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Iraq U23
Ali Sadeq
PLAYER DOSSIER · IRAQ U23WC 2026

Ali Sadeq

NATION · IRA Iraq U23 →
MF
Position
IRA
National team
// the read

The shape of him

Midfield is where the game is won or lost — set the tempo, win it back, pick the pass. The profile below is the positional read; the rest is written in the matches.

// the equation
vision × engine × control of the tempo
the half-spacesbetween the linesthe middle third
// the x-factor

The job

The engine of the side.

Dictate the rhythm, screen the back four, and turn defence into attack in one touch. World Cups are decided in the middle third.
MidfielderRole
// the closing word
Ali Sadeq.Iraq U23 · Midfielder.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.
IRAMidfielder