{{short description|Iraqi footballer}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ali Faez | image = Ali Faez.jpg | caption = Faez playing for Iraq at 2019 AFC Asian Cup | fullname = Ali Faez Atiyah<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|ali-faez/48077|access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|9|9|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://espnfc.com/player/_/id/187481/ali-faez?cc=5739#|title=Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN}}</ref> | birth_place = Baghdad, Iraq<ref name=GSA/> | height = 1.87 m | position = Defender | currentclub = Al-Najaf SC | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2009–2010 | youthclubs1 = Al-Talaba | years1 = 2010–2011 | years2 = 2011–2013 | years3 = 2013–2015 | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs1 = Al-Sinaa | clubs2 = Al-Karkh | clubs3 = Erbil SC | clubs4 = Al-Shorta | caps1 = 20 | caps2 = 39 | caps3 = 22 | years5 = 2016–2019 | clubs5 = Çaykur Rizespor | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2017–2018 | years7 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = → Al-Shorta (loan) | clubs7 = → Al-Kharaitiyat (loan) | goals7 = 0 | caps6 = 24 | caps7 = 0 | years8 = 2019–2021 | clubs8 = Al-Shorta | goals8 = 3 | caps8 = 33 | years9 = 2021–2022 | clubs9 = Qadsia SC | goals9 = 1 | caps9 = 15 | years10 = 2022–24 | clubs10 = Al-Talaba | goals10 = | caps10 = | years11 = 2024- | clubs11 = Al-Najaf SC | caps11 = 10 | goals11 = 1 | goals1 = 2 | goals2 = 1 | goals3 = 1 | goals4 = 5 | goals6= 1 | nationalyears1 = 2009–2010 | nationalteam1 = Iraq U17 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 2011–2013 | nationalteam2 = Iraq U20 | nationalcaps2 = 13 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | nationalyears3 = 2012–2016 | nationalteam3 = Iraq U23 | nationalcaps3 = 4 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | nationalyears4 = 2013– | nationalteam4= Iraq | nationalcaps4 = 54 | nationalgoals4 = 4 | medaltemplates = | ntupdate = 7 December 2025 | club-update = 26 July 2021 }} '''Ali Faez Atiyah''' ({{langx|ar|عَلِيّ فَايِز عَطِيَّة}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=العراق - Ali Faez Atiyah - بروفايل مع أخبار وإحصاءات وتاريخ |url=https://ar.soccerway.com/players/ali-faez/220107/|website=Soccer Way| access-date=21 January 2023 |language=ar}}</ref> or {{lang|ar|فَائِز}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=كورونا يحرم العراق من خدمات علي فائز |url=https://www.beinsports.com/ar/%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AE%D8%AF/1820193 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=beIN SPORTS |language=ar}}</ref> {{IPA|acm|ˈʕɑli ˈfɑːjəz ʕɐˈt̪ˠɪjjɐ|label=Iraqi Arabic}}; born 9 September 1994) is an Iraqi footballer and Olympian<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ali-faez |title=ALI FAEZ - Olympic Football | Iraq |access-date=2016-08-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826114628/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ali-faez |archive-date=2016-08-26 }}</ref> who plays as a defender for Iraq Stars League club Al-Najaf and the Iraq national team. He has established himself as a 'dead ball' specialist or setpiece taker.<ref>[https://nanapazl.blogspot.com/2013/07/time-for-iraq-fifa-u20.html Nanapazl Time for Iraq]</ref>
==Club career== The former graduate of the Ammo Baba Football School was born in 1994 and first made his league debut for Al-Sinaa and then Al-Karkh where he became a regular in one of the Iraqi league's youngest team before he moved north to four-time Iraqi league winners Erbil SC halfway through the 2012–2013 season for a {{frac|1|1|2}}-year deal worth 40m Iraqi dinars.<ref name=ACUP>{{cite web|last1=Mubarak|first1=Hassanin|title=Profile of Iraq's 23-Man 2015 Asian Cup Squad|date=29 December 2014|url=https://iraqsport.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/profiles-of-iraqs-23-man-2015-asian-cup-squad//}}</ref> before he joined Al Shorta.
