Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Al-Qafaje[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Al Qayyarah, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq[1] | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Zakho | ||
Youth career | |||
–2008 | Al-Qayyarah | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008 |
Al-Shirqat | ||
2008–2009 |
Salahaddin | ||
2009–2014 | Erbil | 55 | (1) |
2013 |
→ Al-Wasl (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Ajman | 29 | (0) |
2015–2016 |
Al-Dhafra | 13 | (0) |
2016 |
Al-Shorta | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Emirates | 19 | (1) |
2017–2018 |
Al-Ettifaq | 23 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Al-Arabi | 19 | (1) |
2019–2022 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 68 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Erbil | ||
2023– |
Zakho | ||
International career‡ | |||
2011–2014 | Iraq U23 | 6 | (0) |
2016 | Iraq Olympic (O.P.) | 3 | (0) |
2010–2022 | Iraq | 118 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2022 |
Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Al-Qafaje (
Club career
Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Al-Qafaje was born in
Youth career
Ibrahim started his career at
Erbil SC
In 2009, at the age of 17, Ahmed, along with teammate Karrie Tariq, went to
Loan to Al Wasl
In January 2013, he signed a six-month loan deal with Emarati side
Ajman
In the summer of 2014, Ahmed left Arbil to sign for Emariti club Ajman. He spent the season at Ajman making 29 league appearances and proving himself to be one of their key players.
Al Dhafra
After just one season at Ajman, Ahmed signed for another team in the U.A.E., Al Dhafra, on a six-month deal which expired on the first of January 2016. He made 13 appearances for the side before he left at the start of 2016. After leaving Al Dhafra, he was a free agent for the remainder of the season.
Al Shorta
Following the Olympic games in Rio, Ahmed announced his return to the
Emirates Club
Emirates Club, another side in the U.A.E., activated that clause and Ahmed moved back to the U.A.E. to spend the 2016/17 season with Emirates. He signed for them on 27 September 2016 and made 11 appearances, scoring one goal. The team finished in 11th place, avoiding relegation by one point. The player was free to move after the season, since his contract ran out.
El Ettifaq
on 27 June 2017, Ahmed signed a one-year contract with an option to extend.
International career
Iraq National Team
Ahmed is an established international for Iraq having already played nearly 65 matches for the national team before his 25th birthday. He is on track to become one of Iraq's most capped players and is a very important figure for the national team, being the first choice centre back. On November 11, 2010, Ahmed made his debut against
Iraq Under-23 National Team
Ahmed Ibrahim was part of the squad that went to Brazil in the summer of 2016 for the Rio Olympics and was one of Iraq's standout players as his defending helped hold a Brazil team featuring Neymar, Gabriel Jesus, Marquinhos and Gabriel Barbosa to a 0-0 draw. Iraq only conceded one goal in the Olympics and despite being knocked out after the group stages, went out undefeated.
Iraq national football team goals
- Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.[16]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 28 March 2015 | Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai |
DR Congo | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
2. | 5 October 2017 | Basra Sports City, Basra |
Kenya | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
3. | 24 December 2018 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha | China | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
4. | 15 October 2019 | Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
5. | 18 March 2022 | Al-Madina Stadium, Baghdad | Zambia | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Honors
Club
- Iraqi Premier League: 2020–21
- Iraq FA Cup: 2020–21
International
- Iraq U-23
- AFC U-22 Championship: 2013
- Iraq
- 2012
- WAFF Championship runner-up: 2012
- 2013
- AFC Asian Cup fourth-place: 2015
Individual
- Soccer Iraq Team of the Decade: 2010–2019
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "أحمد ابراهيم خلف". www.goal.com.
- ^ "أحمد ابراهيم خلف". www.filgoal.com.
- ^ "الجوية يجدد تعاقده مع أحمد إبراهيم والطلبة يتمسك بجفال". newsabah.com.
- ^ "AHMAD IBRAHIM AL-QAFAJE". www.filgoal.com.
- ^ "أحمد ابراهيم خلف". www.aljazeera.net.
- ^ "أحمد ابراهيم خلف". kora.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- ^ "الإصابة تبعد أحمد إبراهيم عن المنتخب العراقي". altaghier.tv.
- ^ "إنتقالات أحمد ابراهيم خلف". www.btolat.com.
- ^ "أحمد ابراهيم خلف". palgoal.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- ^ "أحمد ابراهيم خلف". www.gulfcup.sa.
- ^ "إدارة النصر تتعاقد مع لاعب عراقي لتعويض المدافع البحريني". www.arabstoday.net.
- ^ a b c Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq Olympic Team Profile". Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ^ Soccer Iraq [@SoccerIraq] (June 27, 2017). "📰" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Soccer Iraq [@SoccerIraq] (August 11, 2017). "📹" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Ibrahim Khalaf, Ahmed". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
External links
- Profile on goalzz.com
- Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)