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The Iraqi Football Association announced its success in recruiting 22-year-old Iraqi professional player Ahmed Qasim from the American club Nashville to officially join the ranks of the national team in the upcoming matches after completing all necessary legal and administrative procedures.
Ghanem Uraibi, a member of the Iraqi Football Federation’s executive office and member of the national teams department, confirmed in an official statement that the Federation’s Expatriate Committee has successfully completed the issuance of an Iraqi passport to the player after completing his final transactions at the Iraqi Federal Consulate in the US state of Michigan, noting that the thank-you process was recorded during registration. Inside and outside of Iraq.
Oreibi explained that the efforts regarding the player’s file started from Sweden, where Qasim grew up as a soccer player, passing through the United States of America to Iraq, stressing that the Federation’s relations department, in cooperation with the expatriate committee, officially initiated the procedures to transfer the player’s case from the Swedish Federation to the Iraqi Federation for him to present himself to the Iraqi Federation. national team.
Ahmed Kasem is considered one of the hottest emerging talents in the American NBA as he mans the right and left wings with the Nashville club, which he joined from Swedish club Elfsborg.
He has previously represented Sweden’s national teams for various age groups, all the way up to the Olympic team, before deciding to represent his home country at an international level.
Qassim is born to an Iraqi father and a Jordanian mother and is seen as a quality addition to the Mesopotamian Lions ranks given the Iraqi federation’s efforts to expand its base of professional players abroad as part of its strategy to prepare for the 2026 Mexico-USA World Cup qualifiers.
Qasim’s joining comes as part of a comprehensive plan adopted by the Iraqi Football Federation to attract Iraqi-born players based in European and American leagues with the aim of building a new generation that can compete in continental and world championships and restore Iraq’s position on the international stage.
