Career
Arguably, the best Saudi defender that ever played football. At the club level, he played mostly for Al-Ittihad in his home country. Between 1990 and 2001, Al-Khilaiwi played for Saudi Arabia national football team.
He played a total of 142 games for the national team. He's the 3rd overall among Saudi Arabians players with most caps. Zinedine Zidane was also sent off later in the same match.
He was a participant in the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup, 1995 FIFA Confederations Cup, 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. He also participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Al-Khilaiwi died on the night of Thursday, 13 June 2013 in Al-Salam hospital in Jeddah.
He died from a heart failure.