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Ahmed Salah
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Salah Alwan
Date of birth (1982-06-18) 18 June 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Duhok, Iraq
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1990–1996 Al-Omal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Al-Zawraa ? (?)
2000–2004 Al-Talaba ? (?)
2004 → Al-Zamalek (loan) ? (0)
2004–2005 Al-Shamal ? (2)
2005 Al-Talaba ? (?)
2005–2006 Al-Ittihad ? (2)
2006 Al-Talaba ? (?)
2006–2010 Erbil ? (42)
2010–2012 Duhok ? (?)
2012–2014 Al-Talaba ? (?)
International career‡
2002–2008 Iraq 29 (5)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Erbil (Assist.)
2015 Erbil (Caretaker)
2015–2016 Erbil (Assist.)
2016 Naft Al-Wasat (Assist.)
2017–2018 Al-Shorta (Assist.)
2018 Al-Shorta (Caretaker)
2018–2019 Al-Shorta (Assist.)
2019 Al-Shorta (Caretaker)
2019–2020 Al-Shorta (Assist.)
2020–2021 Zakho
2021 Al-Kahrabaa FC
2021–2023 Al-Shorta (Assist.)
2023 Al-Shorta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 16, 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2008

Ahmed Salah (Arabic: أحمد صلاح علوان; born June 18, 1982, in Iraq) is an Iraqi football manager and former player who most recently managed Al-Shorta.

Career

Ahmed Salah started playing in the Baghdad district of Al-Dora and his school team before moving the Al-Omal youth team where he spent six years. A move to Al-Zawraa quickly followed before he was called up into the Iraqi Under-17s – helping the team to the AFC U-17 Championship 1998 where he scored four goals in four games in Doha, Qatar. He was called into the Iraqi Under-19s by Thair Jassim and helped the team to qualify to the AFC Youth Championship 2000 in Tehran, Iran scoring in the 6–0 win over the Maldives in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The starlet was one of three players left out on standby along with Alaa Sattar and Luay Salah for the finals in Tehran.

In September 2000, Salah was called up to the Iraq B team in an International Tournament held in Indonesia, helping the team to runners-up spot behind a full-strength Indonesian national team.

In 2000 Salah decided to join Al-Talaba along with fellow Al-Zawraa team-mates Khalid Mohammed Sabbar and Husham Ali. At the club, Ahmed was given more opportunities in the first team then at Al-Zawraa and clearly repaid the confidence the club showed in him with his match winning performances, helping the team to the league and cup double in 2002.

Salah made his debut for Iraq at the end 2002, and has been a regular in Adnan Hamad's Olympic squad. He was part of Iraq Olympic team in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games which finished 4th.

In The Arab Champions League 2003-2004 Ahmad Salah scored 6 goals and helped Al-Talaba to reach the 3rd stage, Al-Talaba was 1 point behind qualifying to the semi-finals.

He signed a deal to play for Egyptian giants Al-Zamalek with team-mate Salih Sadir but his career in Egypt wasn't successful, he moved to Qatar and played with Al-Shamal few matches and scored 2 goals, played with the Syrian team Al-Ittihad and also scored 2 goals, but he did not success with the teams he played outside Iraq.

After the unsuccessful seasons outside Iraq, Ahmad Salah signed with Erbil and he assisted his team to win Iraq Super League and he won the Iraq Super League Top scorers award with 11 goals.

In December 2007, Erbil played in the 2007 King's Cup as Iraq B team and Salah was one of Erbil's main strikers, he scored the opening goal of the 3–1 victory over Uzbekistan and he helped the team to reach the King's Cup final, and they became runner-up after lose to Thailand 0-1.

Alwan had a successful four years in Erbil forming a striking partnership with Luay Salah to lead them to three championships at his time at the club. On 16 September[when?] he was released along with 7 other players by Erbil SC.

Managerial statistics

As of 26 July 2021
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Erbil SC (Caretaker) Iraq 28 April 2015 13 May 2015 3 1 2 0 033.33
Al-Shorta SC (Caretaker) Iraq 28 March 2018 7 April 2018 2 1 1 0 050.00
Al-Shorta SC (Caretaker) Iraq 19 July 2019 23 July 2019 1 0 0 1 000.00
Zakho FC Iraq 28 June 2020 13 February 2021 24 11 10 3 045.83
Al-Kahrabaa FC Iraq 11 April 2021 26 July 2021 14 5 6 3 035.71
Total 44 18 19 7 040.91

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.[1][2]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 23 November 2003 Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha  Bahrain 1–2 2–2 Friendly
2. 18 February 2004 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent  Uzbekistan 1–0 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 1 December 2005 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan  Palestine 4–0 4–0 2005 West Asian Games
4. 15 November 2006 Helong Sports Center Stadium, Changsha  China 1–1 1–1 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5. 16 October 2007 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha  Qatar 1–0 2–3 Friendly

Honours

Player

Country

Club

Damascus International Championship

Syrian Premier League

Syrian Cup

Individual

Manager

External links

References

  1. ^ "Salah Alwan, Ahmed". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. ^ "2002 Matches". rsssf. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
Awards Preceded bySahib Abbas Iraq Super League Top scorer 2007 Succeeded byAssad Abdul-Nabi
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