Salem Ahmed

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Salem Ahmed
Personal information
Full name Salem Ahmed Miz'al
Date of birth (2002-10-24) 24 October 2002 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Basra, Iraq
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Al-Minaa
Number 9
Youth career
–2020 Al-Minaa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020– Al-Minaa 101 (24)
International career‡
2023– Iraq U23 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Qatar Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024

Salem Ahmed (born 24 October 2002) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a striker for Iraqi Stars League side Al-Minaa. [2]

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Club career

Ahmed started playing football at the Al-Minaa Academy. In February 2020, he was promoted to play with the club's first team. On 12 December 2020, he scored his first goal in the Iraqi Stars League against Al-Karkh. [3] On 29 June 2021, he scored the winning goal against Al-Qasim in a match that ended in Al-Minaa’s favor with a score of 2–1. [4] The following season, Ahmed finished as the team's top scorer in the Iraqi Stars League despite the team's relegation to the Iraqi Premier Division League. He scored seven goals, scoring against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, [5] Al-Qasim, [6] Newroz, [7] Newroz again, [8] Al-Najaf, [9] and Al-Kahrabaa. [10]

In September 2022, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed. [11] [12] Ahmed helped the team win the Iraqi Premier Division League and get promoted to the Iraqi Stars League. He was the team's top scorer, scoring eleven goals, and he scored one of the winning goals in the final. [13] [14]

In August 2023, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed, [15] [16] and he played in the starting lineup regularly in the Iraqi Stars League, scoring 4 goals, scoring against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, [17] Dohuk, [18] and Dohuk again. [19] The team coach, Hassan Ahmed, considered him one of the main pillars of the team and considered his presence very important in every match that Al-Minaa plays. [20] In August 2024, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed for an additional season. [21]

International career

Ahmed was first picked to represent Iraq in 2023, when the under-23 coach Radhi Shenaishil selected him to be a part of his 23-man squad to play in the 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship, [22] which Iraq won for the first time in its history. [23] He was also selected in 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [24] He was the team's striker. [25] [26]

Honours

Al-Minaa

Iraq U-23

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