Ahmed Farhan Mushref Al-Ghalami (Arabic: أَحمَد فَرحَان; born 1 January 1999) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Shorta and the Iraq national team.

Ahmed Farhan
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Farhan Mushref Al-Ghalami[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Basra, Iraq
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al-Shorta
Number 17
Youth career
Al-Mina'a
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Al-Mina'a (3)
2020–2022 Naft Al-Basra (16)
2022– Al-Shorta 33 (11)
International career
2021 Iraq U-20
2021– Iraq 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 December 2021

Club career edit

Ahmed broke into the Al-Mina'a first team in 2017 and remained at the club until 2020, scoring three goals before moving to city rivals Naft Al-Basra, where he scored nine goals in his first season at the club.[2]

International career edit

Farhan was called up to the Iraq national team for the first time for the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. He started both of Iraq's opening matches against Oman and Bahrain before an injury kept him on the bench for Iraq's final match against Qatar.[3]

Honours edit

Al-Shorta

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Iraq" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2022. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Ahmed Farhan" (in Arabic). Kooora. 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. ^ "ArabCup". FIFA. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.