Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi

Mohammed Salem Al Enazi (Arabic: محمد سالم العنزي; born 22 November 1976) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Iraqi club Talaba SC tried to sign him on loan 1996, which would have made him the first foreign professional footballer in Iraq, but the transfer was never materialized.

Despite an unsuccessful trial for Bayern Munich in October 1999, Enazi became the first Qatari player to play football professionally in Europe.

[citation needed] After leaving Yimpaş, he joined Al Wahda in November 2000, becoming the first-ever Qatari footballer to play professional in the Emirati league.

He was registered as one of the club's two professionals, having replaced Congolese striker Jerry Tendeleu in the fifth stage of league matches for a transfer fee of $310,000.

[13] He helped his club win the league title and the FA Cup that season, and was dubbed the 'Hat-trick man' due to scoring hat-tricks in three successive matches.

[17] In his second season, he formed a partnership with Sierra Leone national Lamin Conteh,[18] which led to him in being named the top scorer in the league in 2002.

[20] He fell out of favor with the club's board and supporters late in the season (scored 5 ligue goals), and he joined Al Jazira in 2004.

[31] Enazi signed for Dubai-based Al Nasr in September 2008, when the club was overgoing a major player overhaul in preparation for the 2008–09 season.

Bonačić had displayed the same attitude towards a number of new arrivals to the club that season, resulting in the board of directors sacking him in January 2009.

[34][35] Enazi was reported as being born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and after the 13th Arabian Gulf Cup, rumours spread that his family were bidoons from Kuwait.

[36] His brother, Mohannad Salem Al Enazi, also has Emirati citizenship, and has represented the UAE national team at the senior level.