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Mohanad Ali

Mohanad Ali Kadhim Al-Shammari (Arabic: مهند علي كاظم الشمري, born 20 June 2000), commonly known in Iraq as Mimi (Arabic: ميمي), is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a forward for Qatari club Al-Sailiya, on loan from Al-Duhail, and the Iraq national team. He is known for his positioning, shooting, heading, close ball control and dribbling.[2]

Mohanad Ali
Mohanad Ali in 2019
Personal information
Full name Mohanad Ali Kadhim Al-Shammari
Date of birth (2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 22)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
Al-Duhail
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2010 Ammo Baba School
2010–2013 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2013–2014 Al-Shorta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Al-Shorta 77 (36)
2016–2017Al-Kahrabaa (loan) 31 (12)
2019– Al-Duhail 9 (1)
2020Portimonense (loan) 6 (0)
2020–2021Al-Sailiya (loan) 19 (7)
2021–2022Aris (loan) 3 (0)
2022–Al-Sailiya (loan) 2 (1)
International career
2013–2014 Iraq U14 10 (12)
2014–2015 Iraq U16 4 (5)
2018 Iraq U23 2 (0)
2017– Iraq 37 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021

Club career

Youth career

Mohanad became interested in football as a child and started playing for a local team in the Baghdad Al-Jadida district called Timsah Al-Amin.[3] He enrolled at the Ammo Baba Football School[4] at the age of six without a trial after coaches had been impressed with the striker. He then joined the Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya youth team,[5] and he represented them in the Al-Zawraa Youth Championship;[6] he was top scorer at two local tournaments, and was then called up by the Iraq FA to play for Saad Hashim's under-14 team, and with an outstanding performance,[7] he grabbed the attention of the managers of Al-Shorta.[8]

Al-Shorta

Early years

On 24 September 2013, the player signed a five-year contract with Al-Shorta.[8] His competitive debut for the club was under Brazilian coach Lorival Santos in the 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League wearing the number 26 shirt, being substituted onto the field on 85 minutes in the Baghdad Derby against Al-Talaba on 26 March 2014,[9] making him the youngest player to represent Al-Qitharah in the club's history at 13 years and 279 days old, and also the youngest player in the history of the Baghdad Derby matches.[10] Al-Shorta topped the league standings with 43 points from 21 games, although the league was ended prematurely due to the war situation in the country.[11]

In the 2014–15 season, Mohanad played in a four-team friendly competition called the Tournament for the Armed Forces, scoring a penalty in the semi-final shootout which Al-Shorta lost to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.[12] Mohanad was given the number 8 shirt for the 2015–16 season under coach Hakeem Shaker and he scored his first goal for Al-Shorta on 20 September 2015 against Al-Sinaa in the 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League with a header.[13] He made two starts and nine substitute appearances in the group stage of the league, where Al-Shorta finished 4th in Group 2 to qualify to the Elite Stage. In the Elite Stage, the club finished in 7th position and Mohanad was used as a substitute for three of their six matches.

He spent the 2016–17 season on loan at Baghdad club Al-Kahrabaa,[14] and finished as the top scorer for the club with 12 goals in 31 league matches,[15][16] including scoring four goals in the same match against Al-Karkh on 4 January. The club finished 13th in the league.

2017–18 season

After the loan, he returned to Al-Shorta and renewed his contract in October 2017 for three years, taking the number 18 shirt. He scored his first two goals of the season against Naft Al-Junoob in a 2–1 victory in January 2018.[17] He continued to score regularly throughout the season, forming a partnership with fellow striker Alaa Abdul-Zahra. He scored his first Baghdad Derby goal against Al-Zawraa on 20 January and scoring in another Baghdad Derby against Al-Talaba on 30 January. He finished his season with the team with 16 goals and assisted 8 times in 32 appearances in the league. The team finished in 4th position.

2018–19 season

He began his season with his team with a new coach, Nebojša Jovović, to exploit his speed as he also took on increasing defensive and creative duties. Mohanad scored his first goal and provided an assist in a 3–1 away win over Naft Al-Junoob on 21 October. He scored his second and third in a 3–0 win against Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya. On 7 November, Mohanad scored his fourth goal against former club Al-Kahrabaa.[18] His fifth and sixth goal with his team came on 24 November including an impressive solo effort,[19] and he scored another extraordinary goal against Al-Naft on 4 March 2019.[20] Mohanad scored 20 goals and 10 assists in 31 games; he won league with the club.

