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Danilo Al-Saed

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Danilo Al-Saed
Personal information
Full name Danilo Andrés Al-Saed Alvarado
Date of birth (1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Bålsta, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
AIK (on loan from Heerenveen)
Youth career
FC Järfälla
Spånga IS FK
Håbo FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Håbo 53 (10)
2018 Arameisk-Syrianska 0 (0)
2018–2019 Håbo 26 (15)
2020 Enköping 13 (6)
2021–2022 Sandviken 54 (9)
2023–2024 Sandefjord 36 (12)
2024– Heerenveen 6 (0)
2025–AIK (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2023– Iraq 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Danilo Andrés Al-Saed Alvarado (born 24 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Swedish club AIK on loan from the Dutch club Heerenveen.[1] Born in Sweden, he plays for the Iraq national team.

Club career

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Following a slow career progress, he took a year off football and started again in the sixth tier, Division 4. He eventually moved up the football system to Enköpings SK FK and then Sandvikens IF. A foreign club also showed interest for Al-Saed, this being Norwegian IK Start, but the move did not materialize. Al-Saed stayed in Sandviken, and did not play competitively for Iraq U23 either, stating that his father advised against it.[2][3][4][5]

The move to Norway came one year later, to Sandefjord during the winter transfer window. Performing well in the initial third of the season, with four goals and one assist in ten games, IFK Göteborg were reportedly interested in him.[6]

On 10 January 2025, Al-Saed joined AIK in Sweden on loan until 30 June 2025, with an option to buy.[7]

International career

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In early 2022, Al-Saed was invited to a training camp for the Iraqi U23 national team.

In October 2023, Al-Saed received his first call-up to the Iraqi senior national team for the 2023 Jordan International Tournament.[8]

Personal life

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Al-Saed hails from Bålsta,[3] and is the son of an Iraqi father and Chilean mother.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Danilo Al-Saed". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ Lund, Oskar (22 October 2021). ""Det är bästa valet jag har gjort i livet"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b Gustafsson, Fredrik. "Danilo uttagen till landslaget" (in Swedish). Mitt i Stockholm. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Kom lite som en chock: Landslagschans för Danilo". Enköpings-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b Lund, Oskar (3 June 2022). ""Sådant man blir triggad av"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ Werdelin, Lucas (27 June 2023). "Avslöjar: IFK Göteborg jagar Al-Saed". Fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Danilo Al-Saed lånas in till AIK Fotboll" [Danilo Al-Saed is loaned to AIK Football] (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Résultat Qatar - Irak : résumé du match de Matchs amicaux internationaux, 1ère journée, vendredi 13 octobre 2023". RMC SPORT.
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