Ahmed Basil Fadhil (born 19 August 1996) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Iraqi Premier League club Al-Shorta and the Iraq national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmed Basil Fadhil Al Fadhli | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Shorta | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Al-Taji | ||
| 2012–2013 | Al-Karkh | ||
| 2013–2014 | Al-Oloom wal-Technologia | ||
| 2014– | Al-Shorta | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Iraq U20 | ||
| 2017–2019 | Iraq U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Iraq | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024 | |||
Club career edit
Early years edit
Basil started his career at Al-Taji where his team earned promotion to the Iraqi Premier League. He moved to Al-Karkh and also earned promotion there, before spending a season at Al-Oloom wal-Technologia.[3]
Al-Shorta edit
In July 2014, Basil signed for Al-Shorta.[3] Basil made one appearance in the club's 2018–19 Iraqi Premier League title-winning campaign,[4] before making 35 appearances and keeping 22 clean sheets in their 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League title-winning season.[5] He then captained Al-Shorta to the 2022 Iraqi Super Cup title.[6]
Basil also played eleven matches for Al-Shorta in the AFC Champions League across the 2020 and 2021 editions,[7][8] as well as playing one match at the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup.[9]
International career edit
Youth edit
Basil played his first game with the Iraq U-23s in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers. He helped Iraq qualify for the tournament and was named in the final squad.[10]
Senior edit
Basil was called up to the Iraqi national team for the first time in September 2020.[11] Basil made his debut against Kuwait on 30 December 2022.[12]
Career statistics edit
International edit
- As of match played 24 January 2024
| Iraq | |||||||
| Year | Apps | Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | |||||
Honours edit
Club edit
International edit
Iraq
References edit
- ^ "احمد باسل" (in Arabic). Shoot-Sa. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Iraq" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 4. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b "أحمد باسل : حراسة مرمى الشرطة ليست مجازفة" (in Arabic). Almada Paper. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2018-2019". Al-Shorta SC. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2021-2022". Al-Shorta SC. 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Al Shorta lift Iraq Super Cup". Asian Football Confederation. 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Ahmed Basil makes a flying save". AFC Champions League. 25 September 2021.
- ^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2020-2021". Al-Shorta SC. 14 September 2020.
- ^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2019-2020". Al-Shorta SC. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "الاولمبي يعلن قائمته النهائية ويغادر الى الصين" (in Arabic). Al-Sumaria TV. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "مدرب المنتخب الوطني يستدعي الحارس احمد باسل لصفوف اسود الرافدين" (in Arabic). Al-Maloomah. 25 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "بالصور.. انتصار معنوي للعراق على الكويت قبل انطلاق خليجي 25" (in Arabic). Kooora. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
External links edit
- Ahmed Basil Fadhil at Soccerway