In 1984 Saudi Arabia qualified for their first-ever global international tournament at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Saudi Arabia beat China 2–0 in the final to take the title for the first time, with Abdullah scoring the second goal.

Four years later in 1988, he would score twice in the tournament in Qatar as the Saudi team retained the title by beating South Korea on penalties.

In the mid-1960s, Abdullah and his family moved to Riyadh where his father got a job as the manager of Al-Nassr's youth team.

Abdullah enrolled in Al-Jazaeria Elementary School and he passionately watched the older kids play football.

[8][9][10] Mohammed Al-Hudayan, a teammate at Al-Ittifaq, recommended Abdullah to Al-Nassr president Prince Abdulrahman Bin Saud, as did Al-Ittifaq's coach Nasseb Awad to Khaled Al-Turki and Al-Nassr coach Ljubiša Broćić.

[11] Broćić went to see Abdullah unannounced at Al-Ittifaq's training field in Al-Batha and requested that the club sign him.

He made his competitive debut on 20 January 1977 by coming off the bench in the league match against Al-Shabab replacing Ibrahim Al-Hamoud.

[14] On 18 March, Abdullah made his first start as well as score his first goal for Al-Nassr, when he headed in Nasser Al-Johar's cross, in the league match against Al-Wehda.

He repaid that trust by scoring three goals in the final three rounds of the league against Al-Shabab, Al-Ahli and derby rivals Al-Hilal.

[29] Majed made his senior team debut in 1978 in an unofficial friendly against Portuguese giants Benfica where he scored 2 goals.

The match was held at Al-Nassr's home ground, the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.

The match saw players from other clubs such as Mohamed Al-Deayea, Malek Mouath and Nashat Akram represent Al-Nassr.

Saud Kariri then added a third in the 61st before Mouath scored the fourth goal in the first minute of stoppage time.