Hiran Ahmed

Hiran Ahmed
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Bochum, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Duhok
Youth career
 0000–2017 VfL Bochum
 2017–2018 Wattenscheid 09
 2018–2019 Hombrucher SV
 2019 Thun
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Thun 41 (4)
2023– Duhok 0 (0)
International career
2021 Iraq U23 2 (0)
2022– Iraq 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2024 @ 17:52(AEST)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023

Hiran Ahmed (born 6 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Germany, he plays for the Iraq national team.[1]

International career

Also eligible to represent Germany, Hiran was invited to the Iraqi Olympic team camp in January 2022, and was one of five Iraqi players based abroad that were later selected for the 2022 Dubai Cup in March. He made his debut against Vietnam and went on to play against Saudi Arabia and Thailand too.

He played in both warm-up matches against Iran before being selected for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan. He assisted Hasan Abdulkareem's goal against Australia and helped Iraq reach the quarter-finals before being knocked out of the tournament on penalties by the hosts

On 5 September 2022, Hiran was selected for the first team for the 2022 Jordan International Tournament. On 23 September 2022, he made his first team debut for Iraq in a penalty shootout loss against Oman.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hiran Ahmed at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Iraq vs Oman (1–1) Sep 23, 2022 Lineups and Squads". FootballCritic.