Veteran left-sided defender who is regarded as having something of a fiery temperament on the pitch. Now knocking on the door of 30, Sulimani has mellowed in recent years and has seen his game blossom to such an extent that he is regularly employed as a left-sided midfielder at club level. As a veteran of two previous World Cups and a player who won his first international cap a decade ago, Sulimani is one of the experienced heads in an otherwise youthful looking Saudi Arabia squad and this could be vital for coach Marcos Paqueta in Germany.