Ahmad Al Saleh

Ahmad Al Saleh
	Al Saleh with Al Ahed in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Ahmad Al Saleh
Date of birth	20 May 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth	Amuda, Syria
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Al-Wahda
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2013	Al-Jaish
2013	Al-Shorta Damascus
2013–2015	Al-Arabi
2015–2016	Al-Shorta Baghdad
2016	Al-Muharraq
2016–2017	Al-Arabi
2017–2018	Henan Jinaye
2018	Al-Jaish
2018–2019	Al-Ahed
2019–2021	Al-Arabi
2021–	Al-Wahda
National team‡
2005–2007	Syria U17
2007–2008	Syria U20
2009–2012	Syria U23
2008–	Syria
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 April 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

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-Wahda and the Syria national team.

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