Ahmad Al Saleh

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Ahmad Al Saleh
Al Saleh with Al Ahed in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-05-20) 20 May 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Amuda, Syria
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Bourj
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)
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)
2019–2021 Al-Arabi 21 (2)
2021–2022 Al-Wahda
2022–2023 Al-Jaish
2023– Al-Bourj 0 (0)
International career
2005–2007 Syria U17
2007–2008 Syria U20
2009–2012 Syria U23
2008–2022 Syria 56 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmad Al Saleh (Arabic: أَحمَد الصَّالِح; born 20 May 1990)[1] is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Lebanese Premier League club Bourj.

Club career

Al Saleh began his professional career with Syrian Premier League club Al-Jaish; he joined the senior squad in 2008.[1]

In 2018, Ahmad Al Saleh joined Lebanese Premier League champions Al Ahed.[citation needed] After one season, in 2019 he joined Kuwaiti club Al-Arabi.[citation needed]

Al Saleh was banned for life by the SFA after he kicked, insulted and spat on a referee after being sent off whilst playing for Al-Jaish against Al-Wathba in a Syrian Premier League game on 3 February 2023.[2]

On 27 April 2023, Al-Saleh joined Bourj in the Lebanese Premier League.[3]

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.[citation needed] He played against Argentina, Spain and Honduras in the group-stage of the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[citation needed] He scored one goal against Honduras in the third match of the group-stage.[4]

Al Saleh was selected to Valeriu Tiţa's 23-man final squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar,[5] but he didn't play in any of the three Syrian group games.[citation needed]

He played for Syria at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup; his side exited in the group stage after only picking up a single point.[citation needed] After Al Saleh revoked the Syria captaincy to Omar Al Somah, the press claimed that Al Saleh didn't like this decision and that he disputed it with Al Somah, who himself confirmed this matter in an interview in March 2019.[6]

Personal life

Al Saleh is of Kurdish ethnicity.[citation needed] His brother, Sheroan, is also a professional player who plays for Al-Jaish SC.[citation needed]

Career statistics

International

As of 18 November 2019.[7]
National team Year Apps Goals
Syria 2008 3 0
2012 10 1
2013 4 0
2014 1 0
2015 6 0
2016 11 0
2017 5 1
2018 2 0
2019 14 0
Total 56 2
Score and result tables list Syria's goal tally first.
Ahmad Al Saleh: International goals
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 December 2012 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait  Iraq 1–0 1–0 2012 WAFF Championship
2 13 June 2017 Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca, Malaysia  China 2–2 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ^ a b "أحمد الصالح". kooora.com. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Syrian FA bans Ahmed Al-Saleh for life for referee attack". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ^ "البرج يتعاقد مع قائد سوريا السابق". كووورة. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ Ahmad Al Saleh – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ "Syria squad". the-afc.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  6. ^ "لقاء حصري مع النجم عمر السومة" – via www.youtube.com.
  7. ^ "Ahmad Mohamed Al-Salih - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

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