Ali Hosni

Al Minaa

Ali Husni Faisal was born in 1994 and progressed through the youth ranks of Al-Minaa. Ali started his career at his hometown club Al-Minaa, the biggest club in the city of Basra under the supervision of Mohammed Abdul-Hussein. In 2012, he was named the player of the tournament at the Iraq School Championship and lifted the cup for the Basra Tarbiya XI, with a 5-1 victory over Baghdad Al-Karkh XI. He was part of the club's academy and broke into the first team in 2012. He quickly established himself at Al-Minaa becoming a fan favourite and an important part of the club. He was the club's star player and scored and assisted in most matches. He played most of his games on the right midfield where he scored 18 goals in 85 league appearances over a span of 5 years. He has also played on the left wing and down the middle as an attacking midfielder. At the start of the 2012-2013 season, the attacking midfield star had spent most of the early season on the sidelines with severe stomach pains and suffering from anaemia, a decrease of red blood cells in his blood, which threatened his future in the game. Many at the club believed his football career was over. While gaining a call-up to the youth team, the star of Ghazi Fahad’s youthful side has already caught the eye of the national coach Vladimir Petrović in 2013, according to the player, however he did not feel the time was right for him to make that step-up to the seniors. ″“The national team masseur Abu Abdullah…

Iraq National Team

The lively winger had long been touted as the future star of Iraq’s midfield but was continuingly ignored by former national coach Hakim Shaker, in what seemed to have been a personal grudge against him for his public outburst after he was dropped from the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad. He would eventually make his senior international debut in the last minutes of a friendly game against North Korea national team on 21 February 2014 but was overlooked by the same coach for the Asian Games in Busan and the Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia. Radhi Shenaishil, the Iraqi manager at the time, called Ali up as part of the squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. Iraq eventually finished fourth in the tournament. Ali scored his first ever international goal against Chinese Taipei in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. Ali scored in back to back games, both off the bench, in the Arabian Gulf Cup.

Iraq U-23

Ali was instrumental in Iraq winning the Bronze medal in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship and their subsequent qualification to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ali scored 2 goals in the U-23 Championship, including the equalizer against the UAE in the quarterfinal which took Iraq to extra time and gave them a 3-1 win. He also got an assist, and positive attacking play made him one of the stars of the tournament.

Iraq national team goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

Club

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya AFC Cup: 2018 Al-Shorta Iraq Stars League: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 Iraq FA Cup: 2023–24 Iraqi Super Cup: 2022

International

4th Place in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup 3rd Place in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship