Luay Salah

Luay Salah
Personal information
Full name	Luay Salah Hassan Al-Khafaji
Date of birth	February 7, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Second striker, Striker
Team information
Current team	Al-Zawra'a
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2006	Al Quwa Al Jawiya
2006–2007	Persepolis
2007–2015	Erbil
2015–	Al-Zawra'a
International career‡
2002–2012	Iraq
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2007; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 July 2009

Luay Salah Hassan (Arabic: لؤي صلاح حسن, born February 7, 1982 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi football player. He plays for Al-Zawra'a.^[1] He scored 121 Iraqi Premier League goals in his career.

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After helping Al Quwa Al Jawiya to the Iraq league title in 2005, Louay Salah Hassan moved to Iran Pro League side Persepolis the following season. The 25-year-old striker gained AFC Champions League experience with Al Quwa Al Jawiya in 2004, scoring a goal against Al Sadd. He was part of the Iraq national team which won the gold medal in the West Asian Games in 2005.

Salah excelled at club level, scoring ten times to steer Arbil FC to the Iraqi league championship in the 2007/08 season, an achievement that earned the club a place at this year's AFC Cup.

At the continental level he netted two goals in the ensuing AFC Cup to steer Arbil FC through to the last 16. In the all-Iraqi affair against compatriots Al Zawra'a, he was again on target as his club emerged 3-1 winners to book a place in the quarter-finals.

The 27-year-old's scoring did not go unnoticed by the newly appointed Iraq coach Bora Miluntinovic, who rewarded him with a place in Iraq's FIFA Confederation Cup squad.

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 November 2002	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha	Bahrain	2–2	2–2	Friendly match
2	1 December 2005	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan	Palestine	3–0	4–0	2005 West Asian Games
3	8 December 2005	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan	Saudi Arabia	1–0	2–0	2005 West Asian Games
4	10 July 2009	Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil	Palestine	3–0	3–0	Friendly match