Ahmad Al Saleh
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ahmad Al Saleh | ||
Date of birth | 20 May 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Amuda, Syria | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Arabi | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2013 | Al-Jaish | (5) | |
2013 | Al-Shorta Damascus | (0) | |
2013–2015 | Al-Arabi (Kuwait) | 78 | (2) |
2015–2016 | Al-Shorta Baghdad | (1) | |
2016 | Al-Muharraq | ||
2016–2017 | Al-Arabi | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Henan Jinaye | 6 | (1) |
2018 | Al-Jaish | ||
2018–2019 | Al Ahed | 16 | (0) |
2019– | Al-Arabi | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2005–2007 | Syria U-17 | ||
2007–2008 | Syria U-20 | ||
2009–2012 | Syria U-23 | ||
2008– | Syria | 54 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019 |
Ahmad Al Saleh (Arabic: أحمد الصالح; born 20 May 1989)[1] is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Kuwaiti club Al-Arabi and the Syria national team.
Al Saleh is of Kurdish ethnicity. His brother, Sheroan, is also a professional player who plays for Al-Jaish SC.
Club career
Al Saleh began his professional career with Syrian Premier League club Al-Jaish. He joined the senior squad in 2008.[2]
In 2018, Ahmad Al Saleh joined Lebanese Premier League champions Al Ahed. After one season, in 2019 he joined Kuwaiti club Al-Arabi.
International career
Al Saleh was a part of the Syrian U-17 national team in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea. He played against Argentina, Spain and Honduras in the group-stage of the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He scored one goal against Honduras in the third match of the group-stage.[3]
Al Saleh was selected to Valeriu Tiţa's 23-man final squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar,[4] but he didn't play in any of the three Syrian group games.
In Asian cup 2019, He wasn't at his best like all Syrian players in this tournament. Some pundits referred that to the lack of matches with his team Al-Ahed SC, although, he was key player in the team in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification and the captain. After giving the captaincy to Omar Al Somah, the press said that he didn't like the decision and he disputed with Al Somah who confirmed this matter in an interview dated by 3 Mars 2019[5] Al-Saleh had another opinion in the matter as he denied any conflict with any player in the team and blamed the former manager Stange for the early ousted as he refers that Stange didn't really know the players and he could not employ them on the field.[6]
Appearances in major competitions
Team | Competition | Category | Appearances | Goals | Team Record | |
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Start | Sub | |||||
Syria | 2012 WAFF Championship | National Team | 4 | 0 | 1 | Champions |
Syria | 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup | U-17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Round of 16 |
Syria | 2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualification | U-18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Qualified |
Syria | 2008 AFC U-19 Championship | U-19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Group Stage |
International goals
- Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 20 December 2012 | Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, | Iraq | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2012 WAFF Championship | |
2 | 13 June 2017 | Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca, | China | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Honours and achievementsClubAl-Jaish Al-Arabi
Ahed References
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Kurdish sportspeople
- Syrian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Syria international footballers
- Syrian Kurdish people
- Syrian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Kuwait
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Syrian expatriate sportspeople in China
- People from Qamishli District
- Al Ahed FC players
- Al-Jaish Damascus players
- Al-Shorta SC players
- Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players
- Henan Jianye F.C. players
- Chinese Super League players
- 2011 AFC Asian Cup players
- Lebanese Premier League players
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- AFC Cup winning players