{{For multi|the Saudi Arabian cyclist|Ahmed Al-Saleh|the Kuwaiti actor|Ahmad Al-Saleh}} {{Short description|Syrian footballer (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ahmad Al Saleh | image = Ahmad Al Saleh, 2019.jpg | image_size = | caption = Al Saleh with [[Al Ahed FC|Al Ahed]] in 2019 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|5|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Amuda]], Syria | height = | position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre-back]] | currentclub = | years1 = 2008–2013 | clubs1 = [[Al-Jaish SC Damascus|Al-Jaish]] | caps1 = 5 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2013 | clubs2 = [[Al-Shorta SC Damascus|Al-Shorta Damascus]] | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2013–2015 | clubs3 = [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi]] | caps3 = 78 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = [[Al-Shorta SC (Baghdad)|Al-Shorta Baghdad]] | caps4 = | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2016 | clubs5 = [[Al-Muharraq SC|Al-Muharraq]] | caps5 =0 | goals5 =0 | years6 = 2016–2017 | clubs6 = [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi]] | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2017–2018 | clubs7 = [[Henan Jianye F.C.|Henan Jinaye]] | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2018 | clubs8 = [[Al-Jaish SC Damascus|Al-Jaish]] | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2018–2019 | clubs9 = [[Al Ahed FC|Al-Ahed]] | caps9 = 16 | goals9 = 0 | years10= 2019–2021 | clubs10= [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi]] | caps10 = 21 | goals10= 2 | years11= 2021–2022 | clubs11= [[Al-Wahda SC (Syria)|Al-Wahda]] | caps11 = | goals11= | years12 = 2022–2023 | clubs12 = [[Al-Jaish SC Damascus|Al-Jaish]] | caps12 = | goals12 = | years13 = 2023–2024 | clubs13 = [[Bourj FC|Al-Bourj]] | caps13 = | goals13 = | nationalyears1 = 2005–2007 | nationalteam1 = [[Syria national under-17 football team|Syria U17]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam2 = [[Syria national under-20 football team|Syria U20]] | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalyears3 = 2009–2012 | nationalteam3 = [[Syria national under-23 football team|Syria U23]] | nationalcaps3 = | nationalgoals3 = | nationalyears4 = 2008–2022 | nationalteam4 = [[Syria national football team|Syria]] | nationalcaps4 = 56 | nationalgoals4 = 2 | club-update = | nationalteam-update = }} '''Ahmad Al Saleh''' ({{langx|ar|أَحمَد الصَّالِح}}; born 20 May 1990)<ref name=koora>{{cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?player=34061 |title=أحمد الصالح |publisher=kooora.com |accessdate=3 January 2011}}</ref> is a Syrian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[centre-back]].
==Club career== Al Saleh began his professional career with [[Syrian Premier League]] club [[Al-Jaish SC Damascus|Al-Jaish]]; he joined the senior squad in 2008.<ref name=koora/>
In 2018, Ahmad Al Saleh joined [[Lebanese Premier League]] champions [[Al-Ahed SC|Al Ahed]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} After one season, in 2019 he joined Kuwaiti club [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
Al Saleh was banned for life by the [[Syrian Football Federation|SFA]] after he kicked, insulted and spat on a referee after being sent off whilst playing for [[Al-Jaish SC (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] against [[Al-Wathba SC|Al-Wathba]] in a [[Syrian Premier League]] game on 3 February 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Syrian FA bans Ahmed Al-Saleh for life for referee attack |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64885485 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref>
On 27 April 2023, Al-Saleh joined [[Bourj FC|Bourj]] in the Lebanese Premier League.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-27 |title=البرج يتعاقد مع قائد سوريا السابق |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1234971 |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=كووورة}}</ref>
==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|date=July 2021}} He played against [[Argentina national under-17 football team|Argentina]], [[Spain national under-17 football team|Spain]] and [[Honduras U-17 national football team|Honduras]] in the group-stage of the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} He scored one goal against [[Honduras U-17 national football team|Honduras]] in the third match of the group-stage.<ref>{{FIFA player|274750}}</ref>
Al Saleh was selected to [[Valeriu Tiţa]]'s 23-man final squad for the [[2011 AFC Asian Cup]] in [[Qatar]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-asian-cup-2011-schedule-a-results?view=teamdetails&compID=242&roundID=498&groupID=682&teamID=86&id=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915064023/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-asian-cup-2011-schedule-a-results?view=teamdetails&compID=242&roundID=498&groupID=682&teamID=86&id=0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 September 2012 |title=Syria squad |accessdate=19 March 2011 |work=the-afc.com }}</ref> but he didn't play in any of the three Syrian [[2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B|group games]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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|date=July 2021}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbIQGMxaCq4|title=لقاء حصري مع النجم عمر السومة|via=youtube.com}}</ref>
== Personal life == Al Saleh is of [[Kurdish ethnicity]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} His brother, Sheroan, is also a professional player who plays for [[Al-Jaish SC (Syria)|Al-Jaish SC]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
== Career statistics ==
===International=== {{updated|18 November 2019.}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Ahmad Mohamed Al-Salih - International Appearances|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/syr-salih-intl.html|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="9" |[[Syria national football team|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 |- !colspan=2|Total!!56!!2 |} :''Score and result tables list Syria's goal tally first.''
{{International goals header|ref=no|above='''Ahmad Al Saleh: International goals'''}} {{Ig match |n=1|d1=20 December 2012|st=Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium|ci=Kuwait City|co=Kuwait|o=IRQ|sc='''1'''–0|fr=1–0|comp=[[2012 WAFF Championship]]}} {{Ig match |n=2|d1=13 June 2017|st=Hang Jebat Stadium|ci=Malacca|co=Malaysia|o=CHN|sc='''2'''–2|fr=2–2|comp=[[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]]}} |}
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