Ali has played at every age group level for the Iraqi national team from U-14s to the senior team and by the age of just 21 had already represented Iraq at the Asian Cup, the WAFF Championship and the Gulf Cup.<ref name=OLY>{{cite web|last1=Mubarak|first1=Hassanin|title=Iraq Olympic Team Profile|url=https://ahdaaf.me/2016/08/02/iraq-olympic-team-profile/|access-date=20 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222104944/https://ahdaaf.me/2016/08/02/iraq-olympic-team-profile/|archive-date=22 December 2017|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
In July 2016 Ali signed for Turkish Team Çaykur Rizespor. However, after a season which saw limited playing time and a relegation from the Süper Lig, Ali made his debut on August 20, 2016, as a center back playing the full 90 minutes against Konyaspor. Ali requested to leave the club, which was granted by a loan to former club Al Shorta.
In June 2018, he signed a one-year contract with Al Kharaitiyat SC.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/03/06/2018/Al-Kharaitiyat-sign-Iraq-defender-Faez|title=Al Kharaitiyat sign Iraq defender Faez|publisher=thepeninsulaqatar.com|access-date=14 January 2019|publication-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>
Ali supported Al-Zawraa while he was growing up and cites Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso as his favourite player and is a Real Madrid fan.<ref name="ACUP"/> The defender, a dead-ball specialist, taking both free-kicks and penalties, can be deployed in the centre of defence, at right back and as a defensive midfielder.
==International career== Ali is one of a select few to have played at every level for Iraq from Ishbal (Cubs) to the senior side after making his international debut last year in the 6–0 defeat to Chile in Copenhagen.<ref name="ACUP"/> On 14 August 2013, Ali played his first international match for Iraq against Chile in a friendly match.<ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/08/14/world/friendlies/chile/iraq/1510302/?ICID=HP_MS_01_07 Iraq vs. Chile]</ref> When he was handed his international debut by Serbian Vladimir Petrović in 2013 at the age of 18 years, 11 months and 5 days, he became one of the youngest players to represent Iraq.<ref name="OLY"/> However, he was given a baptism of fire in his first game when he came up against Chilean stars Alexis Sánchez and Arturo Vidal – a game which ended in a 6–0 defeat at the Brøndby Stadion in Copenhagen.<ref name="OLY"/> Ali scored his first goal for the senior side against Qatar in the Arabian Gulf Cup with a sublime free-kick.,<ref>{{cite web|title=Free Kick Goal|date=27 December 2017|url=https://player.hu/sport-3/az-iraki-majdnem-40-meterrol-bikazta-be-a-nap-goljat/}}</ref> he scored a penalty on the following match to score in two back-to-back games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://socceriraq.net/2017/12/29/iraq-reach-semi-finals-gulf-cup/|title = Iraq reach the semi-finals of the Gulf Cup|date = 29 December 2017}}</ref>
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/53311/Ali_Faez_Attiya.html|title=Faez Attiya, Ali|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 26 December 2017 || Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City || {{fb|Qatar}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 2–1 ||23rd Arabian Gulf Cup |- | 2. || 29 December 2017 || Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City || {{fb|Yemen}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || align=center | 3–0 || 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup |- | 3. || 10 September 2018 || Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al-Farwaniyah|| {{fb|Kuwait}} || align=center | '''2'''–1 || align=center | 2–2 || Friendly |- | 4. || 30 December 2022 || Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium, Basra|| {{fb|Kuwait}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–0 || Friendly |- |}
==Honours==
'''Al-Shorta''' *Iraqi Super Cup: 2019
'''Iraq''' *AFC Asian Cup fourth-place: 2015 *Arabian Gulf Cup: 2023
'''Iraq U-23''' *AFC U-22 Championship: 2013
'''Iraq U-20''' *AFC U-19 Championship runner-up: 2012 *FIFA U-20 World Cup 4th-place: 2013
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?player=79046 Player profile on Goalzz.com] * {{SR/Olympics profile|al/ali-faez-1}}
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