved to Al-Khaleej in 2001 where he spent a season before retiring.[3]

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.[4] He was then appointed as manager until the end of the 2008–09 season.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] The following season, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Al-Nahda.[8] He was sacked the following season after picking up just 2 points in the opening four matches.[9] On 9 March 2016, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Al-Orobah until the end of the season.[10] On 7 August 2016, Hilal was appointed as the manager of Hajer, but he was sacked after four months.[11][12] On 29 May 2018, Hilal was appointed as Al-Khaleej's manager for the third time.[13] 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.[14] On 22 July 2021, Hilal was appointed as Al-Nahda's manager.[15]

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".


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