His good form at club level saw him on the radar of many of European and Asian clubs.[21] After his successful 2019 AFC Asian Cup campaign with the national team, there were official offers made from Italian clubs Juventus[22] and Cagliari, Czech club Slavia Prague, Danish club Midtjylland, Belgian club Genk,[23] Turkish club Galatasaray,[24] Greek club AEK Athens, Emirati club Al-Ain and Qatari club Al-Duhail[25][26][27] but Al-Shorta rejected the offers on 29 January 2019, meaning he would spend the rest of the season at Al-Shorta.[28]

The end of the winter transfer window did not stop clubs from expressing their interest in Mohanad, with Al-Shorta's vice-president Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei stating that offers had also now been made by English club Manchester City, Turkish clubs Fenerbahçe, Hatayspor, Yeni Malatyaspor and İstanbul Başakşehir who sent a delegation in April,[29][30] Russian club Akhmat Grozny, Qatari club Al-Wakrah and an unnamed Japanese club. After months of speculation about which club Mohanad would sign with, he completed a move to Qatari side Al-Duhail in July who agreed to pay an undisclosed fee.

Al-Duhail

"We contracted with Mohanad because we know his great abilities and we saw him with his national team and today he proved this, and he suffered continuous pressure from Doha and from outside Doha but he had great abilities and everyone saw his special goal today."

– Portuguese coach Rui Faria.[31]

On 15 July 2019, he transferred to Qatari side Al-Duhail on a five-year contract,[32] for a reported fee of $1.2 million. Mohanad made his debut for Al Duhail in the AFC Champions League against Al Sadd on 6 August, coming on as a second-half substitute. He scored his first goal with a solo effort after dribbling past Kara Mbodji and George Kwasi in the 89th minute on 3 October,[33] coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute, in a 2–1 home win against Al-Sailiya.[34]

Portimonense (loan)

On 30 January 2020, he was sent on loan to Primeira Liga side Portimonense for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[35] Nineteen days later, Mohanad joined the team.[36] He made a debut five days later, coming on as a late substitute for Bruno Tabata in a 0–1 away loss against Porto.

Al-Sailiya (loan)

On 29 August 2020, he was loaned to Al-Sailiya in Qatar.[37] Mohanad scored on his debut in a 1–1 draw against Al-Rayyan on 3 September.[38] Mohanad helped Al-Sailiya win the Qatari Stars Cup for the first major honour in the club's history, scoring a goal in the final.[39] He also played the first three matches of Al-Sailiya's QFA Cup-winning campaign before suffering a head injury that kept him out of the semi-final and final. Mohanad played 27 games and scored 12 goals and had 3 assists in all competitions.

Aris Thessaloniki (loan)

On 31 August 2021, Ali was loaned to Super League Greece side Aris Thessaloniki F.C. in the form of a one-year loan and with a purchase option from Al-Duhail.[40] However, after only a few games, Ali damaged his cruciate ligaments, causing him to be sidelined for at least 6 months, to not only miss the majority of the season, but also miss the rest of the World Cup qualifiers with the Iraq national team.

International career

Youth

Mohanad made his debut for Iraq's Under-14s in 2013 at the age of just 13. He was the joint-top scorer at the 2013 Asian Youth Games with six goals in Nanjing in August 2013, where the Iraq U-14s beat Singapore,[41] Kuwait and Thailand in the quarterfinals before they lost to Iran in the semis and the third and fourth match on penalties to North Korea.[42][7] In the first ever edition of the AFC U-14 Championship in 2014 in Iran,[43] Mohanad won the top scorer award with six goals[44] and his team won the cup.[45] In the 2015 WAFF U-16 Championship, Mohanad won the top scorer award with five goals and his team won the championship.[46][47]

Senior

 
Mohanad playing for Iraq at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

He played his first match for the Iraq national team in a friendly against United Arab Emirates on 17 December 2017,[48] however the match was not counted as an official international game, and so his official debut came against Bahrain in the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup on 23 December 2017.[15] He scored for Iraq in an unofficial friendly game against Iraqi Premier League club Naft Al-Junoob on 24 February 2018.[49] His first and second international goals for Iraq were in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia on 28 February 2018.[15]

He played against Argentina on 11 October 2018,[50] coming on as a second-half substitute.[51] He was nominated by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as one of the top young talents;[52] he was described as the youngest player who has the potential to changing the shape of the game before 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[2]

He scored his seventh goal against Vietnam on 8 January 2019,[53] and his eighth against Yemen on 12 January 2019,[54] followed by a goal against Jordan to help Iraq win the 2019 International Friendship Championship. Mohanad went on to score five more goals by the end of 2019. After his performance at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, he was voted the 2019 West Asian Footballer of the Year[55] and was also included in Chinese newspaper Titan Sports "Best Footballer in Asia 2019", which listed 26 of best footballers.[56]

Style of play

“We always trust Mohanad. He has good feet, he can connect powerfully with headers and he is very clever in the box."

