Nawaf bin Dhahi bin Faisal Al-Suwaiti Al-Aqidi is the full name of a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr and the Saudi Arabia national team. He began his football career playing for the Al-Nassr youth team. Nawaf Alaqidi was chosen for the Saudi program to develop football talents on 30 June 2019. On 8 August 219, Nawaf Alaqidi signed his professional career contract for Al-Nassr. Nawaf Alaqidi made his debut for Al-Nassr in the league match against Abha on 30 September 2021.
The goalkeeper was born on May 10, 2000, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nawaf Al-Aqidi nationality is Saudi Arabian. So far, he has appeared in more than ten matches for his nation. Nawaf Al-Aqidi age is 25. As a player with great vision, he has strong aims to reach. Nawaf Al-Aqidi height is 6 ft 1 in. He has represented Saudi Arabia in the 2022 World Cup. He has highly contributed to winning the AFC U23 Championship in the 2021-22 season. Nawaf Al-Aqidi weight is 83 kg. He has mainly played for Al Nassr only, even though he was loaned to a few clubs in his career; Al Nassr plays an important role in his football journey. Nawaf Al-Aqidi biography will show the goalkeeper's strong will to grow as the best in his sport.
There is no information about the Nawaf Al-Aqidi family. Al-Najjar started his football dream at the Youth Academy of Al-Ahli. He later went on to become a professional in the year 2016. Nawaf Al-Aqidi career began with the youth team of Al-Nassr. On 30 June 2019, he was chosen for the Saudi program to develop football talents established by the General Sports Authority. He signed his first professional contract with Al-Nassr on 8 August 2019. He returned from the program due to family circumstances and was promoted to Al-Nassr’s first team on 31 December 2019.
On 11 January 2020, he was named on the bench for the first team in the league match against Al-Ittihad. Later, on 30 September 2021, Al-Aqidi made his debut for Al-Nassr in the league match against Abha. On 30 January 2022, Al-Aqidi joined Al-Tai on loan. He made his debut on 12 February 2022, in the 3–1 win against Al-Batin. Nawaf Al-Aqidi stats show that he made 7 appearances and kept 3 clean sheets for Al-Tai before returning to Al-Nassr at the end of the season.
Nawaf Al-Aqidi career summary shows that he played for the Saudi Arabia U20 national team but was not part of the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, in which Saudi Arabia qualified with two wins and one draw later he was able to redeem himself in the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup with a spectacular performance, guiding the team to conquer the first title without conceding a single goal and a near perfect record with only Japan managed to hold Saudi Arabia a draw. He was also summoned to the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, which was held in 2022 due to COVID, where he pulled off some great saves.
On 18 November 2021, Al-Aqidi was called up to the senior side for the first time to take part in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. On 11 November 2022, Al-Aqidi was named in the squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He didn’t play a single game in the tournament as the third-choice keeper to Mohammed Al-Owais and Mohammed Al-Rubaie, as Saudi Arabia again crashed out of the group stage despite a historic win over Argentina in the opener. On 30 December 2022, Al-Aqidi was named in the squad for the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup. He started in all three matches as the Nawaf Al-Aqidi national team, Saudi Arabia again failed to progress from the group stage.
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