Ahmed Yasin

Early career

Ahmed Yasin Ghani Mousa is the youngest of four footballing brothers. He had been playing football from the age of five, looking up to his brothers – Salar, Araz and Zeid – who, like their younger sibling, had all played for Örebro SK, where Ahmed started playing his youth football. He first learnt football from his brother Salar, who was a football player and a coach.

BK Forward

Ahmed started his career in football by joining BK Forward in 2007 at the age of sixteen, where his eldest brother Salar was a coach for one of their youth teams. BK Forward in 2007, a Swedish club in the city of Örebro which plays in the Swedish third tier. He started in the youth teams at the club, and after a year he made his debut with the first team. He broke into the first team in 2009 and made a total of 42 appearances scoring seven goals for the club and even captained the club's futsal team to the 2010 Mariedal Cup, where he netted two goals in the final. After the 2009 season, he was close to signing with Halmstad, and clubs from Portugal.

Futsal team

Ahmed was the captain of the futsal team of BK Forward. Under his direction, BK Forward won the Mariedal Cup in 2010. Ahmed was one of the best players of the tournament, scoring many goals, including two in the final.

Örebro SK

In 2010, aged 19, Ahmed signed a 4-year contract with Örebro SK. He made his official debut in the first team on 6 May 2011, against Kalmar FF in the…

Sweden U17

In 2008, Ahmed was selected to be part of the Swedish Under-17 national football team, but he did not participate in any matches with the team.

Iraq Olympic football team

Ahmed made his debut for the Iraq Olympic football team on 16 June 2011, in a friendly match against Qatar. He was very important in the game, partly thanks to him Iraq won the game with 2–1. After that match, the coach was impressed by him, and called him up again officially for the team to play in the Olympic qualifiers. He became the best player in the team in the qualifiers. Iraq did not qualify to the 2012 Olympics, due to an administrative punishment from FIFA.

Iraq

In June 2011 he and some other European-based players, were called up to train with the Iraq national football team by the coach Sidka. They were chosen among forty Iraqi players that play in the European leagues. When he arrived in Iraq he got a lot of attention. He played several friendly matches against Iraqi clubs. During his stay in Iraq, he also trained with Baghdad based club Al Talaba. They were so impressed by his play that they offered him a contract, but he refused because he already had a contract with Örebro SK and was not willing to leave the Allsvenskan. In February 2012 after playing very good with the Olympic side, Zico called him up for the game against Singapore, although he was unable to join the team because of a lack of time for preparations. Later, Ahmed Yasin was named in a…

Club

As of 19 January 2021.

International

As of match played 26 March 2024.

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

Yasin is a Feyli Kurd born on 22 April 1991 in Baghdad in the notable Falastin Street. Ahmed Yasin was only one, when he and his family moved to Sweden. Ahmed started school in Örebro at the age of five. In 2010, after graduating from high school, his family moved back to Iraq. The Yasin family had lived on the famous Falastin Street in the Iraqi capital, but had first left Baghdad for Sweden in 1987 at the near end of the Iraq-Iran War. A year after the war ended, the Yasin family returned to their home on Palestine Street believing that their future lay in Iraq but less than 18 months later Iraq was dragged into another war with the US and its allies after Saddam ordered the invasion of Kuwait and the following year the Yasin family left Iraq for the final time. Yasin started playing football at the age of five. His elder brothers – Salar, Araz and Zeid – also played for Örebro SK. In his free time, Yasin enjoys boxing and tennis. He sometimes takes boxing classes by professional boxers. Yasin is fluent in English, Swedish and Arabic.