– Iraq youth coach Saad Hashim speaking on Mohanad.[44]

Mohanad is talented player with good technique and close control, who is an adept header of the ball, and who has an ability to score impressive goals, in the air or with either foot, courtesy of his shooting ability and positional sense. He is physically strong, and is gifted with dribbling skills, anticipation, and confidence in going at opponents with numerical superiority. He is also known for his speed, and his ability beat defenders with sudden turns, as well as his vision, which gave him the ability to link-up with and provide assists for teammates.[2][7][52][57][58]

Personal life

Mohanad is a Shammari Shiite born in Baghdad. The former international striker Ali Salah is one of his cousins.[59] Mohanad played under the name of his brother Hassan Ali during the 2015–16 season with Al-Shorta and the 2016–17 season with Al-Kahrabaa.[60] While at Al-Kahrabaa, he told the Football-IQ newspaper: "My official data and official documents in the records of the Asian Football Confederation are under the name Mohanad Ali, which is my real name. All it is is that an error in my personal data then led to me being called the name Hassan. I do not want to return to this issue which bothered me a lot, especially after my forms have been resolved by legal means".[61] Football-IQ confirmed later in the year that an Iraqi court had ruled that his AFC documents under the name Mohanad Ali were correct,[62][63] granting him the right to cancel his erroneous passport and obtain a new corrected one, thus allowing him to represent Iraq again.[64][65] In late September 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[66]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 August 2022[67][68][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Shorta 2013–14 IPL 1 0 0 0 1 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16 14 1 14 1
2017–18 32 16 32 16
2018–19 30 19 1 1 31 20
Total 77 36 1 1 0 0 78 37
Al-Kahrabaa (loan) 2016–17 IPL 31 12 2 0 33 12
Al-Duhail 2019–20 QSL 9 1 2 0 2 0 13 1
Portimonense (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 6 0 6 0
Al-Sailiya (loan) 2020–21 QSL 19 7 2 3 6 2 27 12
Aris (loan) 2021–22 Super League 3 0 0 0 3 0
Al-Sailiya (loan) 2022–23 QSL 2 1 2 1
Career total 147 57 5 4 2 0 8 2 162 63

International

As of 7 September 2021[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iraq 2017 1 0
2018 10 6
2019 17 8
2020 2 1
2021 7 2
Total 37 17


Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ali goal.
List of international goals scored by Mohanad Ali[15]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 28 February 2018 Basra Sports City, Basra, Iraq   Saudi Arabia 3–0 4–1 Friendly
2 4–1
3 27 March 2018 Basra Sports City, Basra, Iraq   Syria 1–0 1–1 2018 International Friendship Championship
4 10 September 2018 Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Farwaniya, Kuwait   Kuwait 1–0 2–2 Friendly
5 15 October 2018 King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia   Saudi Arabia 1–0 1–1 2018 Superclásico Championship
6 24 December 2018 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar   China 2–1 2–1 Friendly
7 8 January 2019 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates   Vietnam 1–1 3–2 2019 AFC Asian Cup
8 12 January 2019 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates   Yemen 1–0 3–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup
9 26 March 2019 Basra Sports City, Basra, Iraq   Jordan 3–1 3–2 2019 International Friendship Championship
10 5 September 2019 National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain   Bahrain 1–1 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 10 October 2019 Basra Sports City, Basra, Iraq   Hong Kong 1–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 15 October 2019 Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia   Cambodia 2–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 14 November 2019 Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan   Iran 1–0 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
14 5 December 2019 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar   Bahrain 1–0 2–2 24th Arabian Gulf Cup
15 17 November 2020 The Sevens Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates   Uzbekistan 1–1 2–1 Friendly
16 29 May 2021 Al Fayhaa Stadium, Basra, Iraq     Nepal 5–2 6–2 Friendly
17 7 June 2021 Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain   Cambodia 1–0 4–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Al-Shorta[11]

Al-Duhail[67]

Al-Sailiya[67]

Iraq Youth team[43][45][46]

