Ameen Al-Dakhil

Ameen Al-Dakhil (Arabic: أمين الدخيل‎; born 6 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Belgian club Standard Liège. Born in Iraq, he represents Belgium internationally.

Ameen Al-Dakhil
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-03-06) 6 March 2002
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Standard Liège
Number 3
Youth career
2009–2011 Kortenaken
2011–2012 Hoegaarden-Outgaarden
2012–2013 Tienen
2013–2017 Anderlecht
2017–2021 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Standard Liège 10 (0)
National team‡
2018–2019 Belgium U17 7 (1)
2019 Belgium U18 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:17, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Early life

Al-Dakhil was born in Iraq, and moved to Belgium as a refugee at the age of 5 with his family during the Iraq War. He began playing football with the youth academies of Kortenaken, Hoegaarden-Outgaarden, Tienen, Anderlecht and finally Standard Liège.[3] Originally a striker, Al-Dakhil was slowly converted to a centre-back.[4]

Professional career

He made his professional debut for Standard Liège in a 1–1 Belgian First Division A tie with Genk on 23 July 2021.[5]

International career

Born in Iraq, Al-Dakhil was raised in Belgium and holds Belgian nationality. He is a youth international for Belgium, having represented the Belgium U17s and U18s. He was called up to represent the Iraq U20s at the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

References
  1. "Het jongensboek van Ameen Al-Dakhil: Van Bagdad naar Sclessin". www.hbvl.be.
  2. "Al-Dakhil (Ameen Al-Dakhil) - Football - Le Soir". sports.lesoir.be.
  3. Sports+, DH Les (July 31, 2021). "Le papa d'Ameen Al-Dakhil: "Je voulais le meilleur pour mes enfants"". DH Les Sports +.
  4. "Réginal Goreux présente Ameen Al-Dakhil, révélation du début de saison au Standard : "il a une grande intelligence de jeu"". RTBF Sport. August 3, 2021.
  5. "Standard Liège vs. Genk - 23 July 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  6. "المراقب العراقي".
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