Shokhan Salihi
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| Full name | Shokhan Nooraldin Sadraldin Salihi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 April 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kirkuk, Iraq | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al Hilal | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Erbil SC | |||||||||||||||||
| –2022 | Ghaz Al-Shamal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Al Hilal | 23 | (52) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Iraq Futsal | 4 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Iraq | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 August 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Shokhan Nooraldin Sadraldin Salihi (Arabic: شوخان نور الدين صدر الدين صالحي; born 10 April 2000) is an Iraqi footballer, futsal player and a handball player who plays as a forward for Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, Iraq women's national football team, Iraq women's national futsal team and Iraq women's national handball team.[2][3]
In November 2022, Salihi broke the record of most goals in any top-flight match after scoring 15 goals in the match of Al-Hilal against Sama in the 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League.[4]
Early life[edit]
Shokhan Nooraldin was born in the Kirkuk a city in northern Iraq to an Iraqi Kurdish family.
Club career[edit]
Erbil SC[edit]
Salihi who also played handball, represented Erbil SC. winning with the club two consecutive seasons of the Iraqi women's handball league. She also participated in two editions of the Women's Arab Club Championship, namely in Jordan 2019 and Tunisia 2021. In the 2019 tournament, she finished as the top scorer of the 2019 Arab Handball Women's Championship of Champions hosted in Amman.[5]
Ghaz Al-Shamal SC[edit]
Shokhan began her futsal journey with Ghaz Al-Shamal SC Women's Club in the Iraqi Futsal League. Her remarkable achievements in the league included clinching the title of the top scorer in the Premier Futsal League.[6]
Al Hilal SFC[edit]
As Al Hilal acquired the Challenge Women's Football Club in order to participate in the 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League, they signed Shokhan after the performance she showed in the 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship.
Nooraldin signed a new contract with Al Hilal in the summer of 2023 that would keep her at the club until 2026.[7] She finished her first season as the league's top scores with 42 goals in total.[8]
International career[edit]
Shokhan was first capped for Iraq women's national futsal team in the 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship hosted in Saudi Arabia.[9]
In February 2024, Shokhan got its first call-up to the Iraq women's national football team for a friendly match as part of the preparations for the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship. On 11 February 2024, she made her debut for the senior team in a match against the United Arab Emirates. Shokhan was later included on the final squad for the championship.[10][11]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 1 February 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Al Hilal | 2022–23 | Premier League | 14 | 43 | – | – | – | – | — | 14 | 43 | |
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |
| Career total | 23 | 52 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 26 | 54 | ||
Honours[edit]
Iraq (Futsal)[edit]
- WAFF Women's Futsal Championship:
Champions: 2022
Al Hilal[edit]
Runners-up: 2022-23
Individual[edit]
Football[edit]
- Saudi Women's Premier League Top scorer: 2022–23
- WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Top scorer: 2022
Handball[edit]
- Arab Handball Women's Championship of Champions Top scorer: 2019
References[edit]
- ^ Shokhan Salihi at Soccerway
- ^ "وفد اربيل بكرة اليد يغادر الى الاردن للمشاركة في بطولة الاندية العربية للسيدات" [The Erbil handball delegation leaves for Jordan to participate in the Women's Arab Club Championship]. alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "من هي شوخان نور الدين صالحي" [Who is Shokhan Nooraldin Salihi?]. sa.news-sinaa.com (in Arabic). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "الهلال يفوز بـ18 هدفًا والنصر ينتصر برباعية في دوري السيدات السعودي". alweeam.com.sa (in Arabic). 20 November 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "سيدات أربيل يمثلن العراق في بطولة الأندية العربية لكرة اليد" [Erbil Women's team will represent Iraq in the Arab Handball Club Championship]. alzawraapaper.com (in Arabic). 23 October 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "من هي شوخان صالحي صاحبة السوبر هاتريك في الدوري السعودي للسيدات؟" [Who is Shokhan Salehi, the Owner of the Super Hat-trick in the Saudi Women's League?]. koraplus.com (in Arabic). 15 October 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "نادي #الهلال السعودي يجدد عقد مهاجمته العراقية شوخان نور الدين حتى عام 2026.. شوخان سجلت 44 هدف في 14 مباراة فقط في الدوري السعودي الموسم الماضي" [#Al-Hilal Saudi Club renews the contract of its Iraqi striker, Shokhan Nooraldin, until 2026.. Shokhan scored 44 goals in only 14 matches in the Saudi League last season]. nabd.com (in Arabic). 25 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Al-Nassr Saudi Women's Premier League Champions". saudigazette.com.sa. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "القائمةُ النهائيّة لمنتخبِ السيدات الوطنيّ لكرةِ الصالات" [The final list of the women's national futsal team]. ina.iq (in Arabic). 14 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "شوخان لاعبة الهلال تدعم منتخب العراق في بطولة غرب آسيا بالسعودية" [Shokhan, a player for Al-Hilal, supports the Iraqi national team in the West Asian Championship in Saudi Arabia.]. koraplus.com (in Arabic). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "منتخب العراق للسيدات يغادر إلى السعودية للمشاركة في بطولة غرب آسيا" [The Iraqi women's national team departs for Saudi Arabia to participate in the West Asian Championship.]. ultrairaq.ultrasawt.com (in Arabic). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.