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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alai Fadel Ali Hussain Ghasem[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 February 2003||
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 | |||
–2019 | BK Häcken | ||
2020–2022 | IFK Göteborg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | IFK Göteborg | 8 | (0) |
2023 | → Utsiktens BK (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2024 | → AFC 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.
On 27 Match 2024, Ghasem was loaned out to AFC Eskilstuna.[3]
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.
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