Ali Yousif
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ali Yousif Hashim Najatee[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Iraq | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | ||
| 2016 | → Naft Al-Wasat (loan) | ||
| 2017 | → Baghdad FC (loan) | ||
| 2019–2022 | Al-Shorta | 33 | (5) |
| 2022–2023 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| 2023– | Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. | 2 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Iraq U23 | ||
| 2021- | Iraq | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 January 2022 | |||
Ali Yousif Hashim Najatee (Arabic: علي يوسف هاشم; born 19 January 1996), known as Ali Yousif, is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. and the Iraqi national team.
Coming up through the youth ranks at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Yousif broke into the first team in 2014, aged 18, and spent his early career with the Iraqi giants, spending the 2016-17 season out on loan at Naft Al-Wasat and Baghdad FC before returning to his parent club and establishing himself as a key player for them, winning the AFC Cup twice with the falcons, in 2017 and 2018. In 2019, he signed for defending champions Al-Shorta, allowing Yousif to play in the AFC Champions League for the first time in his career. He won his first trophy with Al-Shorta soon after joining, winning the 2019 Super Cup.
Club career[edit]
Al-Shorta[edit]
In the summer of 2019, Ali signed for defending Iraqi Premier League champions Al-Shorta,[2] coming in as the replacement for former star and fan favourite Mohanad Ali, who had left to join Qatari side Al-Duhail for a rumoured $1.2 million.[3] In February during Al-Shorta’s Premier League match against Al-Kahrabaa, Yousif suffered a bad injury which would end his season and keep him out for no less than 6 months. [4]
International career[edit]
Iraq[edit]
Yousif received his first international call-up as part of Iraq’s 2021 FIFA Arab Cup squad. He made his debut for Iraq in their final group match against Qatar, coming off the bench.[5]
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Shorta
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Iraq" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "رسميا .. الشرطة يتعاقد مع اللاعب علي يوسف" (in Arabic). PONA. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "معلومة مؤكدة : ادارة الشرطة لن توافق على اي عرض للاعب مهند علي من اي ناد مهما كان اسمه الا في حالة حصولها على مبلغ 2 مليون دولار قيمة شراء البطاقة الدولية" (in Arabic). علي نوري. 4 July 2019.
- ^ "اصابة بليغة لمهاجم الشرطة تبعده طويلاً عن الملاعب" (in Arabic). Shafaaq. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "ArabCup". FIFA. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "AFC Cup 2018". AFC. August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2021.