Ammar Ghalib (Arabic: عمار غالب) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a winger for Iraq Stars League club Al-Naft, on loan from Al-Shorta.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ammar Ghalib | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Amarah, Iraq | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Shorta | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| 2018–2020 | Al-Shorta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Al-Shorta | 29 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | → Al-Naft (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Iraq U-23 | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 August 2024 | |||
Club career
editGhalib was promoted to Al-Shorta's first team in the summer of 2020 having come through the youth ranks at the club. He made his debut for the club in November 2020 against Al-Khalis in the Iraq FA Cup, coming off the bench in a 5–0 win. In January 2021, Ammar made his league debut for the club, coming on against Al-Hudood in the Iraqi Premier League. He would play in his first Baghdad Derby in June 2021 in a loss against Al-Zawraa.[1] In June 2023 Ammar scored in Al-Shorta's 5–0 win away at Al-Najaf which helped them keep their spot at the top of the table.[2] The defending champions would win the league for a second season in a row in July, giving the young forward the second Iraqi Premier League medal of his career.[3] The following week he was part of the Al-Shorta squad that travelled to Saudi Arabia for the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup where they would reach the semi-final, being the only club in the final four from outside the Saudi Pro League.[4]
In September 2023, Al-Naft signed the young forward on loan for the upcoming season.[5] In March 2024, Ghalib scored for Al-Naft in an important 3–2 victory over Al-Qasim in the Iraq Stars League.[6]
International career
editAmmar received his first call up to the Iraq U-23 national team in August 2021 in a friendly defeat against Libya during the team's training camp in Turkey.[7] He kept his place in the squad in September 2021 for two friendlies against UAE U-23 in Fujairah.[8] In October, Ghalib was called up to the U-23 national team again for the 2021 WAFF U-23 Championship in Saudi Arabia, which Iraq would reach the semi-finals of.[9] He would remain in the squad for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers later that month, where he helped his country qualify.[10] Ammar was part of the squad at the 2022 Dubai International Tournament in March where he scored one goal against Saudi Arabia.[11] In March 2023, Ghalib was recalled to the U-23 national team for the Doha International U-23 Cup.[12] He stayed with the squad that travelled to Kuwait in September for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers, which they would qualify for.[13]
Honours
editAl-Shorta
Iraq U-23
References
edit- ^ "الزوراء يتغلب على الشرطة ويضع قدما في منصات التتويج" (in Arabic). AlZawraa. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "الشرطة يعزز صدارته بخماسية نظيفة في مرمى النجف" (in Arabic). AlZawraaPaper. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "الشرطة يواصل زعامة الكرة العراقية" (in Arabic). AlArab. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "تعرف على قائمة نادي الشرطة للبطولة العربية" (in Arabic). AlSaa. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "النفط يخطف نجم القيثارة الخضراء" (in Arabic). AlSumaria. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "النفط يحقق الفوز على القاسم بثلاثة اهداف لهدفين ضمن منافسات دوري نجوم العراق" (in Arabic). Afaq. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "المنتخب الأولمبي يخسر أمام منتخب ليبيا الأول بنتيجة 3-2" (in Arabic). IQNews. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "الإتحاد العراقي يعلن قائمة المنتخب الأولمبي لمواجهة الإمارات" (in Arabic). AlMutalee. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "مدرب منتخب العراق الاولمبي يختار 23 لاعباً لبطولة غرب آسيا" (in Arabic). AlKass. October 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "23 لاعباً في قائمة منتخبنا الأولمبي للتصفيات الآسيوية" (in Arabic). Mawazin. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "في 4 دقائق.. السعودية تقلب الطاولة على منتخبنا الأولمبي في بطولة دبي" (in Arabic). AlForatNews. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "دعوة 33 لاعباً للمنتخب الأولمبي" (in Arabic). AlKadhum. March 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "إعلان قائمة الأولمبي العراقي في التصفيات الآسيوية" (in Arabic). AlKhaleej. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.