Ahmed Basil Fadhil | |
Fullname: | Ahmed Basil Fadhil Al Fadhli |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1996[1] |
Birth Place: | Baghdad, Iraq |
Height: | 1.84 m[2] |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | Al-Shorta |
Clubnumber: | 1 |
Years1: | 2011–2012 |
Clubs1: | Al-Taji |
Years2: | 2012–2013 |
Clubs2: | Al-Karkh |
Years3: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs3: | Al-Oloom wal-Technologia |
Years4: | 2014– |
Clubs4: | Al-Shorta |
Nationalyears1: | 2014 |
Nationalteam1: | Iraq U20 |
Nationalyears2: | 2017–2019 |
Nationalteam2: | Iraq U23 |
Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2022– |
Nationalteam3: | Iraq |
Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 24 January 2024 |
Ahmed Basil Fadhil (born 19 August 1996) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Iraqi Premier League club Al-Shorta and the Iraq national team.
Basil started his career at Al-Taji where his team earned promotion to the Iraqi Premier League. He moved to Al-Karkh and also earned promotion there, before spending a season at Al-Oloom wal-Technologia.[3]
In July 2014, Basil signed for Al-Shorta.[3] Basil made one appearance in the club's 2018–19 Iraqi Premier League title-winning campaign,[4] before making 35 appearances and keeping 22 clean sheets in their 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League title-winning season.[5] He then captained Al-Shorta to the 2022 Iraqi Super Cup title.[6]
Basil also played eleven matches for Al-Shorta in the AFC Champions League across the 2020 and 2021 editions,[7] [8] as well as playing one match at the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup.[9]
Basil played his first game with the Iraq U-23s in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers. He helped Iraq qualify for the tournament and was named in the final squad.[10]
Basil was called up to the Iraqi national team for the first time in September 2020.[11] Basil made his debut against Kuwait on 30 December 2022.[12]
Iraq | |||||||
Year | Apps | Goals | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 3 | 0 | |||||
2024 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 4 | 0 |
2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Iraq