Alai Ghasem
Iraqi footballer (born 2003)
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Alai Fadel Ali Hussain Ghasem (Arabic: الاي فاضل علي حسين قاسم; born 16 February 2003) is a footballer who plays as a right-back for Örebro SK. Born in Sweden, he represents the Iraq national team.
Full name
Alai Fadel Ali Hussain Ghasem[1]
Date of birth
16 February 2003[1]
Place of birth
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alai Fadel Ali Hussain Ghasem[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 2003[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Right-back[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Örebro SK | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | BK Häcken | ||
| 2020–2022 | IFK Göteborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | IFK Göteborg | 8 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Utsiktens BK (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2024 | → AFC Eskilstuna (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2024 | Newroz | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Örebro SK | 22 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Iraq U20 | 8 | (1) |
| 2022– | Iraq | 8 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:05, 26 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
On 27 Match 2024, Ghasem was loaned out to AFC Eskilstuna.[3]
International career
Ghasem was born in Sweden to an Iraqi father and Algerian mother.[4] He represented the Iraq under-19s in November 2021.[5]
On 23 September 2022, Alai made his first team debut for Iraq in a penalty shootout loss against Oman in the 2022 Jordan International Tournament.[6] He has been called up to the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Honours
Iraq
