Ahmad Al Saleh

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.

Ahmad Al Saleh
Al Saleh with Al Ahed in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ahmad Al Saleh
Date of birth (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989
Place of birth Amuda, Syria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Al-Arabi
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Al-Jaish 5 (5)
2013 Al-Shorta Damascus 0 (0)
2013–2015 Al-Arabi 78 (2)
2015–2016 Al-Shorta Baghdad 1 (1)
2016 Al-Muharraq 0 (0)
2016–2017 Al-Arabi 3 (0)
2017–2018 Henan Jinaye 6 (1)
2018 Al-Jaish 0 (0)
2018–2019 Al-Ahed 16 (0)
2019– Al-Arabi 7 (0)
National team‡
2005–2007 Syria U17
2007–2008 Syria U20
2009–2012 Syria U23
2008– Syria 54 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

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
Start Sub
 Syria2012 WAFF ChampionshipNational Team401Champions
 Syria2007 FIFA U-17 World CupU-17211Round of 16
 Syria2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualificationU-18030Qualified
 Syria2008 AFC U-19 ChampionshipU-19200Group Stage

International goals
Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first.
Ahmad Al Saleh: International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 December 2012Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Iraq1–01–02012 WAFF Championship
213 June 2017Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca, China PR2–22–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Al-Jaish

Al-Arabi

Ahed

References
  1. "Ahmad Al Salih". national-football-teams.com.
  2. "أحمد الصالح". kooora.com. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. Ahmad Al Saleh – FIFA competition record
  4. "Syria squad". the-afc.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbIQGMxaCq4
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqFRKcpRNIU
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