Ameen Al-Dakhil (Arabic: أمين الدخيل; born 6 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Belgian club Sint-Truiden. Born in Iraq, he represents Belgium internationally.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq[1] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sint-Truiden | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Kortenaken | ||
| 2011–2012 | Hoegaarden-Outgaarden | ||
| 2012–2013 | Tienen | ||
| 2013–2017 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2017–2021 | Standard Liège | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Standard Liège | 13 | (0) |
| 2022– | Sint-Truiden | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Belgium U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2019 | Belgium U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:20, 6 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
Al-Dakhil was born in Iraq, and moved to Belgium as a refugee at the age of 5 with his family during the Iraq War. He began playing football with the youth academies of Kortenaken, Hoegaarden-Outgaarden, Tienen, Anderlecht and finally Standard Liège.[3] Originally a striker, Al-Dakhil was slowly converted to a centre-back.[4]
He made his professional debut for Standard Liège in a 1–1 Belgian First Division A tie with Genk on 23 July 2021.[5]
On 31 January 2022, Al-Dakhil moved to Sint-Truiden.[6]
Born in Iraq, Al-Dakhil was raised in Belgium and holds Belgian nationality. He is a youth international for Belgium, having represented the Belgium under-17s and U18s. He was called up to represent the Iraq under-20s at the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
Sint-Truidense V.V. – current squad | |
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