| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ali Auglah Al-Mousawi | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 2002 [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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers NPL | 37 | (18) |
| 2020–2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Macarthur FC | 25 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Northbridge FC | 10 | (1) |
| 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.
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]
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]
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]