Ahmed Basil Fadhil Al Fadhli (; born 19 August 1996) is an Iraqi professional

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who plays as a

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for the

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club

Al-Shorta Al-Shorta Sports Club () is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Iraq, Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 19 different sports, and the best known section of the club is the football team, whose origins date back to 1932. Al-Shorta was for ...

and the Iraq national team.

Club career

Early years

Basil started his career at Al-Taji where his team earned promotion to the

. He moved to Al-Karkh and also earned promotion there, before spending a season at Al-Oloom wal-Technologia.

Al-Shorta

In July 2014, Basil signed for

. Basil made one appearance in the club's

2018–19 Iraqi Premier League The 2018–19 Iraqi Premier League () was the 45th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 14 September 2018 and ended on 24 July 2019. ...

title-winning campaign, before making 35 appearances and keeping 22 clean sheets in their

2021–22 Iraqi Premier League The 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League was the 48th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest tier football league in Iraq, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 20 September 2021 and ended on 3 July 2022, with the relegation pl ...

title-winning season. He then captained Al-Shorta to the

2022 Iraqi Super Cup The 2022 Iraqi Super Cup was the 11th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. It was held on 2 October 2022 between the 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League champions Al-Shorta and the 2021–22 Iraq FA Cup winners Al-Karkh at Al-Madina Stadium. Al-Shorta m ...

title. He remained the team's starting goalkeeper as Al-Shorta went on to win another three successive titles to make it a record four in a row. Basil also played eleven matches for Al-Shorta in the

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across the

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and

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editions, as well as playing one match at the

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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.

Senior

Basil was called up to the Iraqi national team for the first time in September 2020. Basil made his debut against

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on 30 December 2022. Basil was called up to the Iraqi squad in the

25th Arabian Gulf Cup The 25th Arabian Gulf Cup, known as Khaleeji Zain 25 for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. The tournament was hosted in Iraq for the fi ...

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. Iraq were knocked out in the round of 16 following a defeat against Jordan.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Club

; Al-Karkh *

Iraqi First Division League The Iraqi First Division League is a Association football, football league that is the third tier of the Iraqi football league system, which was founded in 1974. The league consists of 20 teams split into two groups in the first stage. The top fou ...

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;

Iraq Stars League The Iraq Stars League (), is the highest level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraqi Premier Division League. It is governed by the Iraqi Pro League Associa ...

: 2018–19, 2021–22,

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

Iraq FA Cup The Iraq Cup (), commonly known as the Iraq FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in men's domestic Football in Iraq, Iraqi football organised by the Iraq Football Association. Firs ...

: 2023–24 *

Iraqi Super Cup The Iraqi Super Cup (), previously called Iraqi Perseverance Cup (), is a super cup tournament in Iraqi football. Founded in 1986 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by six teams: the top four teams from t ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

International

Iraq *

Arabian Gulf Cup The Arabian Gulf Cup (, ''Kaʾs al-Khalīj al-ʿArabī''), also referred to simply as the Gulf Cup, is a biennial association football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nations. The history of ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Basil Fadhil, Ahmed 1996 births Living people Iraqi men's footballers 21st-century Iraqi sportsmen Iraq men's international footballers Al-Karkh SC players Al-Shorta SC players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Baghdad 2023 AFC Asian Cup players