Ahmed Basil Fadhil

Ahmed Basil Fadhil
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Basil Fadhil Al Fadhli
Date of birth (1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Al-Shorta
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Al-Taji
2012–2013 Al-Karkh
2013–2014 Al-Oloom wal-Technologia
2014– Al-Shorta
International career‡
2014 Iraq U20
2017–2019 Iraq U23 4 (0)
2022– Iraq 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024

Ahmed Basil Fadhil (born 19 August 1996) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Iraqi Premier League club Al-Shorta and the Iraq national team.

Club career

Early years

Basil started his career at Al-Taji where his team earned promotion to the Iraqi Premier League. He moved to Al-Karkh and also earned promotion there, before spending a season at Al-Oloom wal-Technologia.[3]

Al-Shorta

In July 2014, Basil signed for Al-Shorta.[3] Basil made one appearance in the club's 2018–19 Iraqi Premier League title-winning campaign,[4] before making 35 appearances and keeping 22 clean sheets in their 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League title-winning season.[5] He then captained Al-Shorta to the 2022 Iraqi Super Cup title.[6] He remained the team's starting goalkeeper as Al-Shorta went on to win another two successive titles to make it three in a row.

Basil also played eleven matches for Al-Shorta in the AFC Champions League across the 2020 and 2021 editions,[7][8] as well as playing one match at the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup.[9]

International career

Youth

Basil played his first game with the Iraq U-23s in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers. He helped Iraq qualify for the tournament and was named in the final squad.[10]

Senior

Basil was called up to the Iraqi national team for the first time in September 2020.[11] Basil made his debut against Kuwait on 30 December 2022.[12] Basil was called up to the Iraqi squad in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup which Iraq won on home soil, but the player did not make an appearance.

In 2024, Ahmed Basil was called up to the 2024 Asian Cup, he played the third group stage match in a 3-2 win over Vietnam.[13] Iraq were knocked out in the round of 16 following a defeat against Jordan.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 24 January 2024
Iraq
Year Apps Goals
2023 3 0
2024 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Club

Al-Karkh
Al-Shorta

International

Iraq

References

  1. ^ "احمد باسل" (in Arabic). Shoot-Sa. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Iraq" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 4. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "أحمد باسل : حراسة مرمى الشرطة ليست مجازفة" (in Arabic). Almada Paper. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2018-2019". Al-Shorta SC. 7 July 2020.
  5. ^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2021-2022". Al-Shorta SC. 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Al Shorta lift Iraq Super Cup". Asian Football Confederation. 3 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Ahmed Basil makes a flying save". AFC Champions League. 25 September 2021.
  8. ^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2020-2021". Al-Shorta SC. 14 September 2020.
  9. ^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2019-2020". Al-Shorta SC. 7 July 2020.
  10. ^ "الاولمبي يعلن قائمته النهائية ويغادر الى الصين" (in Arabic). Al-Sumaria TV. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  11. ^ "مدرب المنتخب الوطني يستدعي الحارس احمد باسل لصفوف اسود الرافدين" (in Arabic). Al-Maloomah. 25 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ "بالصور.. انتصار معنوي للعراق على الكويت قبل انطلاق خليجي 25" (in Arabic). Kooora. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Iraq 3-2 Vietnam (24 Jan, 2024) Final Score - ESPN (UK)". ESPN. Retrieved 25 October 2024.