Ali Yousif

Ali Yousif Hashim Najatee (Arabic: علي يوسف هاشم; born 19 January 1996), known as Ali Yousif, is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. and the Iraqi national team.

Ali Yousif
Personal information
Full name Ali Yousif Hashim Najatee[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996[1]
Place of birth Iraq
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.
Youth career
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2016 → Naft Al-Wasat (loan)
2017 → Baghdad FC (loan)
2019–2022 Al-Shorta 33 (5)
2022–2023 Al-Zawraa
2023– Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. 2 (1)
International career‡
2017 Iraq U23
2021- Iraq 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 June 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 January 2022

Coming up through the youth ranks at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Yousif broke into the first team in 2014, aged 18, and spent his early career with the Iraqi giants, spending the 2016-17 season out on loan at Naft Al-Wasat and Baghdad FC before returning to his parent club and establishing himself as a key player for them, winning the AFC Cup twice with the falcons, in 2017 and 2018. In 2019, he signed for defending champions Al-Shorta, allowing Yousif to play in the AFC Champions League for the first time in his career. He won his first trophy with Al-Shorta soon after joining, winning the 2019 Super Cup.

Club career

Al-Shorta

In the summer of 2019, Ali signed for defending Iraqi Premier League champions Al-Shorta,[2] coming in as the replacement for former star and fan favourite Mohanad Ali, who had left to join Qatari side Al-Duhail for a rumoured $1.2 million.[3] In February during Al-Shorta’s Premier League match against Al-Kahrabaa, Yousif suffered a bad injury which would end his season and keep him out for no less than 6 months. [4]

International career

Iraq

Yousif received his first international call-up as part of Iraq’s 2021 FIFA Arab Cup squad. He made his debut for Iraq in their final group match against Qatar, coming off the bench.[5]

Honours

Club

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Al-Shorta

References
  1. "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Iraq" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. "رسميا .. الشرطة يتعاقد مع اللاعب علي يوسف" (in Arabic). PONA. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. "معلومة مؤكدة : ادارة الشرطة لن توافق على اي عرض للاعب مهند علي من اي ناد مهما كان اسمه الا في حالة حصولها على مبلغ 2 مليون دولار قيمة شراء البطاقة الدولية" (in Arabic). علي نوري. 4 July 2019.
  4. "اصابة بليغة لمهاجم الشرطة تبعده طويلاً عن الملاعب" (in Arabic). Shafaaq. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. "ArabCup". FIFA. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. "AFC Cup 2018". AFC. August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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