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Ahmad Al Saleh (Arabic: أحمد الصالح; born 20 May 1990)[1] is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Syrian club Al-Jaish and the Syria national team.

Ahmad Al Saleh

Al Saleh with Al Ahed in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Ahmad Al Saleh
Date of birth	(1990-05-20) 20 May 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth	Amuda, Syria
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Al-Jaish
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2013	Al-Jaish	5	(5)
2013	Al-Shorta Damascus	0	(0)
2013–2015	Al-Arabi	78	(2)
2015–2016	Al-Shorta Baghdad	1	(1)
2016	Al-Muharraq	0	(0)
2016–2017	Al-Arabi	3	(0)
2017–2018	Henan Jinaye	6	(1)
2018	Al-Jaish	0	(0)
2018–2019	Al-Ahed	16	(0)
2019–2021	Al-Arabi	21	(2)
2021–2022	Al-Wahda
2022–	Al-Jaish
National team‡
2005–2007	Syria U17
2007–2008	Syria U20
2009–2012	Syria U23
2008–	Syria	54	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Club career

Al Saleh began his professional career with Syrian Premier League club Al-Jaish; he joined the senior squad in 2008.[1]

In 2018, Ahmad Al Saleh joined Lebanese Premier League champions Al Ahed.^{[citation needed]} After one season, in 2019 he joined Kuwaiti club Al-Arabi.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Al Saleh was a part of the Syrian U-17 national team in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea.^{[citation needed]} He played against Argentina, Spain and Honduras in the group-stage of the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^{[citation needed]} He scored one goal against Honduras in the third match of the group-stage.[2]

Al Saleh was selected to Valeriu Tiţa's 23-man final squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar,[3] but he didn't play in any of the three Syrian group games.^{[citation needed]}

He played for Syria at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup; his side exited in the group stage after only picking up a single point.^{[citation needed]} After Al Saleh revoked the Syria captaincy to Omar Al Somah, the press claimed that Al Saleh didn't like this decision and that he disputed it with Al Somah, who himself confirmed this matter in an interview in March 2019.[4]

Personal life

Al Saleh is of Kurdish ethnicity.^{[citation needed]} His brother, Sheroan, is also a professional player who plays for Al-Jaish SC.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

International

As of 18 November 2019.[5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Syria	2008	3	0
	2012	10	1
	2013	4	0
	2014	1	0
	2015	6	0
	2016	11	0
	2017	5	1
	2018	2	0
	2019	14	0
Total		56	2

Score and result tables list Syria's goal tally first.

Ahmad Al Saleh: International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 December 2012	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Iraq	1–0	1–0	2012 WAFF Championship
2	13 June 2017	Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca, Malaysia	China PR	2–2	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Al-Jaish

• Syrian Premier League: 2009–10

Al-Arabi

• Kuwait Federation Cup: 2013–14
• Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 2014–15

Ahed

• AFC Cup: 2019
• Lebanese Premier League: 2018–19
• Lebanese FA Cup: 2018–19

Syria

• WAFF Championship: 2012

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ahmad Al Saleh.

• Ahmad Al Saleh at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ahmad Al Saleh at Soccerway
• Ahmad Al Saleh at Goalzz.com (also in Arabic at Kooora.com)
• Ahmad Al Saleh at FA Lebanon
• Ahmad Al Saleh at Lebanon Football Guide

На других языках

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- [en] Ahmad Al Saleh

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[it] Ahmad Al Salih

Ahmad Al Salih (Amuda, 20 maggio 1989) è un calciatore siriano, difensore dell'Ahed e della Nazionale siriana.

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