Ali Adnan Kadhim

Ali Adnan
Adnan playing for Iraq at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Ali Adnan Kadhim Al-Tameemi[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-19) 19 December 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Al-Najma
Number 53
Youth career
2003–2008 Ammo Baba School
2008–2009 Al-Zawraa
2009–2010 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Baghdad 62 (7)
2013–2015 Çaykur Rizespor 41 (3)
2015–2019 Udinese 65 (1)
2018–2019Atalanta (loan) 3 (0)
2019Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) 16 (1)
2019–2021 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 (2)
2021–2022 Vejle 1 (0)
2022–2023 Rubin Kazan 8 (0)
2023–2024 Mes Rafsanjan 21 (0)
2024– Al-Najma 0 (0)
International career
2011–2013 Iraq U20 15 (4)
2012–2016 Iraq U23 13 (5)
2012– Iraq 94 (7)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Iraq
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team
AFC U-19 Championship
Runner-up 2012 AFC U-19 Championship Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 January 2024

Ali Adnan Kadhim Al-Tameemi (Arabic: علي عدنان كاظم التميمي; born 19 December 1993) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Saudi First Division League club Al-Najma and the Iraq national team.

Adnan has played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where he was one of Iraq's star players as the underdogs went on to reach the semi-final. He won the 2013 Asian Young Footballer of the Year.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Ali Adnan Kadhim". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Ali Adnan - Udinese". 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year: Ali Adnan Kadhim". www.the-afc.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.