{{short description|Iraqi footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alaa Ahmad | image = | fullname = Aladdin Ahmad Khudhair | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1952|05|25}} | birth_place = [[Basra]], [[Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq]] | death_date = | height = | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1971–1988 | clubs1 = [[Al-Minaa]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 1972–1979 | nationalteam1 = [[Iraq military national football team|Iraq military]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1= | nationalyears2 = 1972–1973 | nationalteam2 = [[Iraq national under-20 football team|Iraq U20]] | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalyears3 = 1973–1975 | nationalteam3 = [[Iraq national under-23 football team|Iraq U23]] | nationalcaps3 = | nationalgoals3 = | nationalyears4 = 1973–1980 | nationalteam4 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] | nationalcaps4 = | nationalgoals4 = 1 }} '''Aladdin Ahmad Khudhair''' ({{langx|ar|عَلَاء الدِّين أَحْمَد خُضَير}}; born May 25, 1952), simply known as '''Alaa Ahmad''', is an [[Iraqi people|Iraqi]] former [[association football|footballer]]. He played as a [[midfielder]] and spent the majority of his career with [[Al-Minaa]].
==Early years== Alaa started his career with Tarbiyat Al Basra team side in his birthplace of [[Basra]], under the close supervision of international referee Sami Naji<ref>{{cite web|publisher=iraqsport.com |author=Hassanin Mubarak |title=Player Database |url=http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&Index=R |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010618144139/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&Index=R |archivedate=June 18, 2001 }}</ref> in 1952 and played football in school teams before he represented Al Basra team in 1971, at the age of 19, and then the Al Moshah team (one of the premier's league teams then). After two seasons he went back to his hometown where he started playing for Al-Inaa which he continued with until his retirement.
==International debut and Sport history== His international journey began in 1973 with [[Iraq national under-20 football team]], which consisted of great players from the national team participating in the [[Palestine Cup of Nations]] which was held in [[Libya]], and he played his debut match against [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]] where on which time the Iraqi team won 3–1. He was then invited to join the national team and he played his international debut match against [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] in [[Al-Shaab Stadium]] and the match concluded with a 0–0 draw. After his debut he played 54 other matches. Some of them were the [[1974 Asian Games]] which were held in [[Tehran]], [[Pestabola Merdeka]] in 1977 and 1978, [[5th Arabian Gulf Cup]] in Baghdad in 1979 and [[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow Olympics in 1980]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=272583/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024151416/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=272583/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |title=Alaa Ahmed KHDAYIR|work=fifa.com|accessdate=2008-10-10}}</ref>
Alaa was part of the [[1977 World Men's Military Cup]] alongside the likes of captain [[Douglas Aziz]] and [[Ali Kadhim]]. The midfielder was one of the star players at Basra based club that included [[Rahim Karim Bdaiwi|Rahim Karim]], [[Jalil Hanoon]] and the Ahmed brothers [[Hadi Ahmed|Hadi]] and [[Abdul Razzak Ahmed|Abdul-Razzaq]]. After making his debut, he became a regular in the Iraqi national team alongside his Al-Minaa team-mate Hadi Ahmad, helping Iraq to win the [[5th Arabian Gulf Cup]] in [[Baghdad]] and the [[World Military Cup|1979 World Men's Military Cup]].
He was an important part of the [[Al-Minaa]] side that won its first Iraqi league title in [[1977–78 Iraqi League|1977–78 season]]. In 1980, he represented Iraq in its first Olympic appearance in [[Moscow]] playing in all 4 games against [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]], [[Finland national football team|Finland]] and [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] and in the 2nd round, where they lost 4–0 to evidential finalists [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=iraqsport.com |author=Hassanin Mubarak |title=Player Database |url=http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030426232352/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=%2A&nh=23 |archivedate=April 26, 2003 }}</ref>
==The Coaches== Among his coaches were Sami Naji, [[Ammo Baba]], Thamir Muhsin, [[Jamal Salih]], the Yugoslavian coach [[Lenko Grčić|Gaga]], and the Scottish coach [[Danny McLennan]].
==International goals== :''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 17 July 1978 || [[KLFA Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]|| {{fb|Indonesia}} || '''1'''–0 || 4–0 ||[[Pestabola Merdeka|1978 Pestabola Merdeka]] |- |}
==Honors== ===Local=== ;[[Al-Mina'a SC|Al-Mina'a]] * [[1977–78 Iraqi League|1978 Iraqi League]]: Champion
===International=== ;[[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] * [[World Military Cup|1972 World Men's Military Cup]]: Champion * [[1977 World Men's Military Cup]]: Champion * [[Pestabola Merdeka|1977 Pestabola Merdeka]]: runner-up * [[Pestabola Merdeka|1978 Pestabola Merdeka]]: runner-up * [[5th Arabian Gulf Cup|1979 Arabian Gulf Cup]]: Champion
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://niiiis.com/players.html Iraqi national team players database] *[https://www.facebook.com/Alminaa.football.team Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south]
{{Iraq Squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}
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