Ali Hayder

Ali Hayder

Personal information
Full name	Ali Redh Hayder Ali
Date of birth	(2005-10-01) 1 October 2005
Position(s)	Attacker
Team information
Current team	Stoke City
Youth career
	Stoke City
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2024-	Iraq U23	1	(0)
2023-	Iraq	1	(0)

Ali Redh Hayder Ali (born 1 October 2005) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as an attacker for Stoke City and the Iraq national football team. In 2023, he became the second-youngest men's player to debut for the senior Iraq team.

Club career

Raised in Manchester, he is a member of the academy at Stoke City. Playing for the Stoke under-18 team his efforts have included scoring against Liverpool U18 and Manchester City U18. He has also featured for the club in the FA Youth Cup.

Style of play

He is described as having good dribbling skills with the ability to shoot with both feet.

International career

In March 2024, he made his debut for the Iraq national under-23 football team against Australia U23.

Hayder was called up to the senior Iraq national football team for the first time in March 2023 for the Doha International Cup. He was called-up again in October 2023, and was an unused substitute against Qatar on 13 October 2023. He made his international debut on 17 October 2023 for the Iraq in a friendly match against Jordan. In doing so at the age of 18 years-old and sixteen days, he became the second youngest player to make their senior debut for Iraq. Only Ahmed Radhi, who made his debut in 1982 aged 17 years-old, has been younger.