Akram Al-Selwi (Arabic: اكرم الصلوي; born 8 September 1986) is a

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

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who plays for

Al-Hilal Al-Sahili Al-Hilal al-Sahili () is a Yemeni professional football club based in Al Hudaydah. The club was founded in 1971. Achievements *Yemeni League **Champions (2): 2008, 2009 * Yemeni President Cup **Champions (2): 2005, 2008 *Yemeni September 26 Cu ...

. He is also a member of the

Yemen national football team The Yemen national football team () represents Yemen in men's international Association football, football and is administered by the Yemen Football Association. When Yemen was split into Yemen Arab Republic, North and South Yemen, South, tw ...

. Al-Selwi played for Yemen at the

2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, was the tenth edition of FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Championship. It was held in the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Lahti and Turku in Finland from 13 to 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 19 ...

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Career

Akram plays for

from

Al Hudaydah Hodeidah (), also transliterated as Hodeda, Hodeida, Hudaida or al-Hudaydah, is the fourth-largest city in Yemen and its Hudaydah Port, principal port on the Red Sea and it is the centre of Al Hudaydah Governorate. As of 2023, it had an estimate ...

. He is left footed and he can play on left midfield and central midfield position, as well as an attacker.

Honours

Al-Hilal Al-Sahili *

Yemeni League Yemeni League is the top football division of the Yemen Football Association. It was created in 1990 after the unification of North and South Yemen. It was set up in a four-level system with Premier, First, Second and Third Division. 16 norther ...

: 2008–09

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* 1986 births Living people Yemeni men's footballers 21st-century Yemeni sportsmen Yemen men's international footballers Yemeni expatriate men's footballers Yemeni expatriate sportspeople in Sudan Expatriate men's footballers in Sudan Men's association football forwards Al Yarmuk Al Rawda players Al Hilal Club (Omdurman) players Al Hilal Al Sahili players Yemeni League players {{Yemen-footy-bio-stub