Ahmed Salah Alwan
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Ahmed Salah (Template:Langx; born June 18, 1982, in Iraq) is an Iraqi football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Al-Shorta.
Career
Ahmed Salah started playing in the Baghdad district of Al-Dora and his school team before moving to 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 to qualify to the AFC Youth Championship 2000 in Tehran, Iran scoring in the 6–0 win over the Maldives in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The starlet was one of three players left out on standby along with Alaa Sattar and Luay Salah for the finals in Tehran.
In September 2000, Salah 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.
In 2000 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.
Salah made his debut for Iraq at the end 2002, and has been a regular in Adnan Hamad's Olympic squad. He was part of Iraq Olympic team in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games which finished 4th.
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.
He signed a deal to play for Egyptian giants Al-Zamalek with team-mate Salih Sadir but 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 did not success with the teams he played outside Iraq.
After the unsuccessful seasons outside Iraq, Ahmad Salah signed with Erbil and he assisted his team to win Iraq Super League and he won the Iraq Super League Top scorers award with 11 goals.
In December 2007, Erbil played in the 2007 King's Cup as Iraq B team and Salah was one of Erbil'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.
Alwan had a successful four years in Erbil forming a striking partnership with Luay Salah to lead them to three championships at his time at the club. On 16 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Unsubst". he was released along with 7 other players by Erbil SC.
Managerial statistics
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| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Erbil SC (Caretaker) | Template:Flagicon | 28 April 2015 | 13 May 2015 | |||||
| Al-Shorta SC (Caretaker) | Template:Flagicon | 28 March 2018 | 7 April 2018 | |||||
| Al-Shorta SC (Caretaker) | Template:Flagicon | 19 July 2019 | 23 July 2019 | |||||
| Zakho FC | Template:Flagicon | 28 June 2020 | 13 February 2021 | |||||
| Al-Kahrabaa FC | Template:Flagicon | 11 April 2021 | 26 July 2021 | |||||
| Total | ||||||||
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 23 November 2003 | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Bahrain | flag alias = Flag of Bahrain.svg | flag alias-old = Flag of Bahrain (before 1820).svg | flag alias-1820 = Flag of Bahrain (1820-1932).svg | flag alias-1932 = Flag of Bahrain (1932 to 1972).svg | flag alias-1972 = Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg | link alias-naval = Royal Bahraini Naval Force | flag alias-military = Flag of the Bahrain Defence Force.svg | link alias-military = Bahrain Defence Force | flag alias-army = Flag of the Royal Bahraini Army.svg | link alias-army = Royal Bahraini Army | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Royal Bahraini Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Royal Bahraini Air Force | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force.svg | link alias-navy = Royal Bahraini Naval Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align=center | 1–2 || align=center | 2–2 || Friendly | |||||||||||||
| 2. | 18 February 2004 | Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Uzbekistan | flag alias = Flag of Uzbekistan.svg | flag alias-military=Uzbekistan Armed Forces (Latin script).svg | link alias-military=Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan | flag alias-naval = Naval flag of Uzbekistan.svg | link alias-naval = Uzbek River Force | flag alias-army = Uzbekistan Armed Forces (Latin script).svg | link alias-army = Uzbek Ground Forces | flag alias-air force= Uzbekistan Armed Forces (Latin script).svg | link alias-air force=Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces | flag alias-navy = Naval flag of Uzbekistan.svg | link alias-navy = Uzbek River Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 1–1 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. | 1 December 2005 | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan | Template:Country data Palestine | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2005 West Asian Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. | 15 November 2006 | Helong Sports Center Stadium, Changsha | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = China | flag alias = Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg | flag alias-1862 = Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1889).svg | border-1862 = | flag alias-1889 = Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg | flag alias-Qing = Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg | flag alias-1912 = Flag of China (1912–1928).svg | flag alias-1928 = Flag of the Republic of China.svg | flag alias-army-1949 = Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg | flag alias-marines-1949 = Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg | flag alias-navy-1949 = Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg | flag alias-naval-1949 = Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg | flag alias-air force-1949 = Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg | flag alias-military = People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg | link alias-military = People's Liberation Army | flag alias-coast guard=Flag of China.svg | link alias-coast guard=China Coast Guard | flag alias-army = Ground Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg | link alias-army = People's Liberation Army Ground Force | flag alias-marines=Naval ensign of China.svg | link alias-marines=People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps | flag alias-navy = Naval ensign of China.svg | link alias-navy = People's Liberation Army Navy | flag alias-naval = Naval ensign of China.svg | link alias-naval = People's Liberation Army Navy | flag alias-air force = Air Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg | link alias-air force = People's Liberation Army Air Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} || align=center | 1–1 || align=center | 1–1 || 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 5. | 16 October 2007 | Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Qatar | flag alias = Flag of Qatar.svg | flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Qatar.svg | link alias-air force = Qatar Emiri Air Force | link alias-naval = Qatari Emiri Navy | link alias-military = Qatar Armed Forces | link alias-army = Qatari Emiri Land Force | link alias-navy = Qatari Emiri Navy | flag alias-1860 = Flag of Qatar (1860–1916, 1916–1932).svg | flag alias-1916 = Flag of Qatar (1916).svg | flag alias-1932 = Flag of Qatar (1932–1936).svg | flag alias-1936 = Flag of Qatar (1936–1949).svg | flag alias-1949 = Flag of Qatar (1949–1971).svg | variant = | size = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 2–3 || Friendly |
Honours
Player
Country
- 4th place in 2004 Athens Olympics
- 2005 West Asian Games Gold medallist.
Club
- Iraqi Premier League
- Winner:6
- 1999 with Al-Zawra'a SC
- 2000 with Al-Zawra'a SC
- 2002 with Talaba SC
- 2006/2007 with Erbil SC
- 2007/2008 with Erbil SC
- 2008/2009 with Erbil SC
- Winner:6
- Iraq FA Cup
- Winner:4
- 1999 with Al-Zawra'a SC
- 2000 with Al-Zawra'a SC
- 2002 with Talaba SC
- 2003 with Talaba SC
- Winner:4
Damascus International Championship
- Winner:1
- 2005 with Talaba SC
- Winner:1
- Winner 1
- 2005/2006 with Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo
- Winner 1
- Winner 2
- 2005 with Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo
- 2006 with Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo
- Winner 2
Individual
- 12th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship Player of the Tournament
- 1st Baghdad Championship Player of the Tournament
Manager
- Iraqi Premier League
- Winner:1
- 2023 with Al-Shorta SC
- Winner:1
External links
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References
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- 1982 births
- Iraqi men's footballers
- Iraq men's international footballers
- Living people
- Iraqi expatriate men's footballers
- 21st-century Iraqi sportsmen
- Expatriate men's footballers in Syria
- Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo players
- Olympic footballers for Iraq
- 2004 AFC Asian Cup players
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Al-Zawraa SC players
- Al-Shamal SC players
- Duhok SC players
- Al-Shorta SC managers
- Men's association football forwards
- Syrian Premier League players
- Iraqi football managers