Individual

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External links

  • Mohanad Ali on Instagram
  • Mohanad Ali – AFC competition record
  • Mohanad Ali at Soccerway
  • Mohanad Ali at WorldFootball.net
  • Mohanad Ali at National-Football-Teams.com  
  • Interview with Mohanad Ali in March 2018

mohanad, kadhim, shammari, arabic, مهند, علي, كاظم, الشمري, born, june, 2000, commonly, known, iraq, mimi, arabic, ميمي, iraqi, professional, footballer, plays, forward, qatari, club, sailiya, loan, from, duhail, iraq, national, team, known, positioning, shoot. Mohanad Ali Kadhim Al Shammari Arabic مهند علي كاظم الشمري born 20 June 2000 commonly known in Iraq as Mimi Arabic ميمي is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a forward for Qatari club Al Sailiya on loan from Al Duhail and the Iraq national team He is known for his positioning shooting heading close ball control and dribbling 2 Mohanad AliMohanad Ali in 2019Personal informationFull nameMohanad Ali Kadhim Al ShammariDate of birth 2000 06 20 20 June 2000 age 22 Place of birthBaghdad IraqHeight1 83 m 6 ft 0 in 1 Position s StrikerClub informationCurrent teamAl DuhailNumber9Youth career2006 2010Ammo Baba School2010 2013Al Quwa Al Jawiya2013 2014Al ShortaSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 2014 2019Al Shorta77 36 2016 2017 Al Kahrabaa loan 31 12 2019 Al Duhail9 1 2020 Portimonense loan 6 0 2020 2021 Al Sailiya loan 19 7 2021 2022 Aris loan 3 0 2022 Al Sailiya loan 2 1 International career 2013 2014Iraq U1410 12 2014 2015Iraq U164 5 2018Iraq U232 0 2017 Iraq37 17 Club domestic league appearances and goals correct as of 10 August 2022 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2021 Contents 1 Club career 1 1 Youth career 1 2 Al Shorta 1 2 1 Early years 1 2 2 2017 18 season 1 2 3 2018 19 season 1 3 Al Duhail 1 3 1 Portimonense loan 1 3 2 Al Sailiya loan 1 3 3 Aris Thessaloniki loan 2 International career 2 1 Youth 2 2 Senior 3 Style of play 4 Personal life 5 Career statistics 5 1 Club 5 2 International 6 Honours 7 References 8 External linksClub career EditYouth career Edit Mohanad became interested in football as a child and started playing for a local team in the Baghdad Al Jadida district called Timsah Al Amin 3 He enrolled at the Ammo Baba Football School 4 at the age of six without a trial after coaches had been impressed with the striker He then joined the Al Quwa Al Jawiya youth team 5 and he represented them in the Al Zawraa Youth Championship 6 he was top scorer at two local tournaments and was then called up by the Iraq FA to play for Saad Hashim s under 14 team and with an outstanding performance 7 he grabbed the attention of the managers of Al Shorta 8 Al Shorta Edit Early years Edit On 24 September 2013 the player signed a five year contract with Al Shorta 8 His competitive debut for the club was under Brazilian coach Lorival Santos in the 2013 14 Iraqi Premier League wearing the number 26 shirt being substituted onto the field on 85 minutes in the Baghdad Derby against Al Talaba on 26 March 2014 9 making him the youngest player to represent Al Qitharah in the club s history at 13 years and 279 days old and also the youngest player in the history of the Baghdad Derby matches 10 Al Shorta topped the league standings with 43 points from 21 games although the league was ended prematurely due to the war situation in the country 11 In the 2014 15 season Mohanad played in a four team friendly competition called the Tournament for the Armed Forces scoring a penalty in the semi final shootout which Al Shorta lost to Al Quwa Al Jawiya 12 Mohanad was given the number 8 shirt for the 2015 16 season under coach Hakeem Shaker and he scored his first goal for Al Shorta on 20 September 2015 against Al Sinaa in the 2015 16 Iraqi Premier League with a header 13 He made two starts and nine substitute appearances in the group stage of the league where Al Shorta finished 4th in Group 2 to qualify to the Elite Stage In the Elite Stage the club finished in 7th position and Mohanad was used as a substitute for three of their six matches He spent the 2016 17 season on loan at Baghdad club Al Kahrabaa 14 and finished as the top scorer for the club with 12 goals in 31 league matches 15 16 including scoring four goals in the same match against Al Karkh on 4 January The club finished 13th in the league 2017 18 season Edit After the loan he returned to Al Shorta and renewed his contract in October 2017 for three years taking the number 18 shirt He scored his first two goals of the season against Naft Al Junoob in a 2 1 victory in January 2018 17 He continued to score regularly throughout the season forming a