| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Salem Ahmed Miz'al | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2002-10-24)24 October 2002 (age 23)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Basra, Iraq | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Shorta | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2020 | Al-Minaa | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2025 | Al-Minaa | 116 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Al-Shorta | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Iraq U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Salem Ahmed (born 24 October 2002) is an Iraqi professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forIraqi Stars League sideAl-Shorta.[2]
Ahmed started playing football at theAl-Minaa Academy. In February 2020, he was promoted to play with the club's first team. On 12 December 2020, he scored his first goal in theIraqi Stars League againstAl-Karkh.[3] On 29 June 2021, he scored the winning goal againstAl-Qasim in a match that ended in Al-Minaa’s favor with a score of 2–1.[4] The following season, Ahmed finished as the team's top scorer in the Iraqi Stars League despite the team's relegation to theIraqi Premier Division League. He scored seven goals, scoring againstAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya,[5] Al-Qasim,[6]Newroz,[7] Newroz again,[8]Al-Najaf,[9] andAl-Kahrabaa.[10]
In September 2022, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed.[11][12] Ahmed helped the team win theIraqi Premier Division League and get promoted to theIraqi Stars League. He was the team's top scorer, scoring eleven goals, and he scored one of the winning goals in the final.[13][14]
In August 2023, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed,[15][16] and he played in the starting lineup regularly in the Iraqi Stars League, scoring 4 goals, scoring against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya,[17]Dohuk,[18] and Dohuk again.[19] The team coach,Hassan Ahmed, considered him one of the main pillars of the team and considered his presence very important in every match that Al-Minaa plays.[20] In August 2024, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed for an additional season.[21]
Ahmed was first picked to represent Iraq in 2023, when theunder-23 coachRadhi Shenaishil selected him to be a part of his 23-man squad to play in the2023 WAFF U-23 Championship,[22] which Iraq won for the first time in its history.[23] He was also selected in2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers for the2024 Summer Olympics inParis.[24] He was the team's striker.[25][26]
Al-Minaa
Iraq U-23
