Sulaiman was part of the
Kuwaiti team which won the
8th Arabian Gulf Cup. However, he played his first international match against
China in the
1986 Asian Games quarterfinals, where his team reached the third place. Later on, he won both the
10th Arabian Gulf Cup and
13th Arabian Gulf Cup. Between the two aforementioned tournaments, he managed to finish third with his team at the
1994 Asian Games, where he was the top scorer with six goals. He retired on 27 December 1998, becoming the first Kuwaiti to have more than 100 caps. ==Honour==