Alai Ghasem
Personal information
Full name Alai Fadel Ali Hussain Ghasem[1]
Date of birth (2003-02-16) 16 February 2003[1]
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back[2]
Team information
Current team
 IFK Göteborg
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2019 BK Häcken
2020–2022 IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– IFK Göteborg 8 (0)
2023 → Utsiktens BK (loan) 3 (0)
International career‡
2021–2023 Iraq U20 8 (1)
2022– Iraq 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:53, 6 January 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), known as Alai Hussain Ghasem or simply Alai Ghasem, is a footballer who plays for IFK Göteborg as a right-back.[3] Born in Sweden, he is an international for Iraq.

International career

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

Iraq

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ Alai Ghasem at Soccerway
  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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