Uday Shehab Ahmad (; born 14 June 1997) is an

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who plays as a defender for

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in the

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Club career

Shehab started his career with Al-Mosul in the

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, scoring his first goal as a 15-year old against Samaraa on 29 July 2012. After footballing activity in Mosul stopped due to ISIS, Shehab moved to Karah to compete in the Kurdistan League. He joined

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in 2016 to compete in the

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Elite Stage, however after playing in a match against Brayati his transfer to Ghaz Al-Shamal was deemed illegitimate due to the transfer window having ended and therefore Ghaz Al-Shamal were awarded a 3–0 loss for the match and Shehab was not allowed to play for them anymore. He joined

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before moving to Al-Karkh in the winter transfer window of the 2016–17 season and was called up to the Iraq Olympic team in March 2017.

International career

On 7 June 2019, Shehab made his first international cap with Iraq against

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in an international friendly.

References

1997 births Living people Iraqi men's footballers Al-Shorta SC players Iraq men's international footballers Men's association football defenders {{Iraq-footy-bio-stub