partnership with fellow striker Alaa Abdul Zahra He scored his first Baghdad Derby goal against Al Zawraa on 20 January and scoring in another Baghdad Derby against Al Talaba on 30 January He finished his season with the team with 16 goals and assisted 8 times in 32 appearances in the league The team finished in 4th position 2018 19 season Edit He began his season with his team with a new coach Nebojsa Jovovic to exploit his speed as he also took on increasing defensive and creative duties Mohanad scored his first goal and provided an assist in a 3 1 away win over Naft Al Junoob on 21 October He scored his second and third in a 3 0 win against Al Sinaat Al Kahrabaiya On 7 November Mohanad scored his fourth goal against former club Al Kahrabaa 18 His fifth and sixth goal with his team came on 24 November including an impressive solo effort 19 and he scored another extraordinary goal against Al Naft on 4 March 2019 20 Mohanad scored 20 goals and 10 assists in 31 games he won league with the club His good form at club level saw him on the radar of many of European and Asian clubs 21 After his successful 2019 AFC Asian Cup campaign with the national team there were official offers made from Italian clubs Juventus 22 and Cagliari Czech club Slavia Prague Danish club Midtjylland Belgian club Genk 23 Turkish club Galatasaray 24 Greek club AEK Athens Emirati club Al Ain and Qatari club Al Duhail 25 26 27 but Al Shorta rejected the offers on 29 January 2019 meaning he would spend the rest of the season at Al Shorta 28 The end of the winter transfer window did not stop clubs from expressing their interest in Mohanad with Al Shorta s vice president Abdul Wahab Al Taei stating that offers had also now been made by English club Manchester City Turkish clubs Fenerbahce Hatayspor Yeni Malatyaspor and Istanbul Basaksehir who sent a delegation in April 29 30 Russian club Akhmat Grozny Qatari club Al Wakrah and an unnamed Japanese club After months of speculation about which club Mohanad would sign with he completed a move to Qatari side Al Duhail in July who agreed to pay an undisclosed fee Al Duhail Edit We contracted with Mohanad because we know his great abilities and we saw him with his national team and today he proved this and he suffered continuous pressure from Doha and from outside Doha but he had great abilities and everyone saw his special goal today Portuguese coach Rui Faria 31 On 15 July 2019 he transferred to Qatari side Al Duhail on a five year contract 32 for a reported fee of 1 2 million Mohanad made his debut for Al Duhail in the AFC Champions League against Al Sadd on 6 August coming on as a second half substitute He scored his first goal with a solo effort after dribbling past Kara Mbodji and George Kwasi in the 89th minute on 3 October 33 coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute in a 2 1 home win against Al Sailiya 34 Portimonense loan Edit On 30 January 2020 he was sent on loan to Primeira Liga side Portimonense for the rest of the 2019 20 season 35 Nineteen days later Mohanad joined the team 36 He made a debut five days later coming on as a late substitute for Bruno Tabata in a 0 1 away loss against Porto Al Sailiya loan Edit On 29 August 2020 he was loaned to Al Sailiya in Qatar 37 Mohanad scored on his debut in a 1 1 draw against Al Rayyan on 3 September 38 Mohanad helped Al Sailiya win the Qatari Stars Cup for the first major honour in the club s history scoring a goal in the final 39 He also played the first three matches of Al Sailiya s QFA Cup winning campaign before suffering a head injury that kept him out of the semi final and final Mohanad played 27 games and scored 12 goals and had 3 assists in all competitions Aris Thessaloniki loan Edit On 31 August 2021 Ali was loaned to Super League Greece side Aris Thessaloniki F C in the form of a one year loan and with a purchase option from Al Duhail 40 However after only a few games Ali damaged his cruciate ligaments causing him to be sidelined for at least 6 months to not only miss the majority of the season but also miss the rest of the World Cup qualifiers with the Iraq national team International career EditYouth Edit Mohanad made his debut for Iraq s Under 14s in 2013 at the age of just 13 He was the joint top scorer at the 2013 Asian Youth Games with six goals in Nanjing in August 2013 where the Iraq U 14s beat Singapore 41 Kuwait and Thailand in the quarterfinals before they lost to Iran in the semis and the third and fourth match on penalties to North Korea 42 7 In the first ever edition of the AFC U 14 Championship in 2014 in Iran 43 Mohanad won the top scorer award with six goals 44 and his team won the cup 