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

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast an ...

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who is currently playing for

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

. He is also a member of the

Yemen national football team The Yemen national football team ( ar, منتخب اليمن الوطني لكرة القدم), is the national team of Yemen and is controlled by the Yemen Football Association. When the nation was split into North Yemen and South Yemen bef ...

. 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 Championship. It was held in the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Lahti and Turku in Finland between 13 and 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1986 could particip ...

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Career

Akram plays for

from

Al Hudaydah Al-Hudaydah ( ar, الْحُدَيْدَة, al-ḥudayda), also transliterated as Hodeda, Hodeida, Hudaida or Hodeidah, is the fourth-largest city in Yemen and its principal port on the Red Sea. As of 2004, its population was 402,560 and it is ...

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

Honours

Club

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 northe ...

: 1 :: 2008–09

Country

* Yemen U17 **

FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédératio ...

***''Group Stage:''

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* 1986 births Living people Yemeni men's footballers 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