Salman Isa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Salman Isa Ghuloom | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Bahrain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Wingback | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al Riffa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Madinat Isa | ||
| 1998–2004 | Al Riffa | ||
| 2005–2011 | Al-Arabi | 67 | (9) |
| 2011– | Al Riffa | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2012 | Bahrain | 156 | (21) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2011. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2011.
Salman Isa Ghuloom, (Arabic: سلمان عيسى) (born 12 July 1977) known to many as just Salman Isa, is a Bahraini footballer that plays as a winger or a wingback. He is currently contracted by Al Riffa.
Salman is noted for scoring for Bahrain in the Asia-Concacaf playoff qualifier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany against Trinidad and Tobago. In doing so he gave Bahrain the lead, playing away at Port of Spain in the first leg. That gave Bahrain the advantage to qualify for the World Cup, but Trinidad's Chris Birchall equalized to end the match. In the second Leg in Bahrain, Dennis Lawrence scored to give Trinidad and Tobago the win and help them qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, for the first time in their history.
Ghuloom has played for a number of clubs during his footballing career. At 28 he is a very experienced footballer. Ghuloom started his career at small first division (the 2nd tier of Bahraini football) club Isa Town or Madinat Isa. This club produced former Bahrain national team captain, and Ghuloom's teammate, Talal Yousif. Ghuloom's excellent performance for the club prompted one of the three big Bahraini clubs, Al Riffa, to sign him along with Isa Town teammate Talal Yousef. After signing for Al Riffa he made a huge impact helping them to the Bahraini Premiership title in 2002–2003. During his time at Al Riffa he played under Bahraini Manager Riyadh Al Thawadi who would go on to manage the Bahrain national team for one match against Kuwait. Salman Isa plays his trade for Al-Arabi of Qatar currently and is one of the most consistent players at the club.
In 2004 Bahrain qualified for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup in China. Although Salman missed the many games of the tournament due to injury, he still managed to play a few matches in Bahrain's run to the Semi Finals. After the Asian Cup, most of the members of the national team were signed by big Qatari clubs such as Al Gharafa, Al Arabi, and Al Rayyan. Team players such as Mohamed Ahmed Salmeen and Alaa Hubail moved on to Qatar. While others like Talal Yousif for instance decided to move to Kuwait. After this The Bahraini Premiership appeared to have lost some of its most important players. Although the loss of many national team members meant the rise of Salman.
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