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Alai Ghasem

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Alai Ghasem
Personal information
Full name Alai Fadel Ali Hussain Ghasem[1]
Date of birth (2003-02-16) 16 February 2003 (age 21)[1]
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back[2]
Team information
Current team
Newroz
Youth career
0000–2019 BK Häcken
2020–2022 IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 IFK Göteborg 8 (0)
2023Utsiktens BK (loan) 3 (0)
2024AFC Eskilstuna (loan) 5 (0)
2024– Newroz 8 (0)
International career
2021–2023 Iraq U20 8 (1)
2022– Iraq 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:07, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:05, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Alai Fadel Ali Hussain Ghasem (Arabic: الاي فاضل علي حسين قاسم; born 16 February 2003) is a footballer who plays as a as a right-back for Newroz. Born in Sweden, he represents the Iraq national team.

Club career

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On 27 Match 2024, Ghasem was loaned out to AFC Eskilstuna.[3]

International career

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Ghasem was born in Sweden to an Iraqi father and Algerian mother.[4] He represented the Iraq under-19s in November 2021.[5]

On 23 September 2022, Alai made his first team debut for Iraq in a penalty shootout loss against Oman in the 2022 Jordan International Tournament.[6] He has been called up to the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Honours

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Iraq

References

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  1. ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Iraq (IRQ)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 12. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ^ Alai Ghasem at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ Andersson, Gabriel (27 March 2024). "Alai lånas ut". IFK Göteborg – Hela stadens lag (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ "لاعب عراقي ينفي رغبته بتمثيل منتخب الجزائر". صحيفة الخليج.
  5. ^ "وصول محترفي منتخب الشباب الآي علي فاضل وبلند عمر علي إلى البصرة". baghdadtoday.news.
  6. ^ "Iraq vs Oman (1-1) Sep 23, 2022 Lineups and Squads". FootballCritic.
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