Who is Saudi Arabia’s first-choice penalty taker?

Salem Al-Dawsari
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The Qatar World Cup will be the sixth that Saudi Arabia have competed in, but their overall record at the tournament makes for painful reading.

With the exception of their debut in 1994, they have consistently crashed out at the group stage while suffering a number of heavy defeats.

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Sean Cole
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Sean Cole is a freelance journalist. He has written for FourFourTwo, BBC Sport and When Saturday Comes among others. A Birmingham City supporter and staunch Nikola Zigic advocate, he once scored a hat-trick at St. Andrew’s (in a half-time game). He also has far too many football shirts and spends far too much time reading the Wikipedia pages of obscure players.