| Saad Balobaid | |
| Full Name: | Saad Yaslam Balobaid |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Buraidah, Saudi Arabia |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Al-Ahli |
| Clubnumber: | 31 |
| Youthclubs1: | Al-Taawoun |
| Years1: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Al-Taawoun |
| Caps1: | 52 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Al-Ahli |
| Caps2: | 23 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | Saudi Arabia U23 |
| Pcupdate: | 27 May 2024 |
Saad Balobaid (Arabic: سعد بالعبيد; born 27 January 2000) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Saudi Professional League side Al-Ahli.[1] [2]
Balobaid started his career at the youth team of Al-Taawoun. He made his first-team debut on 24 October 2020 in the AFC Champions League group stage match against Qatari side Al-Duhail.[3] He came off the bench in the 38th minute following an injury to Hamdan Al-Ruwaili.[4] On 23 October 2020, Balobaid signed his first professional contract with the club.[5] On 6 November 2020, Balobaid made his Pro League in the 1–1 draw against Al-Ittihad.[6] He made 3 further appearances during the 2020–21 season. On 17 September 2021, Balobaid made his first appearance of the 2021–22 season in the 5–3 derby defeat to Al-Raed.[7] He made 21 appearances and assisted twice during the course of the 2021–22 season as Al-Taawoun managed to finish 12th and avoid relegation. On 30 April 2022, Balobaid renewed his contract with Al-Taawoun for another three years.[8]
On 7 September 2023, Balobaid joined Al-Ahli on a five-year deal.[9]
On 21 January 2022, Balobaid was called up to the Saudi Arabia U23 national team for the first time.[10] He made his debut on 30 January 2022 in the 2–1 win against Qatar.[11] On 31 May 2022, Balobaid was called up to replace Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti who withdrew from the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup due to injury.[12] He made one appearance in the tournament as the Green Falcons won their first AFC U-23 Asian Cup title.[13]
| Club | Season | League | King Cup | Asia | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Al-Taawoun | 2019–20 | SPL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 52 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | |||
| Al-Ahli | 2023–24 | SPL | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| Career totals | 75 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | |||
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