Mahdi Kamel

Mahdi Kamel

Personal information
Full name	Mahdi Kamel Sheltagh
Date of birth	(1995-01-06) January 6, 1995
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al Shorta
Number	9
Youth career
2005–2009	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2009–2011	Al Shorta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–	Al-Shorta	70	(2)
International career‡
2011–	Iraq U-20	16	(3)
2012–	Iraq U-23	18	(3)
2013–	Iraq	14	(1)
Medal record Representing Iraq Men's football Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team AFC U-22 Championship 2013 AFC U-22 Championship Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 30, 2015

Mahdi Kamel Sheltagh (Arabic: مهدي كامل شلتاغ‎‎ , born January 6, 1995 in Iraq) is an Iraqi midfielder who currently plays for Al-Shorta and the Iraq national football team.

International career

On August 14, 2013 Mahdi made his first international cap with Iraq against Chile in a friendly match.

Honors

Clubs

Al-Shorta

• Iraqi Premier League: 2012–13, 2013–14

International

Iraq U-20

• AFC U-19 Championship runner-up: 2012
• FIFA U-20 World Cup 4th Place: 2013

Iraq U-23

• 2014 AFC U-22 Championship: Champions

Iraq

• AFC Asian Cup fourth-place: 2015

International statistics

Iraq under-20 national team goals

Goals are correct excluding friendly matches and unrecognized tournaments such as Arab U-20 Championship.

Mahdi Kamel – goals for Iraq Youth Team
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	October 29, 2011	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Maldives	8–0	9–0	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qual.
2	October 31, 2011	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Oman	1–0	4–1	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qual.
3	June 29, 2013	Akdeniz University Stadium, Antalya, Turkey	Chile	1–0	2–1	2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Iraq national under-23 team goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 June 2012	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat	Turkmenistan	4–0	4–0	2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qual.
2.	25 March 2015	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat	Lebanon	2–0	4–1	2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qual.
3.	25 March 2015	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat	Lebanon	3–0	4–1	2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qual.
4.	28 March 2015	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat	Maldives	2–1	7–1	2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qual.
5.	31 March 2015	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat	Oman	2–0	2–2	2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qual.

Iraq national team goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 March 2016	PAS Stadium, Tehran	Thailand	1–1	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup / 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers

External links

• Player's profile on Goalzz.com