Ahmad Salah Alwan
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Ahmad Salah Alwan | |
| Date of birth | June 18, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Iraq | |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 101⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Arbil FC | |
| Number | 17 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1990–1996 | Al-Omal | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996–2000 2000–2004 2004 2004–2005 2005 2005–2006 2006 2006– |
Al-Zawra Al-Talaba → Al-Zamalek (loan) Al-Shamal Al-Talaba Al-Ittihad Al-Talaba Arbil FC |
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| National team2 | ||
| 2000-2007 2002– |
Iraq B Iraq |
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Ahmad Salah Alwan (Arabic: أحمد صلاح علوان; born June 18, 1982) is an Iraqi footballer who is a forward for Arbil FC.
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[edit] Career
[edit] The Beginning and the Youth Teams
Ahmed Salah is a talented attacking player who can cause havoc to the opponents defense when in full flow. The magical number 17 started playing in the Baghdad district of Al-Dora and his school team before moving 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 toqual;ify to the AFC Youth Championship 2000 in Tehran, Iran scoring in the 6-0 win over the Maldives in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Sadly the starlet was one of three players left out on standby along with Alaa Sattar and Luay Salah for the finals in Tehran.
[edit] Iraq B team in 2000
In September 2000, Ahmed 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.
[edit] Al-Talaba Move
In 2000 Ahmad 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.
[edit] Iraq A team debut and The Olympic Team 2004
Ahmad Salah made his debut for Iraq at the end 2002; and he has been a regular in Adnan Hamad's Olympic squad, He was part of Iraq Olympic team in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games who became 4th.
[edit] Arab Champions League 2003-2004
In The Arab Champions League 2003-2004 Ahmad Salah scored 6 goals and helped Al-Talaba to reach the 3rd stage, Al-Talaba was 1 point behind qualifying to the semi-finals.
[edit] Unsuccessful outside
He signed a deal to play for Egyptian giants Al-Zamalek with team-mate Salih Sadir but unfortunately his career in Egypt wasn't successful, he moved to Qatar and played with Al-Shamal few matches and scored 2 goals, played with the Syrian team Al-Ittihad and also scored 2 goals, but he didn't success with the teams he played outside Iraq.
[edit] Successful Inside
After the Unsuccessful seasons outside Iraq, Ahmad Salah signed with Arbil FC and he helpt his team to win Iraq Super League and he won the Iraq Super League Top scorers award (scored 11 goals) and he becme one of the favouite players to Arbil's Fan.
[edit] Iraq B team in 2007
In December 2007, Arbil played in the 2007 King's Cup as Iraq B team and Ahmad Salah was one of Arbil's main strikers, he scored the opening goal of the 3-1 victory over Uzbekistan and he helped the team to reach the King's Cup final, and they became runner-up after lose to Thailand 0-1.
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| Preceded by Sahib Abbas |
Iraq Super League Top scorer 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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