Ahmad Salah Alwan

Football player infobox


playername = Ahmad Salah
fullname = Ahmad Salah Alwan
height = height|m=1.79
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|6|18
number = 17
countryofbirth = Iraq
years= 1996–2000
2000–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005
2005–2006
2006
2006–
clubs = Al-Zawra
Al-Talaba
→ Al-Zamalek "(loan)"
Al-Shamal
Al-Talaba
Al-Ittihad
Al-Talaba
Arbil FC
currentclub = Arbil FC
clubnumber = 17
position = Striker
youthclubs = Al-Omal
youthyears = 1990–1996
caps(goals) = ? (?)
? (?)
? (0)
? (2)
? (?)
? (2)
? (?)

nationalyears = 2000-2007
2002–
nationalteam = Iraq B
Iraq
nationalcaps(goals) = ? (?)
23 (5)
pcupdate = March 20, 2008
ntupdate = 24 January, 2008

Ahmad Salah Alwan ( _ar. أحمد صلاح علوان; born June 18, 1982) is an Iraqi footballer who is a forward for Arbil FC.

Career

The Beginning and the Youth Teams

Ahmed Salah is a talented attacking player who can cause havoc to the opponents defense when in full flow. The magical number 17 started playing in the Baghdad district of Al-Dora and his school team before moving the Al-Omal youth team where he spent six years. A move to Al-Zawraa quickly followed before he was called up into the Iraqi Under-17s – helping the team to the AFC U-17 Championship 1998 where he scored four goals in four games in Doha, Qatar. He was called into the Iraqi Under-19s by Thair Jassim and helped the team toqual;ify to the AFC Youth Championship 2000 in Tehran, Iran scoring in the 6-0 win over the Maldives in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Sadly the starlet was one of three players left out on standby along with Alaa Sattar and Luay Salah for the finals in Tehran.

Iraq B team in 2000

In September 2000, Ahmed was called up to the Iraq B team in an International Tournament held in Indonesia, helping the team to runners-up spot behind a full-strength Indonesian national team.

Al-Talaba Move

In 2000 Ahmad Salah decided to join Al-Talaba along with fellow Al-Zawraa team-mates Khalid Mohammed Sabbar and Husham Ali. At the club, Ahmed was given more opportunities in the first team then at Al-Zawraa and clearly repaid the confidence the club showed in him with his match winning performances, helping the team to the league and cup double in 2002.

Iraq A team debut and The Olympic Team 2004

Ahmad Salah made his debut for Iraq at the end 2002; and he has been a regular in Adnan Hamad's Olympic squad, He was part of Iraq Olympic team in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games who became 4th.

Arab Champions League 2003-2004

In The Arab Champions League 2003-2004 Ahmad Salah scored 6 goals and helped Al-Talaba to reach the 3rd stage, Al-Talaba was 1 point behind qualifying to the semi-finals.

Unsuccessful outside

He signed a deal to play for Egyptian giants Al-Zamalek with team-mate Salih Sadir but unfortunately his career in Egypt wasn't successful, he moved to Qatar and played with Al-Shamal few matches and scored 2 goals, played with the Syrian team Al-Ittihad and also scored 2 goals, but he didn't success with the teams he played outside Iraq.

Successful Inside

After the Unsuccessful seasons outside Iraq, Ahmad Salah signed with Arbil FC and he helpt his team to win Iraq Super League and he won the Iraq Super League Top scorers award (scored 11 goals) and he becme one of the favouite players to Arbil's Fan.

Iraq B team in 2007

In December 2007, Arbil played in the 2007 King's Cup as Iraq B team and Ahmad Salah was one of Arbil's main strikers, he scored the opening goal of the 3-1 victory over Uzbekistan and he helped the team to reach the King's Cup final, and they became runner-up after lose to Thailand 0-1.

External links

* [http://www.iraqsport.com/imgdb/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=0 Profile on Iraqsport]
* [http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?player=6359 Profile on Goalzz]