45 In the 2015 WAFF U 16 Championship Mohanad won the top scorer award with five goals and his team won the championship 46 47 Senior Edit Mohanad playing for Iraq at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup He played his first match for the Iraq national team in a friendly against United Arab Emirates on 17 December 2017 48 however the match was not counted as an official international game and so his official debut came against Bahrain in the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup on 23 December 2017 15 He scored for Iraq in an unofficial friendly game against Iraqi Premier League club Naft Al Junoob on 24 February 2018 49 His first and second international goals for Iraq were in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia on 28 February 2018 15 He played against Argentina on 11 October 2018 50 coming on as a second half substitute 51 He was nominated by the Asian Football Confederation AFC as one of the top young talents 52 he was described as the youngest player who has the potential to changing the shape of the game before 2019 AFC Asian Cup 2 He scored his seventh goal against Vietnam on 8 January 2019 53 and his eighth against Yemen on 12 January 2019 54 followed by a goal against Jordan to help Iraq win the 2019 International Friendship Championship Mohanad went on to score five more goals by the end of 2019 After his performance at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification he was voted the 2019 West Asian Footballer of the Year 55 and was also included in Chinese newspaper Titan Sports Best Footballer in Asia 2019 which listed 26 of best footballers 56 Style of play Edit We always trust Mohanad He has good feet he can connect powerfully with headers and he is very clever in the box Iraq youth coach Saad Hashim speaking on Mohanad 44 Mohanad is talented player with good technique and close control who is an adept header of the ball and who has an ability to score impressive goals in the air or with either foot courtesy of his shooting ability and positional sense He is physically strong and is gifted with dribbling skills anticipation and confidence in going at opponents with numerical superiority He is also known for his speed and his ability beat defenders with sudden turns as well as his vision which gave him the ability to link up with and provide assists for teammates 2 7 52 57 58 Personal life EditMohanad is a Shammari Shiite born in Baghdad The former international striker Ali Salah is one of his cousins 59 Mohanad played under the name of his brother Hassan Ali during the 2015 16 season with Al Shorta and the 2016 17 season with Al Kahrabaa 60 While at Al Kahrabaa he told the Football IQ newspaper My official data and official documents in the records of the Asian Football Confederation are under the name Mohanad Ali which is my real name All it is is that an error in my personal data then led to me being called the name Hassan I do not want to return to this issue which bothered me a lot especially after my forms have been resolved by legal means 61 Football IQ confirmed later in the year that an Iraqi court had ruled that his AFC documents under the name Mohanad Ali were correct 62 63 granting him the right to cancel his erroneous passport and obtain a new corrected one thus allowing him to represent Iraq again 64 65 In late September 2020 he tested positive for COVID 19 66 Career statistics EditClub Edit As of 10 August 2022 67 68 15 Appearances and goals by club season and competition Club Season League Cup a Continental Other b TotalDivision Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsAl Shorta 2013 14 IPL 1 0 0 0 1 02014 15 0 0 0 0 0 02015 16 14 1 14 12017 18 32 16 32 162018 19 30 19 1 1 31 20Total 77 36 1 1 0 0 78 37Al Kahrabaa loan 2016 17 IPL 31 12 2 0 33 12Al Duhail 2019 20 QSL 9 1 2 0 2 0 13 1Portimonense loan 2019 20 Primeira Liga 6 0 6 0Al Sailiya loan 2020 21 QSL 19 7 2 3 6 2 27 12Aris loan 2021 22 Super League 3 0 0 0 3 0Al Sailiya loan 2022 23 QSL 2 1 2 1Career total 147 57 5 4 2 0 8 2 162 63 Includes Iraq FA Cup and Emir of Qatar Cup Includes Qatari Super Cup Qatar Cup Qatari Stars Cup and QFA Cup International Edit As of 7 September 2021 15 Appearances and goals by national team and year National team Year Apps GoalsIraq 2017 1 02018 10 62019 17 82020 2 12021 7 2Total 37 17 Scores and results list Iraq s goal tally first score column indicates score after each Ali goal List of international goals scored by Mohanad Ali 15 No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1 28 February 2018 Basra Sports City Basra Iraq Saudi Arabia 3 0 4 1 Friendly2 4 13 27 March 2018 Basra Sports City Basra