# Alaa Ahmad > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alaa_Ahmad > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alaa_Ahmad.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaa_Ahmad > Source revision: 1276824617 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Iraqi footballer Alaa Ahmad Personal information Full name Aladdin Ahmad Khudhair Date of birth (1952-05-25) 25 May 1952 (age 74) Place of birth Basra, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq Position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1971–1988 Al-Minaa International career 1972–1979 Iraq military 1972–1973 Iraq U20 1973–1975 Iraq U23 1973–1980 Iraq (1) * Club domestic league appearances and goals **Aladdin Ahmad Khudhair** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): عَلَاء الدِّين أَحْمَد خُضَير; born May 25, 1952), simply known as **Alaa Ahmad**, is an [Iraqi](/source/Iraqi_people) former [footballer](/source/Association_football). He played as a [midfielder](/source/Midfielder) and spent the majority of his career with [Al-Minaa](/source/Al-Minaa). ## Early years Alaa started his career with Tarbiyat Al Basra team side in his birthplace of [Basra](/source/Basra), under the close supervision of international referee Sami Naji[1] 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](/source/Iraq_national_under-20_football_team), which consisted of great players from the national team participating in the [Palestine Cup of Nations](/source/Palestine_Cup_of_Nations) which was held in [Libya](/source/Libya), and he played his debut match against [United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team) 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](/source/Tunisia_national_football_team) in [Al-Shaab Stadium](/source/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](/source/1974_Asian_Games) which were held in [Tehran](/source/Tehran), [Pestabola Merdeka](/source/Pestabola_Merdeka) in 1977 and 1978, [5th Arabian Gulf Cup](/source/5th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup) in Baghdad in 1979 and [Moscow Olympics in 1980](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics).[2] Alaa was part of the [1977 World Men's Military Cup](/source/1977_World_Men's_Military_Cup) alongside the likes of captain [Douglas Aziz](/source/Douglas_Aziz) and [Ali Kadhim](/source/Ali_Kadhim). The midfielder was one of the star players at Basra based club that included [Rahim Karim](/source/Rahim_Karim_Bdaiwi), [Jalil Hanoon](/source/Jalil_Hanoon) and the Ahmed brothers [Hadi](/source/Hadi_Ahmed) and [Abdul-Razzaq](/source/Abdul_Razzak_Ahmed). 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](/source/5th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup) in [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad) and the [1979 World Men's Military Cup](/source/World_Military_Cup). He was an important part of the [Al-Minaa](/source/Al-Minaa) side that won its first Iraqi league title in [1977–78 season](/source/1977%E2%80%9378_Iraqi_League). In 1980, he represented Iraq in its first Olympic appearance in [Moscow](/source/Moscow) playing in all 4 games against [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica_national_football_team), [Finland](/source/Finland_national_football_team) and [Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia_national_football_team) and in the 2nd round, where they lost 4–0 to evidential finalists [East Germany](/source/East_Germany_national_football_team).[3] ## The Coaches Among his coaches were Sami Naji, [Ammo Baba](/source/Ammo_Baba), Thamir Muhsin, [Jamal Salih](/source/Jamal_Salih), the Yugoslavian coach [Gaga](/source/Lenko_Gr%C4%8Di%C4%87), and the Scottish coach [Danny McLennan](/source/Danny_McLennan). ## International goals - *Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.* # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 17 July 1978 KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesia 1–0 4–0 1978 Pestabola Merdeka ## Honors ### Local **[Al-Mina'a](/source/Al-Mina'a_SC)** - [1978 Iraqi League](/source/1977%E2%80%9378_Iraqi_League): Champion ### International **[Iraq](/source/Iraq_national_football_team)** - [1972 World Men's Military Cup](/source/World_Military_Cup): Champion - [1977 World Men's Military Cup](/source/1977_World_Men's_Military_Cup): Champion - [1977 Pestabola Merdeka](/source/Pestabola_Merdeka): runner-up - [1978 Pestabola Merdeka](/source/Pestabola_Merdeka): runner-up - [1979 Arabian Gulf Cup](/source/5th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup): Champion ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hassanin Mubarak. ["Player Database"](https://web.archive.org/web/20010618144139/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&Index=R). iraqsport.com. Archived from [the original](http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&Index=R) on 18 June 2001. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Alaa Ahmed KHDAYIR"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121024151416/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=272583/index.html). *fifa.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=272583/index.html) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hassanin Mubarak. ["Player Database"](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). iraqsport.com. Archived from [the original](http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=23) on 26 April 2003. ## External links - [Iraqi national team players database](http://niiiis.com/players.html) - [Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south](https://www.facebook.com/Alminaa.football.team) v t e Iraq football squad – 1980 Summer Olympics 1 Nsaief 2 Dirjal 3 J. Ali 4 Jassim 5 Farhan 6 A.Ahmad 7 Khudhair 8 Hassan 9 H. Ahmad 10 Saeed 11 Yousif 12 I. Ali 13 Aswad 14 Ashraf 15 Kadhim 16 Abdul-Wahid 17 Shabib Coach: Jassam --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alaa Ahmad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaa_Ahmad) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaa_Ahmad?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.