Ahmed Basil Fadhil
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Basil Fadhil Al Fadhli
Date of birth (1996-08-19) 19 August 1996[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 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 January 2023

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]

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]

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. 1 2 "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.
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