Iraq Syria 1 0 1 1 2018 International Friendship Championship4 10 September 2018 Ali Sabah Al Salem Stadium Farwaniya Kuwait Kuwait 1 0 2 2 Friendly5 15 October 2018 King Saud University Stadium Riyadh Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1 0 1 1 2018 Superclasico Championship6 24 December 2018 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium Doha Qatar China 2 1 2 1 Friendly7 8 January 2019 Zayed Sports City Stadium Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Vietnam 1 1 3 2 2019 AFC Asian Cup8 12 January 2019 Sharjah Stadium Sharjah United Arab Emirates Yemen 1 0 3 0 2019 AFC Asian Cup9 26 March 2019 Basra Sports City Basra Iraq Jordan 3 1 3 2 2019 International Friendship Championship10 5 September 2019 National Stadium Manama Bahrain Bahrain 1 1 1 1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification11 10 October 2019 Basra Sports City Basra Iraq Hong Kong 1 0 2 0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification12 15 October 2019 Olympic Stadium Phnom Penh Cambodia Cambodia 2 0 4 0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification13 14 November 2019 Amman International Stadium Amman Jordan Iran 1 0 2 1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification14 5 December 2019 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Doha Qatar Bahrain 1 0 2 2 24th Arabian Gulf Cup15 17 November 2020 The Sevens Stadium Dubai United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan 1 1 2 1 Friendly16 29 May 2021 Al Fayhaa Stadium Basra Iraq Nepal 5 2 6 2 Friendly17 7 June 2021 Al Muharraq Stadium Arad Bahrain Cambodia 1 0 4 1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualificationHonours EditAl Shorta 11 Iraqi Premier League 2018 19Al Duhail 67 Qatar Stars League 2019 20Al Sailiya 67 Qatari Stars Cup 2020 21 QFA Cup 2021Iraq Youth team 43 45 46 AFC U 14 Championship 2014 WAFF U 16 Championship 2015Individual 2013 Asian Youth Games Joint Top Scorer 6 goals 2014 AFC U 14 Championship Top Scorer 6 goals 2015 WAFF U 16 Championship Top Scorer 5 goals Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season 2018 19 AFC Fans Best Player in West Asia 2019 Soccer Iraq Team of the Decade 2010 2019 AFC Best Young Player of the Year nominee 2020 69 References Edit 2019 AFC Asian Cup List of Players PDF AFC p 14 a b c Lorini Simone 27 February 2019 Un talento al giorno Mohanad Ali il primo iracheno bianconero in Italian Tuttomercatoweb com Top 10 forwards to watch out for Sportskeeda 22 December 2018 Mohanad Ali Forvet Genc Scout in Turkish 27 January 2019 Facts on Mohanad Ali Mohanad enrolled at the age of six Mohanad Ali with Al Quwa Al Jawiya in 2012 2013 season Rawan Al Nahi report on Mohanad Ali a b c Al Hurra Iraq tv report on Mohanad Ali Alhurra 30 August 2013 a b He signed a five year contract with Al Shorta 24 September 2013 Al Talaba 1 2 Al Shorta Full Match Al Shorta SC Overview of History a b Al Shorta SC Latest News Retrieved 16 April 2019 Penalty Kicks between Al Quwa Al Jawiya and Al Shorta Mohanad scored his first goal for Al Shorta Al Kahraba FC on a one year loan deal from Al Shorta 10 August 2016 Archived from the original on 14 March 2018 a b c d e f Mohanad Ali at National Football Teams com Award Player of the Week 8 December 2016 Archived from the original on 22 March 2019 Iraqi League Al Shurta Nafit Al Janob FIFA com Archived from the original on 15 March 2018 Left foot shot that has torn the old net 7 November 2018 Great goal against Naft Maysan 24 November 2018 Juve altro gol straordinario dell obiettivo Mohanad Ali in Italian La Gazzetta dello Sport 6 March 2019 Mohanad Ali is close to representing German club next season 13 March 2018 Archived from the original on 15 March 2018 GENC IRAKLI RADARA GIRDI Yeniasir in Turkish 1 July 2018 Mohanad Ali on the radar of Saudi clubs arabia eurosport com 17 October 2018 Portuguese club Santa Clara is interested in Mohanad 21 October 2018 Exclusive The official offer juventus sent to Al Shorta SC to buy Mohannad Ali on a permanent basis 30 January 2019 Cornacchia Filippo 31 January 2019 Per la Juventus e gia estate Ali Ndombele in Italian Tuttosport Balal Hassanane 26 January 2019 Exclusive Leaked Documents Reveal Several Huge European Clubs Chasing Mohanad Ali Transfer IRAQ FOOTBALL The offers mustafataha in Turkish 27 January 2019 Clubs interested in Mohanad Ali Iraqfpg com 26 January 2019 بالارقام مبالغ العروض الاحترافية المقدمة إلى نادي الشرطة لشراء ميمي نادي الشرطة العراقي يرفض انتقال ميمي إلى يوفينتوس الإيطالي العروض الفعلية التي وصلت لغرض شراء نجم هجوم العراق ولاعب الشرطة مهند علي نادي الدحيل القطري Al Shorta Statement Soccer Iraq 29 January 2019 