Omar Al-Somah threatens a historic record in the Saudi League
The Syrian international and Al-Ahly Jeddah striker, Omar Al-Somah, is close to breaking a historical record in the Saudi Professional League, after he is only seven goals away from the equation of the historic top scorer title in the professional league in the Kingdom, and the record in the name of Saudi Nasser Al-Shamrani has 126 goals.
Yesterday, in the Jeddah Derby meeting, Al-Somah managed to score two goals against Al-Ittihad, giving his Al-Ahly team the three points, and winning "1-2", in a match for the twenty-fourth round of the Prince Muhammad Bin Salman Professional Cup League.
Nasser Al-Shamrani, who previously played for Al-Wehda, Al-Hilal, Al-Shabab and Al-Ittihad clubs, is the historical top scorer of the Saudi Professional League, but Al-Somah's goals are in Al-Ittihad's net. 119 goals, which he has achieved since joining his current club, Al Ahly Jeddah, in 2014.
Since his first season with Al-Ahly Jeddah, Al-Somah has proven his talent in scoring goals, as he played in the season (2014-2015) 22 games, during which he scored 22 goals, and followed them in the following season by participating in the same number of matches, scoring 27 goals, before continuing his brilliance in the season. (2016-2017), during which he played 24 matches and visited the net on 24 occasions, only to score 11 goals in the following season over the 14 matches he played, to return to his glory in the last season (2018-2019) by scoring 19 goals over 24 games.