Ahmad Salah Alwan

Ahmed Salah started playing in the Baghdad district of Al-Dora and his school team before moving to 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 to qualify to the AFC Youth Championship 2000 in Tehran, Iran scoring in the 6–0 win over the Maldives in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The starlet was one of three players left out on standby along with Alaa Sattar and Luay Salah for the finals in Tehran. In September 2000, Salah 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. In 2000 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. Salah made his debut for Iraq at the end 2002, and has been a regular in Adnan Hamad's Olympic squad. He was part of Iraq Olympic team in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games which finished 4th. In The Arab Champions League 2003-2004 Ahmad Salah scored 6 goals and helped Al-Talaba to reach…

Player

Country

4th place in 2004 Athens Olympics 2005 West Asian Games Gold medallist.

Club

Iraqi Premier League Winner:6 1999 with Al-Zawra'a SC 2000 with Al-Zawra'a SC 2002 with Talaba SC 2006/2007 with Erbil SC 2007/2008 with Erbil SC 2008/2009 with Erbil SC Iraq FA Cup Winner:4 1999 with Al-Zawra'a SC 2000 with Al-Zawra'a SC 2002 with Talaba SC 2003 with Talaba SC Damascus International Championship

Winner:1 2005 with Talaba SC Syrian Premier League

Winner 1 2005/2006 with Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo Syrian Cup

Winner 2 2005 with Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo 2006 with Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo

Individual

12th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship Player of the Tournament 1st Baghdad Championship Player of the Tournament

Manager

Iraqi Premier League Winner:1 2023 with Al-Shorta SC