Christian Emile Players Agent Behrooz Dezhbod Players Agent Irak le club de Mohanad Ali jeune star de la Coupe d Asie dit avoir refuse une offre de la Juventus beIN SPORTS in French 30 January 2019 A copy of a letter sent by Istanbul Basaksehir to Al Shorta at the end of March Soccer Iraq 5 May 2019 الشرطة العراقي يرفض الجلوس مع متصدر الدوري التركي بشأن ميمي Rui Faria commenting on Mohanad Mohsen Mohamed 15 July 2019 Al Duhail Includes The Iraqi Talent Mohanad Ali Al Duhail SC Al Duhail 2 1 Al Sailiya QSL 2019 20 Plus Doha Stadium 3 October 2019 Mohanad Ali goal helps Al Duhail beat Al Sailiya Mohanad Ali emprestado com opcao de compra www record pt in European Portuguese Informacao Sul 17 February 2020 Mohanad Ali faz primeiro treino pelo Portimonense e ate ja podera ir ao Dragao Sul Informacao in European Portuguese Mohanad joined Al Sailiya on loan from Al Duhail 29 August 2020 QNB Stars League Week 1 Al Sailiya 1 Al Rayyan 1 QSL 3 September 2020 Al Sailiya beat Al Rayyan to clinch Ooredoo Cup in Arabic Gulf Times 26 March 2021 Team Onsports 1 September 2021 Arhs Xtyphse me Moxanant Ali sto 90 Onsports gr in Greek Retrieved 31 August 2021 Mohanad 1st L jumps for the ball during the men s football match against Kuwait at the 2nd Asian Youth Games ocasia org 17 August 2013 Archived from the original on 27 July 2018 Mohanad against South Korea Asian Youth Games 15 August 2013 a b Iraq on AFC U 14 Championship victory in Persian ffiri ir Archived from the original on 8 June 2018 a b Prolific Kadhim claims U 14 top scorer honour AFC Archived from the original on 4 June 2018 a b Youtube AFC U14 Championship Iran 2014 FINAL 21 August 2014 Shaikh Salman congratulates Iraq on AFC U 14 Championship victory AFC Archived from the original on 4 June 2018 a b 5th WAFF U 16 Championship 2015 WAFF Archived from the original on 24 December 2018 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Results of Iraq in 2015 NIIIIS com 2015 WAFF U 16 Championship almadenahnews com Video1 WAFF U 16 Championship 2015 29 July 2015 Video2 WAFF U 16 Championship 2015 2 August 2015 Video3 WAFF U 16 Championship 2015 Video4 WAFF U 16 Championship 2015 6 August 2015 First match unofficial friendly against UAE Call up by Basim Qasim former manager 19 February 2019 SoccerIraq 24 February 2018 Iraq played out a 1 1 draw in a friendly today against IPL side Naft Al Janoob Mohanad Ali scored the Lions g Tweet via Twitter Quien es Mohanad Ali la joya de Irak in Spanish Ole 9 October 2018 Paulo Dybala vs Mohanad Ali 11 October 2018 Ramiro Funes Mori vs Mohanad Ali a b 10 of the Best Young Stars AFC 14 December 2018 seventh goal against Vietnam AFC Asian Cup 2019 Match Day 1 The Top 10 GREAT GROUP STAGE GOALS MOHANAD ALI V YEMEN Vote for your best player of UAE 2019 Group Stage AFC The best U 21 players at the tournament FOX Sports Asia 26 January 2019 خيار الجماهير لأبرز لاعب في غرب آسيا 2019 ar the afc com in Arabic 2019亚洲金球奖 26人完全排名 全球51位评委名单 Titan Sports in Chinese 3 January 2020 de Llano Alex 3 January 2019 Los cinco jovenes a seguir en la Copa Asia 2019 in Spanish AS La oferta irrisoria de la Juventus por Mohanad Ali la joven promesa de Irak in Spanish La Nacion Mohanad is the cousin of Ali Salah Archived from the original on 24 December 2021 Hassan Ali Kadhim profile with photo of Mohanad Ali www kooora com Retrieved 13 January 2019 Mohanad Ali I am not Hassan and this is the story of my personal details Football IQ 4 April 2017 Mubarak Hassanin 12 December 2017 The Iraqi striker with two names free to play for Iraq at the Gulf Cup Ahdaafme AFC Asian Cup 2019 The tournament s youngest player might not be the youngest after all 29 December 2018 Retrieved 10 February 2020 The Iraqi court s ruling allows a player to return to the national team after being deprived internationally Football IQ 11 December 2017 Al Nasser Falah 21 September 2015 What is it Mohanad or Hassan newsabah com alkasschannel 25 September 2020 الفحوصات الطبية تثبت إصابة العراقي مهند علي محترف نادي السيلية بفيروس كورونا Tweet via Twitter a b c Mohanad Ali at Soccerway Mohanad Ali at Playmakerstats Asia s Choice Fan Awards Best Young Player in 2020 AFC 6 January 2021 Archived from the original on 6 January 2021 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mohanad Ali Mohanad Ali on Instagram Mohanad Ali AFC competition record Mohanad Ali at Soccerway Mohanad Ali at WorldFootball net Mohanad Ali at National Football Teams com Interview with Mohanad Ali in March 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mohanad Ali amp oldid 1140194651, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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