Ali Yousif
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ali Yousif Hashim Najatee[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Talaba | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| 2023–2024 | Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. | ||
| 2024–2025 | Al-Zawraa | 21 | (6) |
| 2025– | Al-Talaba | 19 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Iraq | 6 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 May 2026 | |||
Ali Yousif Hashim Najatee (Arabic: علي يوسف هاشم; born 19 January 1996) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al-Talaba and the Iraq national team.
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
[edit]Al-Shorta
[edit]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
[edit]Iraq
[edit]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]
Statistics
[edit]International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 29 May 2026 | Estadi Montilivi, Girona, Spain |  Andorra |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Shorta
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Iraq" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "رسميا .. الشرطة يتعاقد مع اللاعب علي يوسف" (in Arabic). PONA. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "اصابة بليغة لمهاجم الشرطة تبعده طويلاً عن الملاعب" (in Arabic). Shafaaq. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "ArabCup". FIFA. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "AFC Cup 2018". AFC. August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Baghdad
- Iraqi men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players
- Naft Al-Wasat SC players
- Amanat Baghdad SC players
- Al-Shorta SC players
- Al-Zawraa SC players
- Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. players
- Al-Talaba SC players
- Iraq Stars League players
- Iraq men's international footballers
- 2026 FIFA World Cup players