.jpg) Amyn playing for Iraq at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Youssef Wali Faeq Amyn[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 2003[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Essen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2012 | TuS Querenburg | ||
| 2012–2015 | VfL Bochum | ||
| 2015–2020 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| 2020–2021 | Viktoria Köln | ||
| 2022–2023 | Feyenoord | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Viktoria Köln | 35 | (5) |
| 2023– | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Germany U19 | 10 | (2) |
| 2023 | Iraq U20 | 5 | (1) |
| 2023– | Iraq | 6 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 January 2024 | |||
Youssef Wali Faeq Amyn (Kurdish: یوسف وەلی فایق ئەمین,Arabic: يوسف والي فائق أمين; born 21 August 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig. Born in Germany, he plays for the Iraq national team.[2]
A youth academy graduate of Viktoria Köln, Amyn made his professional debut on 13 March 2021 in a 3–1 league win against MSV Duisburg.[3] This made him the youngest player to appear in a professional match for the club in its history.[4][5]
On 1 September 2022, Amyn joined the under-21 team of Eredivisie club Feyenoord.[6] On 18 July 2023, he signed for Eintracht Braunschweig until 2025.[7]
Amyn was born in Germany to Kurdish parents from Darbandikhan.
Amyn has represented Germany at youth level. In 2020, Qahtan Chathir called up the player to represent Iraq's youth team, inviting him to a training camp in Baghdad during his coincidental visit to his hometown, and on many occasions in 2021, new manager Emad Mohammed sent invitations to the player but he rejected and maintained his desire to represent Germany at youth level.
On 31 March 2023, Amyn announced his desire to represent Iraq's youth team as they go into the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the manager Emad Mohammed has asked the Iraqi FA to request FIFA to switch Amyn's international eligibility.[citation needed] He was called up to the preparatory training camp in Cádiz, playing his first match in a friendly against Dominican Republic, winning a penalty then converting that penalty in the 50th minute. He also played against Brazil, winning a penalty shortly before half-time which was converted by Abdul-Razzak Qasim. During his time at the camp, it was announce that FIFA had agreed to switch his international allegiance officially, thus making him eligible to represent Iraq internationally.
He was called up to the final squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, starting all three games and catching the eye of the world through his consistent performances despite his side crashing out of the group stage without scoring a single goal.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Viktoria Köln | 2020–21 | 3. Liga | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 3. Liga | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | 3. Liga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 5 | |||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 November 2023 | Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq |  Indonesia |
4–1 | 5–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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