Ali Auglah

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Ali Auglah
Personal information
Full name Ali Auglah Al-Mousawi
Date of birth (2002-03-11) 11 March 2002 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Al-Naft
Youth career
2014–2016 Marconi Stallions
2016–2019 Western Sydney Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Western Sydney Wanderers NPL 37 (18)
2020–2021 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 (0)
2022–2024 Macarthur FC 25 (1)
2021–2022 Northbridge FC 10 (5)
2024– Al-Naft 0 (0)
International career‡
2019–2021 Australia U17 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 January 2020

Ali Auglah Al-Mousawi (born 11 March 2002) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Iraq Stars League club Al-Naft.

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Early life

Auglah was born on 11 March 2002 [1] at Auburn Hospital in the western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales to Iraqi parents, [2] who came to Australia as refugees in 1998. [video 1] [3] Auglah was raised in Granville [4] and began playing football at the age of five with his two older brothers. [video 2] [3] He joined National Premier Leagues (NPL) club Marconi in their under-12s before signing for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2016 after impressing Wanderers' head of youth Ian Crook in his under-13s Grand Final. [video 3] [3] [5]

Club career

After signing for the Wanderers in late-2016, [5] Auglah was one of eight players to receive financial support by the Wanderers, which covered registration fees, scholarship plaques and professional media training. [6] He was registered in the senior National Premier Leagues and A-League Youth squad in 2019. [7]

Auglah was also called into the first-team squad under Carl Robinson, [8] and made his professional debut on 11 January 2020 in a 2–0 away defeat to Wellington Phoenix. [9] He departed the club in 2022, [10] moving to Iraq for a career break from football. [3]

On 12 December 2022, Auglah was announced to have signed with Bulls FC Academy, the reserve side of Macarthur FC. [11] He made his club debut at Campbelltown Sports Stadium on 28 January 2023 in a 2–2 league draw with Western United. [1] Subsequently, he signed his first professional contract on 17 March 2023, committing to a two-year deal with Macarthur. [4]

On 22 September 2023, Auglah scored his first professional goal in the 2023–24 AFC Cup, netting the third goal of a 3–0 opening group match victory over Shan United. [12] [13] After accumulating 442 minutes in the A-League by 4 November, [14] Auglah scored his first league goal, the winning goal in the 93rd-minute of a 1–0 win against Western United. [15] [16] [17]

Auglah scored his third goal of the season in the 93rd minute of a 3–0 victory over Cebu in the final group match of the AFC Cup on 14 December. [18] [19] Macarthur FC finished top of the group, allowing them to advance to the knockout round in February 2024. [18] [19]

International career

Born in Auburn, New South Wales, Auglah represented the Australian national under-17 team in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

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Video sources
  1. ↑ Open Arms | A-Leagues All Access | Season 2 Episode 9. KEEPUP. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023– via YouTube.
  2. ↑ Ali Auglah | 2018 Youth Academy Scholar. Pepper Money . 31 October 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2023– via YouTube.
  3. ↑ Academy Spotlight: Ali Auglah. Western Sydney Wanderers . 15 September 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2023– via YouTube.
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