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{{short description|Syrian footballer (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography
| name = Maher Al-Sayed
| image = 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Iran 1-1 Syria - Maher Al-Sayed.jpg
| caption = Maher Al-Sayed in 2006
| full_name = 
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|3|13}}
| birth_place =[[Damascus]], Syria
| height = 1.76 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Al-Wahda Damascus|Al-Wahda]]
| years1 = 1997–1998
| years2 = 1999–2002
| years3 = 2002–2004
| years4 = 2004–2009
| years5 = 2009–2012
| years6 = 2012
| years7 = 2012–2013
| years8 = 2014–2015
| clubs1 = [[Al-Wahda Damascus|Al-Wahda]]
| clubs2 = [[Al-Jaish Damascus|Al-Jaish]]
| clubs3 = [[Al Naser Sporting Club|Al-Naser]]
| clubs4 = [[Al-Wahda Damascus|Al-Wahda]]
| clubs5 = [[Al-Jaish Damascus|Al-Jaish]]
| clubs6 = [[Al-Arabi Irbid]]
| clubs7 = [[Al-Shorta SC (Damascus)|Al-Shorta Damascus]]
| clubs8 = [[Al-Wahda Damascus|Al-Wahda]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| caps6 = 
| goals6 = 
| caps7 = 
| goals7 = 
| caps8 = 
| goals8 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2013
| nationalteam1 = [[Syria national football team|Syria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 109
| nationalgoals1 = 29
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate =
}}

'''Maher Al-Sayed''' ({{langx|ar|مَاهِر السَّيِّد}}; born 13 March 1979) is a Syrian former professional [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]]. He played for several clubs in the [[Syrian League]], and has played 109 matches for the [[Syria national football team|Syria national team]], scoring 29 goals.<ref name="rsssf">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/malsayed-intlg.html |title=Maher Al-Sayed – Century of International Appearances |publisher=RSSSF |date=14 January 2021 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===International===
Sources:<ref name="rsssf"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="16"|[[Syria national football team|Syria]]
|1998||3||0
|-
|1999||4||2
|-
|2000||12||1
|-
|2001||6||1
|-
|2002||9||1
|-
|2003||9||6
|-
|2004||17||5
|-
|2005||2||0
|-
|2006||8||3
|-
|2007||12||5
|-
|2008||10||1
|-
|2009||6||2
|-
|2010||5||0
|-
|2011||5||2
|-
|2012||0||0
|-
|2013||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||109||29
|}

====International goals====
''Scores and results list Syria's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 25 August 1999 || [[Amman]], Jordan || {{fb|UAE}} || 2–2 || Draw || rowspan=2 |[[Football at the 1999 Pan Arab Games|1999 Pan Arab Games]]
|-
| 2 || 27 August 1999 || [[Amman]], Jordan || {{fb|PLE}} || 1–1 || Draw
|-
| 3 || 11 April 2000 || [[Tehran]], Iran || {{fb|IRN}} || 1–1 || Draw || [[2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
| 4 || 11 May 2001 || [[Aleppo]], Syria || {{fb|LAO}} || 9–0 || Win || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 5 || 17 December 2002 || [[Kuwait City]], Kuwait || {{fb|YEM}} || 4–0 || Win || [[2002 Arab Nations Cup]]
|-
| 6 || 27 September 2003 || [[Jeddah]], Saudi Arabia || {{fb|YEM}} || 8–2 || Win || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 7 || 30 September 2003 || [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia || {{fb|KSA}} || 1–1 || Draw || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 8 || rowspan=2 |15 October 2003 || rowspan=2 |[[Damascus]], Syria || rowspan=2 |{{fb|SRI}} || rowspan=2 |5–0 || rowspan=2 |Win || rowspan=4 |[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
| 9
|-
| 10 || rowspan=2 |18 October 2003 || rowspan=2 |[[Damascus]], Syria || rowspan=2 |{{fb|SRI}} || rowspan=2 |8–0 || rowspan=2 |Win
|-
| 11
|-
| 12 || 3 June 2004 || [[Kuwait City]], Kuwait || {{fb|KUW}} || 2–1 || Win || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 13 || 21 June 2004 || [[Tehran]], Iran || {{fb|IRN}} || 1–7 || Loss || [[2004 WAFF Championship]]
|-
| 14 || rowspan=2 |26 August 2004 || rowspan=2 |[[Sanaa]], Yemen || rowspan=2 |{{fb|YEM}} || rowspan=2 |2–1 || rowspan=2 |Win || rowspan=2 |[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 15
|-
| 16 || 8 October 2004 || [[Doha]], Qatar || {{fb|QAT}} || 2–1 || Win || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 17 || 25 July 2006 || [[Damascus]], Syria || {{fb|IRQ}} || 1–2 || Loss || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 18 || 5 August 2006 || [[Damascus]], Syria || {{fb|LBY|1977}} || 2–1 || Win || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 19 || 11 October 2006 || [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|KOR}} || 1–1 || Draw || [[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
| 20 || 18 August 2007 || [[New Delhi]], [[India]] || {{fb|BAN}} || 2–0 || Win || rowspan=4 |[[Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2007|Nehru Cup 2007]]
|-
| 21 || 21 August 2007 || [[New Delhi]], [[India]] || {{fb|KGZ}} || 4–1 || Win
|-
| 22 || rowspan=2 |25 August 2007 || rowspan=2 |[[New Delhi]], [[India]] || rowspan=2 |{{fb|CAM}} || rowspan=2 |5–1 || rowspan=2 |Win
|-
| 23
|-
| 24 || 8 October 2007 || [[Damascus]], Syria || {{fb|AFG|2004}} || 3–0 || Win || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 25 || 29 December 2008 || [[Riffa]], [[Bahrain]] || {{fb|BHR}} || 2–2 || Draw || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 26 || rowspan=2 |14 January 2008 || rowspan=2 |[[Aleppo]], Syria || rowspan=2 |{{fb|CHN}} || rowspan=2 |3–2 || rowspan=2 |Won || rowspan=2 |[[2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
| 27
|-
| 28 || 5 July 2011 || [[Istanbul]], Turkey || {{fb|JOR}} || 3–1 || Won || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 29 || 17 August 2011 || [[Sidon]], [[Lebanon]] || {{fb|LIB}} || 3–2 || Won || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|6446}}
* {{Goalzz|6796}}

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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Syrian men's footballers]]
[[Category:21st-century Syrian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Syria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Syrian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan]]
[[Category:Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait]]
[[Category:Al-Jaish SC (Syria) players]]
[[Category:Al-Shorta SC (Syria) players]]
[[Category:Al Nasr SC (Kuwait) players]]
[[Category:FIFA Men's Century Club]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Footballers from Damascus]]
[[Category:Asian Games footballers for Syria]]
[[Category:Syrian Premier League players]]
[[Category:Al-Wahda SC (Syria) players]]
[[Category:Kuwait Premier League players]]


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