Ahmed Salah (; born June 18, 1982, in

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) is an

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manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of

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 ...

Career

Ahmed Salah started playing in the Baghdad district of Al-Dora and his school team before moving to the Al-Omal youth team where he spent six years. A move to

Al-Zawraa Al-Zawra'a Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Al-Zawra'a have won the most ...

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

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. He was called into the Iraqi Under-19s by Thair Jassim and helped the team to qualify to the

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scoring in the 6–0 win over the

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. The starlet was one of three players left out on standby along with Alaa Sattar and

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for the finals in Tehran. In September 2000, Salah was called up to the Iraq B team in an International Tournament held in

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, helping the team to runners-up spot behind a full-strength Indonesian national team. In 2000 Salah decided to join

Al-Talaba Al-Talaba Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. Its football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1969, the club was named Al-Jamiea but became known a ...

along with fellow

team-mates

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and Husham Ali. At the club, Ahmed was given more opportunities in the first team then at

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

at the end 2002, and has been a regular in

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's Olympic squad. He was part of Iraq Olympic team in the

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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

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but his career in Egypt wasn't successful, he moved to Qatar and played with

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few matches and scored 2 goals, played with the Syrian team

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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

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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

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and he helped the team to reach the King's Cup final, and they became runner-up after lose to

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0-1. Alwan had a successful four years in Erbil forming a striking partnership with

to lead them to three championships at his time at the club. On 16 September he was released along with 7 other players by Erbil SC.

Managerial statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

Country

* 4th place in

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Gold medallist.

Club

Iraqi Premier 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 Asso ...

**Winner:6 *** 1999 with

Al-Zawra'a SC Al-Zawra'a Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Al-Zawra'a have won the most ...

*** 2000 with

*** 2002 with

Talaba SC Al-Talaba Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. Its football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1969, the club was named Al-Jamiea but became known a ...

*** 2006/2007 with

Erbil SC Erbil Sports Club (, ) is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the first-tier of Iraqi football. Erbil are one of the most successful teams in Iraq, and the ...

*** 2007/2008 with

*** 2008/2009 with

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 ...

**Winner:4 *** 1999 with

*** 2000 with

*** 2002 with

*** 2003 with

Damascus International Championship The Damascus International Championship, also known as ''Syriatel Cup'' for sponsorship reasons. Was a sporting event where clubs from UAFA member countries participated in the competition, which was administered by the Syrian Arab Federation for F ...

**Winner:1 *** 2005 with

Syrian Premier League The Syrian Premier League () is a professional association football league in Syria and the top division of the Syrian football league system. The league comprises 12 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Syrian Le ...

**Winner 1 *** 2005/2006 with

Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo Al-Ittihad Ahli of Aleppo Sports Club () also known as Al-Ittihad Ahli, is a professional multi-sports club based in the Syrian city of Aleppo, mostly known for its football team which competes in the Syrian Premier League, the top league of Syr ...

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**Winner 2 ***2005 with

*** 2006 with

Individual

12th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship The 12th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship () was the twelfth occurrence of the Baghdad Championship. The competition was organised by the Iraq Football Association and the top eight teams of the 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League competed in the tournament. ...

Player of the Tournament *

1st Baghdad Championship The 1st Baghdad Championship () was the first occurrence of the tournament since it was renamed from its previous name of Umm al-Ma'arik Championship. It was organised by the Iraq Football Association. The top eight teams in the league table at t ...

Player of the Tournament

Manager

**Winner:1 *** 2023 with

Al-Shorta SC 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 ...

External links

References

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