Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ali Ridha Hayder Ali [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 October 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Najaf, Iraq | ||
Position(s) | Attacker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Macclesfield | ||
Youth career | |||
Stoke City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Macclesfield | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2024- | Iraq U23 | 1 | (0) |
2023- | Iraq | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15 (UTC) 1 June 2024 |
Ali Ridha Hayder Ali (born 1 October 2005) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as an attacker for Macclesfield and the Iraq national football team. In 2023, he made his debut for the senior Iraq team. [2]
Raised in Manchester, he is a member of the academy at Stoke City. Playing for the Stoke under-18 team his efforts have included scoring against Liverpool U18 and Manchester City U18. [3] [4] He has also featured for the club in the FA Youth Cup. [5]
Hayder joined Northern Premier League side Macclesfield in August 2024. [6]
He is described as having good dribbling skills with the ability to shoot with both feet. [7]
Hayder was called up to the Iraq national under-23 football team for the first time in March 2023 for the Doha International Cup. [8] In March 2024, he made his debut for Iraq U23 against Australia U23. [9]
He was called-up to the senior Iraq national football team in October 2023, and was an unused substitute against Qatar on 13 October 2023. [10] He made his international debut on 17 October 2023 for Iraq in a friendly match against Jordan.
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